Canadian network for regional climate and weather processes (CNRCWP)

Canada’s northern environment offers distinct challenges to Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) and climate projections, due to complex processes and feedbacks between various components of the climate system. A better understanding of these regional climate processes and interactions is crucial to improving the quality of both climate and NWP for this region, and to better interpret and apply model results for impact and adaptation studies. The CNRCWP addresses these research needs for Canada’s northern and Arctic regions, working in collaboration with four labs of Environment and Climate Change Canada -- the Canadian Centre fo Climate Modelling and Analysis (CCCma), the Climate Processes Section (CPS), the Numerical weather Prediction Research group (RPN) and the Climate Data and Analysis Section (CDAS) -- Ouranos and the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC), and international researchers.

The aim of the CNRCWP is to explore the added value of high-resolution models in climate and weather simulations, in particular in the representation of extremes, and to further our understanding of the physical processes, feedbacks and interactions for Canada’s northern and Arctic regions.

• Environnement and Climate Change Canada

• McGill University

• Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium

• University of Calgary

• University of Northern British Columbia

• Université du Québec à Montréal

• University of Victoria

• University of Waterloo