Activities related to climate sciences are broken down into three groups:
Climate Simulations, Climate Scenarios and Hydroclimatic Analyses

Mandate

Provide the information and scientific support required for Impacts and Adaptation projects.

Main objectives

• Develop knowledge.
• Provide the simulation data and climate scenarios required for impact and adaptation (I&A) studies.
• Process and validate this information through relevant and adequate hydroclimatic analyses.

Secondary objectives

• Produce the regional climate projections required for Ouranos programs.
• Develop expertise in high-resolution simulation (10 km).
• Verify model output and validate it against observations.
• Analyze climate variability, trends and extremes.
• Assess, modify or develop methods of building climate and hydrological scenarios adapted to the needs of I&A projects.
• Build climate and hydrological scenarios required for I&A projects.
• Evaluate the uncertainty associated with hydroclimatic projections and integrate them into scenarios.
• Provide climate science expertise and support for I&A projects.