ClimateChange Assessment Guide.pdf - University of Waterloo

E-28Guide for Assessment of Hydrological Effects of Climate Change in Ontario Dynamical downscaling involves the downloading of CRCM output at a six hour time step. The process outlined inSection 6.5.5 of the Guide was followed. The adk experiment was chosen as the only Ontario based scenario fromthe AR4 series (i.e., most recent). Simulated CRCM output data was provided in monthly files for each parameter forthe period 2041 to 2070. Five weather parameters were chosen including:• FSS – downward solar incident flux at surface;• PCP – total precipitation rate;• STMND – minimum daily air temperature;• STMAX – maximum daily air temperature; and• SWMX – mean amplitude of sustained wind at 10 m.