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National - Adaptation and Impacts Research Division (AIRD) documents (2004-2008)

Journal Articles

Bass, B. and E. Chan. 2005. Complexity and organized behaviour within environmental bounds (COBWEB): an agent-based approach to simulating ecological adaptation. Journal of Environmental Informatics 6(2): 58-71.
Bizikova, L., Robinson J. and S. Cohen, 2007. Linking climate change and sustainable development at the local level. Editorial. Climate Policy 7, 4: 271 - 277.
Bizikova, L. and Friedl B., 2006. The Economic assessment of the Influence of Property Rights on Management in the Forestry Sector - Theoretical Approach, Journal of Economics, 10: 983 .993.
Burton, I, Bizikova, L., Dickinson T. and Howard Y., 2007. Up-scaling the results of local research on adaptation, mitigation and sustainable development. Climate Policy 7, 4: 371 - 376.
Burton, I., 2006. Adapt and Thrive: Options for reducing the Climate-Change Adaptation Deficit. Policy Options 27:1, 33-38.
Burton, I., and B. Lim, 2005. Achieving Adequate Adaptation in Agriculture. Climatic Change 70, 1-2: 191-200.
Ebi, K.L., Smith, J., Burton, I., and Scheraga, J, 2006. Some lessons learned from public health on the process of adaptation. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 11:3, 607-620. Hassan, Q.K., Bourque, C.P.-A., Meng, F.-R., and Richards, W. G. 2007. Spatial mapping of growing degree days: an application of MODIS-based surface temperatures and enhanced vegetation index. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, v. 1, 013511, 12p.
Hessami, M., P. Gachon, T. Ouarda, and A. St-Hilaire, 2007: Automated regression-based Statistical Downscaling Tool. Environmental Modelling & Software, DOI:10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.10.004.
Hu, Z., B. Bass, C. Chang and G. Huang. 2004. An innovative approach for visualization of subsurface soil properties. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 84: 63-70.
Khaliq, N., T. Ouarda, P. Gachon, and L. Sushama, 2008c: Temporal evolution of low flow regimes in Canadian rivers. Water Resources Research (in final review).
Khaliq, N., T. Ouarda, and P. Gachon, 2008d: Identification of hydrological trends in the presence of serial and cross correlations: review of the methodology and application to Canadian rivers. J. of Hydrology (in review).
Khaliq, N., T. Ouarda, P. Gachon, and B. Bobé 2006: Frequency analysis of a sequence of dependent and/or non-stationary hydro-meteorological observations: a review. J. of Hydrology 329, 534.552.
Kluvankova-Oravska, T. and Bizikova, L., 2007. Using scenarios to design local responses to global challenges. Government & Policy C, under review.
Lin, Q.C., G.H. Huang and B. Bass. 2005. An energy systems modelling approach for the planning of power generation: a North American case study. International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology (in press).
Luo, B., Huang, G.H., Zou, Y.and Yin, Y.Y. 2007. .Toward quantifying the effectiveness of water trading under uncertainty. Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 83(2): 181-190.
Luo, B., G.H. Huang, I. Maqsood and Y.Y. Yin. 2005a. Hydropower operation planning using multistage interval-stochastic program. Computers & Operations Research (in press).
Luo, B., G.H. Huang, Y. Zou and Y.Y. Yin. 2005b. Toward quantifying the effectiveness of water trading under uncertainty. Journal of Environmental Management (in press).
Luo, B., I. Maqsood, G.H. Huang, Y.Y. Yin and D.J. Han. 2005c. An inexact fuzzy two-stage stochastic for quantify the efficiency of non-point source effluent trading under uncertainty. Science of the Total Environment 347: 21-34.
Luo, B., Y.Y Yin, G.H. Huang and Y.F. Huang. 2004a. Uncertainty analysis for distribution of greenhouse gases concentration in atmosphere. Journal of Environmental Informatics 3(2): 89-94.
