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Summary and synthesis of Changing Cold Regions Network (CCRN) research in the interior of western Canada – Part 1: Projected climate and meteorology
Ronald E. Stewart
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Environment and Geography, University of Manitoba,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Kit K. Szeto
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Barrie R. Bonsal
Watershed Hydrology and Ecology Research Division, Environment and
Climate Change Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
John M. Hanesiak
Department of Environment and Geography, University of Manitoba,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Bohdan Kochtubajda
Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment and Climate Change
Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Yanping Li
Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Julie M. Thériault
Centre ESCER, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,
Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Quebec,
Canada
Chris M. DeBeer
Centre for Hydrology and Global Institute for Water Security,
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Benita Y. Tam
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Zhenhua Li
Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Zhuo Liu
Department of Environment and Geography, University of Manitoba,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Jennifer A. Bruneau
Department of Environment and Geography, University of Manitoba,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Patrick Duplessis
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sébastien Marinier
Centre ESCER, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,
Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Quebec,
Canada
Dominic Matte
Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Short summary
This article examines future atmospheric-related phenomena across the interior of western Canada associated with a
business-as-usualclimate scenario. Changes in large-scale atmospheric circulation and extent of warming vary with season, and these generally lead to increases, especially after mid-century, in factors associated with winter snowstorms, freezing rain, drought, forest fires, as well as atmospheric forcing of spring floods, although not necessarily summer convection.
This article examines future atmospheric-related phenomena across the interior of western Canada...
