| Category | Product | Highlights | Spatial Coverage | Spatial Resolution | Temporal Resolution | Data Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrologic Prediction | National Surface and River Prediction System (NSRPS) | Network of independent modelling systems. Precipitation, evaporation, surface runoff, lateral subsurface flow and drainage. Component models include: HREPA, CaLDAS-Sat, HRDLPS, DHPS/EHPS, SHOP (see below). | Varies with system | Varies with system | Varies with system | Varies with system |
| Hydrologic Prediction | Deterministic Hydrologic Prediction System (DHPS), Tech note | 1D streamflow, lake levels. Component of NSRPS | 6 major Canadian river basins and large water bodies, expanding in 2023 | 1km | Frequency: 00 and 12Z, 6 day forecast, Hourly Output | Experimental, secured access. Coming to MSC Open Data, Spring 2023 |
| Hydrologic Prediction | Ensemble Hydrological Prediction System (EHPS), Tech note | 1D Rivers, 20 members. Component of NSRPS. | Great Lakes, St Lawrence, Nelson and Churchill, expanding in 2023 | 1km | Once per day (16 day forecast), Thursdays (32 day forecast) | Experimental, secured access. Coming to MSC Open Data, Spring 2023 |
| Hydrologic Prediction | Simulation Hydrodynamique OPérationnelle (SHOP), Tech note | Water level and velocity. One member. Component of NSRPS. | St. Lawrence | <200m | Frequency 6h, 48h forecast, 6h analysis, 3 minute time step | Experimental, secured access. Coming soon to MSC Datamart and GeoMet |
| Hydrologic Prediction | High Resolution Deterministic Prediction System (HRDLPS) | Surface, near surface, input fields for hydro systems. Forecasts of soil moisture, snow, temp, humidity, wind. Component of NSRPS. | Canada | 2.5km | Frequency: 00 and 12Z, Medium Range, 6 day forecast | Datamart Alpha (Testing Repository) |
| Hydrologic Prediction | High Resolution Ensemble Prediction System (HRELPS) | Ensemble version of HRDLPS. Produces 21 hourly forecast members during each run. Component of NSRPS. | Canada | 2.5km | Frequency: Once per day for forecasts with lead times of up to 16 days. Once per week on Thursdays for 32 day forecast. | In progress |
| Hydrologic Prediction | Water Cycle Prediction System (WCPS), Tech note | Atmosphere-ocean-ice, river flows | Great Lakes, St Lawrence, Gulf of St. Lawrence | 10km (atmosphere, land, soil). 1km (marine ice, rivers) | Hourly from 00Z to 84Z, 4 times a day | MSC Open Data (GeoMet and Datamart) |
| Hydrologic Prediction | Regional Deterministic Prediction System – Coupled to Gulf of St Lawrence (RDPS-CGSL), Tech note | 1D rivers, one member | Gulf of St. Lawrence | 1km | Four times a day for 00z, 06z, 12z and 18z initialization times for a forecast horizon of 48 hours | MSC Open Data (GeoMet and Datamart) |
| Hydrologic Prediction | Canadian Land Data Assimilation System (CaLDAS) Fact Sheet, Tech note | Produces land surface analyses for numerical weather predictions. Includes snow pack. Component of NSRPS. | Canada and Northern US | 2.5km | Four times per day | MSC Testing Data Repository |
| Atmosphere | Canadian Regional Deterministic Precipitation Analysis (CaPA-RDPA) Tech note | Best estimate of the amount of precipitation. Preliminary estimate is available approximately 1h after the end of the accumulation period, and revised 6h after. CaPA diagram | Canada, US, Mexico | 10km, surface level | Four times per day. 6h intervals and once a day for the 24h interval | MSC Open Data (GeoMet and Datamart) |
| Atmosphere | High Resolution Deterministic Precipitation Analysis (CaPA-HRDPA) Tech note | Best estimate of 6 and 24 hour precipitation amounts. CaPA diagram | Most of Canada and part of US | 2.5km | Four 6-hour precipitation accumulation analyses valid at synoptic hours (00, 06, 12 and 18Z) and two 24-hour analyses valid at 06 and 12Z. A preliminary analysis is produced 1 hour after the time of validity and a final analysis is generated 7 hours later, for a total of 12 analyses per day | MSC Open Data (GeoMet and Datamart), Archived Info: CaSPAr |
