Section 1: Project Information
Project Name
CPE: Climate-Related Precipitation Extremes
Classification (e.g., "GWF Pillar 3", "CCRN", etc.)
GWF Pillar 3
Project Websites
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
|
Ronald Stewart | Principal
Investigator | University of Manitoba |
Francis Zwiers | Principal
Investigator | Director, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium,
University of Victoria |
Dhouha Ouali | Project Manager | University of Victoria |
Current Status of this Project
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