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WATER AENV SIRS 15 – 43<br />

Air temperature<br />

Precipitation<br />

Solar radiation<br />

Wind<br />

Data Type Name of Data Set Data Source<br />

Fort McMurray airport climate station<br />

(1944–2006)<br />

Environment<br />

Canada<br />

Fort McMurray climate station (1919-1944) Environment<br />

Canada<br />

Table AENV 23-1: Summary of Data Sets Used for Jackpine <strong>Mine</strong> Expansion and <strong>Pierre</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>Mine</strong> <strong>Project</strong><br />

Level of<br />

Completeness<br />

(%)<br />

100 High<br />

Qualitative<br />

Confidence<br />

Rating 1, 2 How Data was Used? How was Historical Incompleteness Resolved?<br />

• Used to derive daily, monthly and annual air temperature statistics, to analyze any<br />

trends resulting from climate change or climate variability<br />

• Used to derive evaporation and evapotranspiration using Morton's Method<br />

• Used as an input for the hydrologic model simulation<br />

99.5 High • Combined with Fort McMurray airport climate station data to produce long-term records<br />

required for trend analysis<br />

Aurora climate station (1995–2006) RAMP 91 Medium • Used to establish spatial variation of air temperatures with elevation in the Oil Sands<br />

Region<br />

Calumet <strong>River</strong> climate station (2001–2005) RAMP 100 Medium • Used to establish spatial variation of air temperatures with elevation in the Oil Sands<br />

Region<br />

Fort McMurray airport climate station<br />

(1944–2006)<br />

Environment<br />

Canada<br />

Fort McMurray climate station (1920-1944) Environment<br />

Canada<br />

100 High<br />

Aurora climate station (1995–2006) RAMP 98 Medium<br />

Ells Lookout (1960–2006) ASRD 32 3 Medium<br />

• Used to derive monthly and annual precipitation statistics, and also to analyze any<br />

statistical trend resulting from climate change or climate variability<br />

• Used to derive areal evaporation, actual lake evaporation, potential evapotranspiration,<br />

and potential lake evaporation using Morton's Method, and also used as an input for<br />

hydrologic modelling<br />

• Used as an input for the hydrologic model simulation<br />

99.5 High • Combined with Fort McMurray airport climate station data to produce long-term records<br />

required for trend analysis<br />

• Used to establish the spatial variation of summer rainfall with elevation in the Oil Sands<br />

Region<br />

• Used as an input for the Hydrologic Model Validation for the Jackpine <strong>Mine</strong> Expansion<br />

local study area (LSA)<br />

• Used to establish the spatial variation of summer rainfall with elevation in the Oil Sands<br />

Region<br />

• Used as input for the Hydrologic Model Validation and Simulation for the <strong>Pierre</strong> <strong>River</strong><br />

<strong>Mine</strong> LSA<br />

Birch Mountain Lookout (1961–2006) ASRD 38 3 Medium • Used to establish the spatial variation of summer rainfall with elevation in the Oil Sands<br />

Region<br />

Fort McMurray airport climate station<br />

(1971–1996)<br />

Environment<br />

Canada<br />

100 High<br />

Aurora climate station (1995–2006) RAMP 98 Medium<br />

Stoney Plain climate station (1953–1994) Environment<br />

Canada<br />

Fort McMurray climate station (1959–2006) Environment<br />

Canada<br />

• Used to derive monthly and annual solar radiation statistics for the Oil Sands Region<br />

• Used to derive areal evaporation, actual lake evaporation, potential evapotranspiration,<br />

and potential lake evaporation<br />

Section 12.1<br />

April 2010 Shell Canada Limited 12-28<br />

CR029<br />

N/A<br />

If more than 10 days are missing for a particular month, the data for that month was not taken into account to<br />

derive monthly and annual statistics<br />

If more than 10 days are missing for a particular month, the data for that month was not taken into account to<br />

derive monthly and annual statistics<br />

N/A<br />

N/A<br />

If more than 10 days are missing for a particular month, the data for that month was not taken into account to<br />

derive monthly and annual statistics<br />

If more than 10 days are missing for a particular month, the data for that month was not taken into account to<br />

derive monthly and annual statistics<br />

Filling missing data using recorded data at Fort McMurray airport station based on an established spatial<br />

relationship for the region<br />

If more than 10 days are missing for a particular month, the data for that month was not taken into account to<br />

derive monthly and annual statistics<br />

Filling missing data using recorded data at Fort McMurray airport station based on an established spatial<br />

relationship for the region<br />

If more than 10 days are missing for a particular month, the data for that month was not taken into account to<br />

derive monthly and annual statistics<br />

Recorded sunshine hours from 1971–1996 were converted to solar radiation using a derived relationship<br />

based on Aurora data review. The data was then extrapolated back to 1953, using a relationship established<br />

with the Stoney Plain data.<br />

• Used as an input for the hydrologic model simulation N/A<br />

• Used to establish the relationship that was used to convert sunshine hours recorded at<br />

Fort McMurray airport climate station to solar radiation<br />

• Used as an input for the hydrologic model simulation<br />

100 High • Used to establish the relationship with solar radiation derived for Fort McMurray airport<br />

station<br />

100 High<br />

N/A<br />

N/A<br />

Filling missing data using recorded data at the Fort McMurray airport station, assuming little spatial variation<br />

in solar radiation in the region<br />

• Used to determine extreme hourly, daily and monthly wind speed statistics N/A<br />

• Used as an input for the hydrologic model simulation<br />

• Used to derive areal evaporation, actual lake evaporation, potential evapotranspiration,<br />

and potential lake evaporation<br />

Aurora climate station (1995–2006) RAMP 100 Medium • Used to characterize spatial variation of wind speed in the Oil Sands Region N/A<br />

Dewpoint temperature Fort McMurray climate station (1953-2006) Environment<br />

Canada<br />

Stream flow Athabasca <strong>River</strong> below Fort McMurray<br />

(1957–2006)<br />

Environment<br />

Canada<br />

100 High<br />

97 High<br />

• Used as input to Morton's Model to derive areal evaporation, actual lake evaporation,<br />

potential evapotranspiration, and potential lake evaporation<br />

• Used as input for the hydrologic model simulation<br />

• Used to derive relative humidity for the Oil Sands Region<br />

• Used to derive monthly, seasonal, annual and extreme flood and low-flow events and to<br />

analyze any trends resulting from climate change or climate variability<br />

• Used to determine the allowable water withdrawal within the restriction of the Athabasca<br />

<strong>River</strong> Water Management Framework<br />

N/A<br />

N/A<br />

If more than 10 days are missing for a particular month, the data for that month was not taken into account to<br />

derive monthly and annual statistics

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