| Atmosphere | High Resolution Ensemble Precipitation Analysis (CaPA-HREPA) Tech note | Ensemble version of CaPA-HRDPA, 25 members. Optimal precipitation estimate over 6 and 24 hour accumulation periods. Component of NSRPS. CaPA diagram | Most of Canada and part of US | 2.5km | Two deterministic configurations of the analysis produce four 6-hour cumulative analyses valid at synoptic times (00, 06, 12, and 18 UTC) and two 24-hour analyses valid at 06 and 12 UTC | MSC Testing Data Repository |
| Atmosphere | High Resolution Deterministic Precipitation Analysis (CaPA-HRDPA) watershed More Info | Average watershed precipitation by combining network basin polygons with the HRDPA. Best estimate of 6 and 24hr precipitation amounts | Most of Canada and part of US | 2.5km | Four 6-hour precipitation accumulation analyses valid at synoptic hours (00, 06, 12 and 18Z) and two 24-hour analyses valid at 06 and 12Z. A preliminary analysis is produced 1 hour after the time of validity and a final analysis is generated 7 hours later, for a total of 12 analyses per day | MSC Open Data (GeoMet and Datamart) |
| Atmosphere | Global Deterministic Prediction System (GDPS) Tech note | Temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, wind speed and direction, and humidity | Global | 15km, 33 vertical levels | Two times per day, 10 days into the future | MSC Open Data (GeoMet and Datamart), Archived Info: CaSPAr |
| Atmosphere | Regional Deterministic Prediction System (RDPS) Tech note | Temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, wind speed and direction, and humidity | Canada and US | 10km, 33 vertical levels | Four times per day, 84 hrs into the future | MSC Open Data (GeoMet and Datamart), Archived Info: CaSPAr |
| Atmosphere | High Resolution Deterministic Prediction System (HRDPS)Tech note | Temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, wind speed and direction, humidity and others | Most of Canada | 2.5km, 31 vertical levels | Four times per day, 48 hrs into the future | MSC Open Data (GeoMet and Datamart), Archived Info: CaSPAr |
| Atmosphere | Global Ensemble Prediction System (GEPS)Tech note | Probabilistic. Temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, wind speed and direction, humidity and others. Ensemble of 20 scenarios. | Global | .35 degree, 84 vertical levels | (??), 16 days into the future, once per week for forecast of 32 days into the future | MSC Open Data (GeoMet and Datamart), Archived Info: CaSPAr |
| Atmosphere | North American Ensemble Forecast System (NAEFS) More info | Combined ensemble forecasts, seamless across national boundaries | Canada, US, Mexico | (??) | 1 to 14 days into the future | MSC Open Data |
| Atmosphere | Regional Ensemble Prediction System (REPS) Tech note | Probabilistic predictions of temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, wind speed and direction, humidity and others. 20 ensemble members | Canada and US | 15km and 10km, 24 vertical levels | Four times per day, 3 days into the future | MSC Open Data (GeoMet and Datamart), Archived Info: CaSPAr |
| Atmosphere | Canadian Seasonal to Inter-annual Prediction System (CanSIPS) Tech note | Probabilistic predictions of temperature, precipitation, wind speed and direction and others | Global | 2.5 and 1.0 degrees and for a few selected vertical levels. | Monthly. Predictions up to 12 months into the future | MSC Open Data (GeoMet and Datamart) |
| Other Products | ||||||
| Other | Regional Deterministic Reanalysis System (RDRS), Publication | 40+ year reanalysis | CaSPAr | |||
| Other | Canadian historical Snow Water Equivalent dataset (CanSWE) More info | Database of snow observations | Canada | Observation stations | Updated annually | Publication and Data |
| Other | Adjusted and Homogenized Canadian Climate Data (AHCCD) More info | Adjusted and homogenized air temperature, rainfall, snowfall, total precipitation, wind speed and atmospheric pressure | Canada | Between 330 and 630 locations | Annual, seasonal, monthly, daily and hourly dependent on variable of interest, 1900-01-01 to 2012-12-31 | MSC Open Data (GeoMet and Datamart) |
| Other | Historical Flood Events dataset (HFE) More info | Inventory of past flooding | Canada | low spatial resolution | start/end date: 1696-2021 | Open Data Canada |
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