University of Waterloo|Université de Waterloo

Purpose

The Arctic is vital to Canada's societal and economic well-being, yet the region faces an urgent threat from climate change. Rapidly warming temperatures in the Arctic are bringing unprecedented changes to extreme events like snowstorms, melting polar ice, and wildfires, which profoundly impact the people and ecosystems of Canada's North. This project combines data from Canadian-supported satellite instruments and other observing networks, to improve computer models that are used to make forecasts of extreme weather and climate in the Arctic, and across the globe. We will also train the next generation of Canadian scientists in atmosphere and land-surface processes.