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Biogeoclimatic Projections

This spatial data product consists of projected climate conditions classified by biogeoclimatic (BGC) unit across Western North America. Projections can be accessed interactively through the spatial module of the CCISS tool, where users can view projections at both local and provincial scales. Users can download raster data (TIF files) for the entire province or for predefined subregions, for five 20-year periods of the 21st century: 2001-2020, 2021-2040, 2041-2060, 2061-2080, and 2081-2100. The data available are as follows: • Ensemble vote winner BGC subzone/variant from an ensemble of 60 global climate model projections (5 rasters – 1 per time period) • Ensemble vote winner BGC zone (5 rasters – 1 per time period) • BGC projections for 5 global climate model simulations that represent the variation in the 60-member ensemble (25 rasters – 5 simulations x 5 time periods) • BGC projections for observed climates of the 1961-1990 and 2001-2020 periods (2 rasters) • Estimated climatic novelty for all BGC projections (available for all 37 rasters) • Tree Species Environmental Suitability projections (225 rasters - 5 time periods x 3 edatopes x 15 species) • Tree Species Environmental Suitability change (225 rasters - 5 time periods x 3 edatopes x 15 species) ***For data access and downloads, see the CCISS Spatial tab of the CCISS tool and Documentation > Instructions > CCISS Spatial.***

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Date ( RI_367 )
2025-04-29
Date ( RI_366 )
2025-04-02
RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Forest Carbon and Climate Services Branch - ( )
RI_409
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Forest Carbon and Climate Services Branch - ( )
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
irregular; irrégulier RI_541
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • BEC
  • BGC
  • Canada
  • Future Forest Ecosystems Centre
  • biogeoclimatic
  • biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification
  • biogeoclimatic zones
  • climate change
  • climate change adaptation
  • ecological classification
  • ffec
  • novel climates
  • vegetation
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Government information
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/open-data/open-government-licence-bc)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
grid; grille RI_636
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment
Begin date
0001-01-01
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Reference system identifier
EPSG / EPSG:4326 / unknown
Distribution format
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RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Forest Carbon and Climate Services Branch - ( )
RI_409
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Forest Carbon and Climate Services Branch - ( )
OnLine resource
Original metadata (https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
MacKenzie and Mahony 2021 – CCISS journal article ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Technical Report: BGC Projections for BC ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
BGC Projections ( HTTPS )

Dataset;other;eng

File identifier
9932cf39-456b-49f4-ba76-307f8ead57a2 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-06-24
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
HNAP ISO:19115 - 2003
RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Forest Carbon and Climate Services Branch - ( )
RI_409
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Forest Carbon and Climate Services Branch - ( )
 
 

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