Luo, B., Yin, Y.Y., Huang, G.H. and Huang, Y.F. 2004b. .Uncertainty analysis for distribution of greenhouse gases concentration in atmosphere., Journal of Environmental Informatics, 3(2): 89-94.
MacIver, D. and E. Wheaton. 2005. Tomorrow.s forests: adapting to a changing climate. Climatic Change 70: 273-282.
Mills, B., D. Unrau, C. Parkinson, B. Jones, J. Yessis, K. Spring, and L. Pentelow. An assessment of lightning-related fatality and injury risk in Canada, Natural Hazards. DOI: 10.1007/s11069-007-9204-4 (on-line first).
Mills, B., S.L. Tighe, J. Andrey, J.T. Smith, and K. Huen. Climate change implications for flexible pavement design and performance in southern Canada, Journal of Transportation Engineering (submitted).
Mirza, M.M.Q. and Rahman, M., 2006b. Downscaled Climate Data and Implications for the Energy Sector in Canada. Asia Pacific Journal on Environment and Development 13(1 & 2), 59-82.
Morss, R., J. Lazo, H. Brooks, B. Brown, P. Ganderton and B. Mills. 2008. Societal and Economic Research and Application Priorities for the North American THORPEX Program, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (in press).
Nguyen, TD., VTV. Nguyen, and P. Gachon, 2007: A spatial-temporal downscaling approach for construction of intensity-duration-frequency curves in consideration of GCM-based climate change scenarios, in Advances in Geosciences, Vol. 6: Hydrological Sciences., N. Park et al. (Eds.), World Scientific Publishing Company, pp. 11-21.
Nguyen, VTV., TD. Nguyen, and P. Gachon, 2006: On the linkage of large-scale climate variability with local characteristics of daily precipitation and temperature extremes: an evaluation of statistical downscaling methods. Advances in Geosciences (WSPC/SPI-B368) 4(16): 1-9.
Oberndorfer E, Lundholm J, Bass B, Coffman RR, Doshi H, Dunnett N, Gaffin S, Kohler M, Liu KKY and Rowe, B (2007) Green Roofs as Urban Ecosystems: Ecological Structures, Functions and Services. BioScience 57(10), 823-834.
Pielke Jr., R.A., Agrawala, S., Bouwer, L.M., Burton, I., Changnon, S., Glantz, M.H., Hooke, W.H., and McCarthy, J.J., 2005. Clarifying the attribution of recent disaster losses: A response to Epstein and McCarthy. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 86:10, 1481-1484.
Saiz-Alcazar, S.. Kennedy, C, Bass, B.and Pressnail, K (2006) Comparitive Life Cycle Assessment of Standard and Green Roofs. Environmental Science and Technology. 40, 4312-4316.
Scott, D., G. McBoyle, B. Mills and A. Minogue, 2006. Climate change and the sustainability of ski-based tourism in Eastern North America: a reassessment, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 14(4):376-398.
Van Aalst, M.K., Cannon, T., and I., Burton, 2008. Community level adaptation to climate change: The potential role of participatory community risk assessment Global Environmental Change 18: 1, p. 165-179.
Wheaton, E., S. Kulshreshtha, V. Wittrock and G. Koshida, 2008 Dry times: hard lessons from the Canadian drought of 2001 and 2002. Canadian Geographer, 52(2):241-262.
Yin, Y.Y., Zhou, S.Q. and Xu, W. 2007. .Linking carbon sequestration science with local sustainability: an integrated assessment (IA) approach. J. of Environmental Management, 85(3): 711-721.
Yin, Y.Y. and Xu, W. 2006. .Linking forest carbon sequestration decision making with local livelihood. J. of Subtropical Resources and Environment 1(1): 51-62.
Yin, Y.Y. 2004b. .Methods to link climate impacts and regional sustainability. J. of Environmental Informatics 2(1): 1-10.

Books

Fenech, A., D. MacIver, H. Auld, B. Rong and Y.Y. Yin (eds). 2004. Climate Change: Building the Adaptive Capacity. Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario. 426p.
Mirza, M.M.Q., Auld, H. and Bass, B., 2008. Climate Change and the Canadian Energy Sector: Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation. Springer (in press).
Yin, Y.Y. and G. Wang. 2004. Global Climate Change Impact Assessment: Methods and Applications. High Education Press, Beijing, China.

Book Chapters

Auld, H. and D. MacIver. 2004a. Cities and communities: the changing climate and increasing vulnerability and infrastructure. In A. Fenech, D. MacIver, H. Auld, B. Rong and Y.Y. Yin (eds), Climate Change: Building the Adaptive Capacity, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, p.289-305.
Auld, H. and D. MacIver. 2004b. The changing climate and community vulnerabilities to disasters. In A. Fenech, D. MacIver, H. Auld, B. Rong and Y.Y. Yin (eds), Climate Change: Building the Adaptive Capacity, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, p.169-199.
Auld, H. and D. MacIver. 2006. Synergies Among the U.N. Rio Conventions: Environmental Prediction for Biodiversity, Desertification and Climate Change. In A. Fenech et al (eds), The Americas: Building the Adaptive Capacity. Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario.
Bass, B. and Nixon, T., 2008a. Boltzmann Learning. Encyclopaedia of Ecology (in press).
Bass, B. and Nixon, T., 2008b. Computer Languages. Encyclopaedia of Ecology (in press).
Bass, B. and Nixon, T., 2008c. Hopfield Networks. Encyclopaedia of Ecology (in press).
Bass, B. 2004a. Characterizing adaptable systems: moving from simulation models to adaptation policy. In A. Fenech, D. MacIver, H. Auld, B. Rong and Y.Y. Yin (eds), Climate Change: Building the Adaptive Capacity, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, p.136-152.
Bass, B. and D. Etkin. 2004. How should Canada adapt to climate change: debating the merits of a technological fix versus a behavioural approach. In A. Fenech, D. MacIver, H. Auld, B. Rong and Y.Y. Yin (eds), Climate Change: Building the Adaptive Capacity, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, p.125-135
Bass, B., D. Etkin, A. Fenech, M. Mirza. 2004. Discussion on keynote paper, climate change and the adaptation deficit. In A. Fenech, D. MacIver, H. Auld, B. Rong and Y.Y. Yin (eds), Climate Change: Building the Adaptive Capacity, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, p.34-36.
Bonsal, B., G. Koshida, E. G. O.Brien and E. Wheaton, 2004. .Droughts., in Threats to Water Availability in Canada, Environment Canada, National Water Research Institute, Burlington ON, NWRI Scientific Assessment Report Series No. 3 and ACSD Science Assessment Series No. 1, p. 19-25. Bruce, J.P. and S. Cohen. 2004. Impacts of climate change in Canada. In H. Coward and A. Weaver (eds), Hard Choices: Climate Change in Canada, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, Ontario, p.73-88.
Burton, I., 2004. Climate Change and the Adaptation Deficit. In Fenech, A., MacIver, D., Auld, H., Bing Rong, R., and Y. Yin Eds., Building the Adaptive Capacity. Toronto, ON: Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada. Also, Adaptation and Impacts Research Group Occasional Paper No. 1. Toronto, ON: Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada.
Cohen, S., B. Bass, D. Etkin, B. Jones, J. Lacroix, B. Mills, D. Scott and G.C. van Kooten. 2004. Regional adaptation strategies. In H. Coward and A. Weaver (eds), Hard Choices: Climate Change in Canada, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, Ontario, p.151-178.
Cohen, S., R. de LöA. Hamlet, R. Herrington, L. Mortsch, and D. Shrubsole 2004. Integrated and Cumulative Threats to Water Availability. In .Threats to Water Availability in Canada., Environment Canada, National Water Research Institute, Burlington Ontario, 117-127. NWRI Scientific Assessment Report Series No. 3 and ACSD Science Assessment Series No. 1.
Fenech, A., H. Auld, D. MacIver and J. Bruce. 2006. The Americas - Building the Adaptive Capacity to Global Environmental Change. In A. Fenech, D. MacIver, H. Auld, B. Rong and Y.Y. Yin (eds),, The Americas: Building the Adaptive Capacity. Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario.
Fenech, A., Rong, B., MacIver, D., Yin, Y.Y., and H. Auld 2006. .Chapter 1 Climate Change: Building the Adaptive Capacity. In: A. Fenech, D. MacIver, H. Auld, B. Rong, and Y.Y. Yin, (eds.) Climate Change: Building the Adaptive Capacity. Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario. 426p.
Fenech, A. M. Murphy, D. MacIver, H. Auld, F. Dallmeier and R. B. Rong. .Global Environmental Change in the Americas: Challenges and Opportunities. In: Fenech, A., D. MacIver, H. Auld and T. Brydges (eds). 2006. The Americas: Building the Adaptive Capacity to Global Environmental Change. Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 254p.
Fenech, A., B. Rong, D. MacIver, Y.Y. Yin and H. Auld 2004. Climate change: building the adaptive capacity. In A. Fenech, D. MacIver, H. Auld, B. Rong and Y.Y. Yin (eds), Climate Change: Building the Adaptive Capacity, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, p.3-18.
Koshida, G., M. Alden, S. Cohen, R. Halliday, L. Mortsch, V. Wittrock and A. Maarouf 2005. Drought risk management in Canada-U.S. transboundary watersheds: now and in the future. In D. Wilhite (ed), Drought and Water Crises: Science, Technology and Management Issues, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, p.287-317.
MacIver, D. 2004. Mainstreaming adaptation and impacts science into solutions. In A. Fenech, D. MacIver, H. Auld, B. Rong and Y.Y. Yin (eds), Climate Change: Building the Adaptive Capacity, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, p.47-55.
Mills, B. 2007. Moving from hindsight to foresight: A challenge in the application of valuation research, in World Meteorological Organization (ed.) Elements of Life, Tudor-Rose, Geneva, Switzerland. pp. 184-185.
Mills, B. and J. Andrey. 2007. Applications of weather and climate information in road transportation: examples from Canada, in World Meteorological Organization (ed.) Elements of Life, Tudor-Rose, Geneva, Switzerland. pp. 108-109.
Mirza, M.M.Q., A. Patwardhan, M. Attz, M. Marchand, D. Etkin, M. Ghimire and R. Hanson. 2005. Flood and storm control. In Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Policy Responses, Findings of the Responses Working Group, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Series, Island Press, Washington DC, p.337-352.
Mirza, M.M.Q. 2004a. Climate change and extreme climate events: vulnerability and adaptation of the Canadian energy sector. In A. Fenech, D. MacIver, H. Auld, B. Rong and Y.Y. Yin (eds), Climate Change: Building the Adaptive Capacity, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, p.216-234.
Mortsch, L. 2006a. Impact of climate change on agriculture, forestry, and wetlands. In J.S. Bhatti, R. Lal, M. Apps and M. Price (eds), Climate Change and Managed Ecosystems, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, p.45-68. Mortsch, L. 2006b. .Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture, Forestry, and Wetlands.. In J.S. Bhatti, R. Lal, M.J. Apps and M.A. Price, (eds.) Climate Change and Managed Ecosystems, Boca Raton, FL: CRC Taylor and Francis Press, pp. 45-68.
Mortsch, L. 2004. Communicating about human-caused climate change-overcoming the challenge. In B. Mitchell (ed), Resource and Environmental Management in Canada, Oxford University Press, Don Mills, Ontario.
Nijnik, M. and Bizikova L., 2007. The European Union sustainable forest management and climate change mitigation policies from a transition countries perspective. In: Sustainable Forestry: From Monitoring and Modelling to Knowledge Management and Policy Science, Reynolds K., (ed.). CAB International publishing, pp. 56 .73.
Schertzer, W. M., W. R. Rouse, D.C.L. Lam, D. Bonin and L. Mortsch. (2004). Chapter 12 Climate Variability and Change-Lakes and Reservoirs., in, Environment Canada, Threats to Water Availability in Canada, National Water Research Institute, Burlington ON, NWRI Scientific Assessment Report Series No. 3 and ACSD Science Assessment Series No. 1, pp. 91-116.
Shah, M., A. Xepapadeas, R.E.M. Entsua-Mensah, G. Fisher, A. Haslberger, F. Jensen, M.M.Q. Mirza, E. Sartzetakis and H. Simons. 2005. Food and ecosystems. In Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Policy Responses, Findings of the Responses Working Group, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Series, Island Press, Washington DC, p.175-209.
Yamin, F., Smith, J., and I. Burton, 2006. .Perspectives on .Dangerous Anthropogenic Interference.; or How to Operationalize Article 2 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.. Chapter 10 in H.J. Schellnhuber, W. Cramer, N. Nakicenovic, T. Wigley, and G. Yohe Eds., Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change. New York: Cambridge University Press, p. 81-91.
Yin, Y.Y. 2005. The AS25 project: methodologies and research activities. In A. Fenech, D. MacIver, H. Auld, B. Rong and Y.Y. Yin (eds), Climate Change: Building the Adaptive Capacity, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario.
Yin, Y.Y. and Wang, Guixin, 2004. Global Climate Change Impact Assessment: Methods and Applications. High Education Press, Beijing, China.

Peer Reviewed Reports and Chapters

*peer-reviewed
*Adger, Neil, Pramod Aggarwal, Shardul Agrawala, Joseph Alcamo, Abdelkader Allali, Oleg Anisimov, Nigel Arnell, Michel Boko, Osvaldo Canziani, Timothy Carter, Gino Casassa, Ulisses Confalonieri, Rex Victor Cruz, Edmundo de Alba Alcaraz, William Easterling, Christopher Field, Andreas Fischlin, B. Blair Fitzharris, Carlos Gay Garcí Clair Hanson, Hideo Harasawa, Kevin Hennessy, Saleemul Huq, Roger Jones, Lucka Kajfe. Bogataj, David Karoly, Richard Klein, Zbigniew Kundzewicz, Murari Lal, Rodel Lasco, Geoff Love, Xianfu Lu, Graciela Magrí Luis Joséata, Roger McLean, Bettina Menne, Guy Midgley, Nobuo Mimura, Monirul Qader Mirza, Joséoreno, Linda Mortsch, Isabelle Niang-Diop, Robert Nicholls, Bé Nová, Leonard Nurse, Anthony Nyong, Michael Oppenheimer, Jean Palutikof, Martin Parry, Anand Patwardhan, Patricia Romero Lankao, Cynthia Rosenzweig, Stephen Schneider, Serguei Semenov, Joel Smith, John Stone, Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, David Vaughan, Coleen Vogel, Thomas Wilbanks, Poh Poh Wong, Shaohong Wu and Gary Yohe. (2007). 2007: Summary for Policymakers. In: Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, M.L. Parry, O.F. Canziani, J.P. Palutikof, P.J. van der Linden and C.E. Hanson, Eds., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 7-22.

*Adger, W.N., S. Agrawala, M.M.Q. Mirza, C. Conde, K. O.Brien, J. Pulhin, R. Pulwarty, B. Smit and K. Takahashi, 2007. Assessment of adaptation practices, options, constraints and capacity. Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, M.L. Parry, O.F. Canziani, J.P. Palutikof, P.J. van der Linden and C.E. Hanson, Eds., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 717-743.

*Andrey, J. and B. Mills, 2004. Chapter 8: Transportation. In D.S. Lemmen and F.J. Warren (eds), Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation: A Canadian Perspective, Government of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, p.131-149. http://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/app/ filerepository/F80B56D9915F465784EBC57907478C14.pdf
*Barrow, E., B. Maxwell and P. Gachon, 2004: Climate Variability and Change in Canada: Past, Present and Future, Climate Change Impacts Scenarios Project, National Report, Environment Canada, Meteorological Service of Canada, Adaptation Impacts Research Group, Atmospheric and Climate Sciences Directorate publication, Canada, 114 pp, ISBN: 0-662-38497-0.
*Bizikova, L. and Zajickova Z., 2007. Cost of adaptation in agriculture. In: F. Bosello, O. Kuik, R. Tol, P. Watkiss, Costs of Adaptation to climate change: a review of assessment studies with a focus on methodologies used, Final report, European Environmental Agency, Copenhagen, pp. 138.
*Bizikova L., J. Robinson and S. Cohen, 2007. (guest editors). Integrating Climate Change Actions into Local Development. Climate Policy Special Issue 4, pp. 267-376, ISSN: 1469-3062 (print) and 1752-7452 (online).
*Burton, I, 2008. Moving Forward on Adaptation; in From Impacts to Adaptation: Canada in a Changing Climate 2007, edited by D.S. Lemmen, F.J.Warren, J. Lacroix and E. Bush; Government of Canada, Ottawa, ON.
*Field, C., L. Mortsch, M. Brklacich, D.L. Forbes, P. Kovacs, J. A. Patz, S.W. Running, M.J. Scott, (2007). .Chapter 14-2007: North America.. In, M. Parry, O. Costanza, J. Palutikoff, P.J. van der Linden and C.E. Hanson (eds.) Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 617-652.
*Mirza, M.M.Q. et al., 2007. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report. IPCC, Geneva.
*Mirza, M., I. Burton, A. Maarouf, B. Taylor, B. Rong, B. Bass, B. Mills, D. Etkin, D. MacIver, G. Koshida, L. Mortsch, P. Gachon, S. Cohen, E. Barrow and R. Street. 2004. Chapter 8: scenarios - the long term challenges. In E. Barrow, B. Maxwell and P. Gachon (eds), Climate Variability and Change in Canada: Past, Present and Future, ACSD Science Assessment Series No. 2, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, p.42-51.
*Mortsch, L., J. Ingram, A. Hebb and S. Doka (eds). 2006. Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Communities: Vulnerability to Climate Change and Response to Adaptation Strategies. Final report submitted to the Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Program, Natural Resources Canada. Environment Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Toronto, Ontario. 251 pp. + appendices.
Neale T., Auld H., Bizikova L.,
Klaassen J., MacIver D., 2007. Mining in a changing climate impacts
and adaptation needs in the mining sector. Adaptation and Impacts Research
Division, Environment Canada, Toronto.
*Wheaton, E., G. Koshida, B. Bonsal, T. Johnston, W. Richards, V. Wittrock, 2007. Agricultural Adaptation to Drought (ADA) in Canada: The Case of 2001 to 2002. Prepared for Government of Canada.s Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Program. Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC), Saskatoon, SK. SRC Publication No. 11927-1E07. 25 pp.
*Wheaton, E., S. Kulshreshtha, V. Wittrock (editors) and Bonsal, B.A., A. Chipanshi, C. Grant, G. Koshida, S. Kulshreshtha, E. Wheaton and V. Wittrock (Lead Authors), 2005. Canadian Droughts of 2001 and 2002 Climatology, Impacts and Adaptations. Prepared for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada with the Canadian Droughts of 2001 and 2002 Steering Committee. Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC), Saskatoon, SK. SRC Publication No. 11602-1E03. 1323 pp.
*Wheaton, E., V. Wittrock, S. Kulshreshtha, G. Koshida, C. Grant, A. Chipanshi and B. Bonsal. 2005. Lessons Learned from the Canadian Drought Years 2001 and 2002: Synthesis Report. Prepared for AAFC and the Drought Steering Committee. Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) Publication No. 11602-46E03. SRC, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 45p. (in English and French).
*Yohe, G.W., R.D. Lasco, Q.K. Ahmad, N. Arnell, S.J. Cohen, C. Hope, A.C. Janetos and R.T. Perez. 2007. Perspectives on climate change and sustainability. In: Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Parry, M., O. Canziani, J. