Canada1Water - Correction par apprentissage automatique des biais des températures du sol ERA5-Land et FLDAS à l'aide de SWE et NDVI
On May 26-29, 2024 - Tyler Herrington attended the Canadian Geophysical Union’s (CGU) annual conference to present his recent work titled 'Machine-Learning Based Bias Correction of ERA5-Land and FLDAS Soil Temperatures Using SWE and NDVI'.
Bringing the future into focus
As Canada1Water’s inaugural simulation results come in, Steve Frey of Aquanty says early signs already point to some potentially big groundwater changes for certain parts of the country.
Why continental scale is such a big deal
Jeremy Chen developed the first-ever single hydrologic model of Canada more than 10 years ago as a PhD candidate. We talked to him about how modelling has changed since his groundbreaking achievement — and why next-gen continental-scale models like C1W are so important.
Opening the doors to discovery
Aquanty climate scientist Andre Erler is eager for the results from Canada1Water’s simulations — and just as excited to see what other researchers do with them once they’re publicly available.
Serving up a wealth of water data
Aquanty’s Graham Stonebridge took the opportunity of the December 2023 C1W progress meeting to share how the project’s web team is building a portal that can meet the full range of potential user needs.
In Canada’s North, water is life
Canada is a famously vast country. For remote jurisdictions with limited resources, coming by accurate data on groundwater, surface water and climate is hard — never mind building models and simulations. Scientists Ryan Connon and Isabelle de Grandpré in the Northwest Territories see a chance for Canada1Water to change that.
A data-driven feedback loop
As General Manager of Conservation Ontario, Angela Coleman sees abundant opportunities for conservation authorities to get value from Canada1Water — and to give back in return.
Bringing the model to the masses
Delivering C1W data to the public demands a user-friendly web portal that’s built for a digitally savvy audience. Derek Steinmoeller, leader of the Aquanty team spearheading that effort, offers a preview of what’s in the works.
What does a wildfire cost?
By the end of summer 2023, Canada had lost a record 13.7 million hectares of land to wildfires. Dan McKenney and Emily Hope of the Canadian Forest Service explain how C1W data is helping shed light on the true costs of wildfires and informing new fire management approaches.
Taking the plunge into immersive science
Are tools like virtual and augmented reality the next frontier in hydrologic modelling? C1W co-lead Hazen Russell and Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Library manager Jordan Clark think the answer is yes — and they’re putting the proof in people’s hands.
Model outputs: What will we see?
With Canada1Water approaching the finish line, focus is shifting from inputs to outputs. Aquanty’s Steve Frey explains what the model will generate and how its projections might be used.
Canada1Analyse des réseaux de cours d'eau pour la modélisation hydrologique à l'échelle nationale
Learn more about the Canada1Water contribution to the National Hydrologic Network’s national stream database.
Canada1Cadre de données sur l'eau : Informations hydrographiques, pédologiques et hydrogéologiques harmonisées à l'échelle nationale pour soutenir l'analyse des eaux souterraines et des eaux de surface
Several members of the Canada1Water team attended the CWRA Annual Conference in Halifax last month. It was a really great opportunity to get out into the Canadian water resources community and introduce some of the work we’ve been doing. Eric Kessel delivered a poster presentation (see below) to highlight just a handful of the many datasets that are being produced as part of the project.
Drilling down: Using nested models for deeper insights
Nested within Canada1Water’s continental-scale simulation are higher-resolution models that researchers like hydrogeologist Melissa Bunn can use to zoom in on specific watersheds and answer practical questions — aided by a built-in data and modelling framework that can run high-resolution models anywhere across the country.
The Canada1Water ‘value add’ – datasets
Even before Canada1Water’s hydrologic simulation goes live, the project will deliver value to decisionmakers and researchers by making its datasets publicly available. Hydrogeologist Eric Kessel gives a preview of what’s to come, starting with a highly anticipated data product this summer.