Title:
Improving Canada's climate change projections by incorporating Arctic shrub feedbacks
Agreement Number:
PKC-NST-1718-0007
Agreement Value:
$542,667.00
Agreement Date:
Aug 14, 2017 - Mar 31, 2020
Description:
The overall goal of the proposed research project is to refine the understanding of tundra-atmosphere interactions in Canada’s Southern Arctic and use these findings to improve the functioning of CLASS-CTEM and thereby improve projections of climate change and its impacts throughout Canada’s North.
Organization:
Polar Knowledge Canada
Expected Results:
The project mobilizes a unique 12-year dataset and long-term experiments on energy, water, C and N cycles in Canadian tundra to make important contributions to the validation of the new modules (permafrost, shrub, N) in ECCC’s land surface model that are uniquely needed for the Arctic environment. The potential for creation of new knowledge includes both the regional (Southern Arctic) assessments of fluxes by leveraging ABoVE aircraft activities overhead and assessment of vegetation dynamics by drawing on expertise from local community members and managers with two decades of experience at TERS.
Location:
Ottawa, Ontario, CA K1S 5B6
Reference Number:
171-2017-2018-Q4-00007
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Amendment Date
Feb 14, 2020
Recipient's Legal Name:
Carleton University
Research Organization:
Carleton University | Université Carleton
Federal Riding Name:
Ottawa-Center
Federal Riding Number:
35075
Program:
Northern Science and Technology Program
Program Purpose:
The Science and Technology program aims to create a strong research presence in Canada’s Arctic through POLAR. The program builds a knowledge base to support effective solutions to Arctic issues, northern policy and research development, and advances Canada’s position as a leading Arctic nation.
Coverage:
Canada - southern Arctic [Dareing Lake Tundra Ecosystem Research Station (TERS), NWT]