Climate System History and Dynamics (CSHD) is
a multidisciplinary collaborative effort to integrate and develop national
expertise in paleoclimate modelling and reconstruction. Spearheaded by
Dr. Richard Peltier at the University of Toronto, the project brings together
data and modelling communities with broad international recognition. Insights
and constraints from the observational record will guide model reconstructions
with the Canadian Climate Centre General Circulation Model. This comprehensive
model will be complemented by a suite of reduced models of ice sheet physics,
thermohaline circulation, atmospheric energy balance and carbon cycling.
This research network is generously supported by the Atmospheric Environment
Service and National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
It is currently sponsored for the five-year term 1999-2004 and is a component
of Canadian participation in the IGBP Core Projects PAGES and GAIM.
Project components:
Modelling of ice sheet thermomechanics and basal process physics: Garry
K. C. Clarke, University of British Columbia and David A. Fisher, Geological
Survey of Canada-Ottawa
Conditions de surface aux hautes latitudes de l'Atlantique Nord au cours
d'episodes paleoclimatiques clefs: Anne de Vernal and Claude Hillaire-Marcel,
University de Quebec a Montreal
CSHD-3
Modelling of the paleo CO2, CH4 and dust cycles: Inez Fung, University
of Victoria
Terrestrial records of climatic change: Konrad Gajewski, University of
Ottawa and Pierre Richard, Universite de Montreal
Paleoclimatic studies with reduced models of the climate system: William
T. Hyde, Dalhousie University
CSHD-6
Paleoclimate reconstruction of Canada: Helene Jette and Art Dyke, Geological
Survey of Canada-Ottawa
CSHD-7
High-resolution marine paleoclimate time series Larry Mayer and Frank Rack,
University of New Brunswick; Tom Pederson, University of British Columbia;
Peta Mudie and David Piper, Atlantic Geoscience Centre
Paleoclimate simulation: Richard W. Peltier, University of Toronto and
Norm A. McFarlane, AES Climate Modelling Centre, University of Victoria
CSHD-9
Age estimates of the Last Interglacial, Last Glacial Maximum and 6 ka BP
time slices: Nat Rutter, University of Alberta
CSHD-10
The peatland component of the Canadian landscape, at 6 ka: Dale Vitt and
P. Kuhry, University of Alberta and Stephen Zoltai, Northern Forestry Centre,
Edmonton