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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1137-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1137-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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04 Apr 2018
Research article |
| 04 Apr 2018
| 04 Apr 2018
Canadian snow and sea ice: assessment of snow, sea ice, and related climate processes in Canada's Earth system model and climate-prediction system
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 1A7, Canada
Lawrence R. Mudryk
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, M3H
5T4, Canada
William Merryfield
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, M3H
5T4, Canada
Jaison T. Ambadan
Department of Geography, University of Guelph, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
Aaron Berg
Department of Geography, University of Guelph, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
Adéline Bichet
CNRS-LGGE/MEOM, 38041 Grenoble, France
Ross Brown
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, M3H
5T4, Canada
Chris Derksen
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, M3H
5T4, Canada
Stephen J. Déry
Department of Environmental Science, University of Northern British
Columbia, Prince George, V2N 4Z9, Canada
Arlan Dirkson
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, V8W 2Y2,
Canada
Greg Flato
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, M3H
5T4, Canada
Christopher G. Fletcher
Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of
Waterloo, Waterloo, N2L 3G1, Canada
John C. Fyfe
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, M3H
5T4, Canada
Nathan Gillett
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, M3H
5T4, Canada
Christian Haas
Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering, York
University, Toronto, M3J 1P3, Canada
Climate Sciences Division, Alfred Wegener Institute, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Stephen Howell
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, M3H
5T4, Canada
Frédéric Laliberté
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, M3H
5T4, Canada
Kelly McCusker
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195-1640, USA
Michael Sigmond
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, M3H
5T4, Canada
Reinel Sospedra-Alfonso
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, M3H
5T4, Canada
Neil F. Tandon
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, M3H
5T4, Canada
Chad Thackeray
Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of
Waterloo, Waterloo, N2L 3G1, Canada
Bruno Tremblay
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University,
Montréal,
H3A 0B9, Canada
Francis W. Zwiers
Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, University of Victoria, Victoria, V8P 5C2,
Canada
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Short summary
Here, the Canadian research network CanSISE uses state-of-the-art observations of snow and sea ice to assess how Canada's climate model and climate prediction systems capture variability in snow, sea ice, and related climate parameters. We find that the system performs well, accounting for observational uncertainty (especially for snow), model uncertainty, and chaotic climate variability. Even for variables like sea ice, where improvement is needed, useful prediction tools can be developed.
Here, the Canadian research network CanSISE uses state-of-the-art observations of snow and sea...
