CPE: Climate-Related Precipitation Extremes Project (GWF Pillar 3)

Section 1: Project Information

Project Name

Led by

	Lead 1	Lead 2	Lead 3	Lead 4
Name	Ronald Stewart	Francis Zwiers	Dhouha Ouali
Institution	University of Manitoba	University of Victoria	University of Victoria
Role	PI	PI	Project Manager
Contact Information	ronald.stewart@umanitoba.ca	fwzwiers@uvic.ca	douali@uvic.ca

Classification (e.g., "GWF Pillar 3", "CCRN", etc.)

GWF Pillar 3

Project Websites

https://gwf.usask.ca/extremes

Project Description

Provides new information on drought and precipitation extremes in a changing climate and environment for risk management and disaster warning.

This project will provide new insights into the future occurrence of precipitation-related extremes including drought, intense precipitation events, and hazardous winter precipitation.

Such extremes impact many sectors across Canada including
-agriculture (such as through effects on food production and crop damage),
-electrical utilities (such as through hydro power generation and transmission impacts),
-engineering design (such as through improved estimation of return levels for extreme precipitation),
-health (such as through impacts on water quality and water-borne diseases), and
-insurance (with a backdrop of recent record-breaking payouts such as the Calgary flooding and the Fort McMurray wildfire).

Project Participants

Name	Role	Position, Institution, and Contact Information
Ronald Stewart		see above
Francis Zwiers		see above
Dhouha Ouali		see above

Current Status of this Project

○ Planned

◉ In Progress

○ Abandoned

○ Complete