SPADE: Storms and Precipitation Across the Continental Divide Experiment (GWF Pillar 2)

Section 1: Project Information

Project Name

Led by

	Lead 1	Lead 2	Lead 3	Lead 4
Name	Julie Thériault
Institution	Universite du Quebec a Montreal
Role	PI
Contact Information	theriault.julie@uqam.ca 514 987 3000 ext 4276

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

GWF Pillar 2

Project Websites

https://gwf-spade.weebly.com

Project Description

To understand the atmospheric conditions leading to storms and precipitation, including its type, across the continental divide.

The specific objective is to investigate small-scale processes leading to orographic precipitation passing over the continental divide.

This experiment ran from May to June 2019.

Objectives

1, Determine how much condensate is passing over the divide and falling to the surface on the upwind and
downwind slopes,
2, Determine what the factors governing this condensate and the surface distribution of
precipitation are, and
3, Determine how well these features of the precipitation can be simulated.

Project Participants

Name	Role	Position, Institution, and Contact Information
Julie Thériault	PI	Université du Québec à Montréal
Stephen Déry	Team Lead	University of Northern British Columbia
John Pomeroy	Team Lead	University of Saskatchewan
Ronald Stewart	Team Lead	University of Manitoba
Juris Almonte	Project Manager	Université du Québec à Montréal and University of Northern British Columbia

Current Status of this Project

○ Planned

○ In Progress

○ Abandoned

◉ Complete