Extreme Weather Indices: Precipitation

Precipitation (moisture availability) establishes the economic yield potential and product quality of field crops. Both dry and wet precipitation extremes have the ability to inhibit proper crop growth. The maximum daily precipitation index covers the risk of excessive precipitation in the short term, while the other indices pertain to longer term moisture availability.

Agriculture is an important primary production sector in Canada. Agricultural production, profitability, sustainability and food security depend on many agrometeorological factors. Extreme weather events in Canada, such as drought, floods, heat waves, frosts and high intensity storms, have the ability to significantly impact field crop production.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) have together developed a suite of extreme agrometeorological indices based on four main categories of weather factors: temperature, precipitation, heat, and wind. The extreme weather indices are intended as short-term prediction tools and generated using ECCC’s medium range forecasts to create a weekly index product on a daily basis.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2019-01-30
Date ( RI_366 )
2019-01-30
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Science and Technology Branch
Canada
https://agriculture.canada.ca
RI_419
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - ( )
Presentation form
mapDigital;carteNumérique RI_391
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
daily; quotidien RI_533
Keywords ( RI_529 )
  • Extreme Weather Indices
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Weather forecasts
  • Climate
  • Weather
  • Agriculture
  • Precipitation
  • Meteorology
  • Farmlands
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
grid; grille RI_636
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Begin date
2018-11-01
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http://www.epsg.org/ / EPSG:3857 / 8.3.4
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Science and Technology Branch
Canada
https://agriculture.canada.ca
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Data Product Specification (English) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

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Extreme Weather Indices: Precipitation ( HTTPS )

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Extreme Weather Indices: Precipitation ( HTTPS )

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Extreme Weather Indices: Precipitation ( HTTPS )

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Extreme Weather Indices: Precipitation ( HTTPS )

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Data Product Specification (French) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

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Pre-packaged GeoTIF files (No linguistic component) ( HTTPS )

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Pre-packaged Maps (English) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

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Pre-packaged Maps (French) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

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0a2e22a2-a7a1-47d4-9249-3eaafe1c815b XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
series; série RI_623
Date stamp
2023-01-03T10:47:34
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Science and Technology Branch
Canada
https://agriculture.canada.ca
 
 

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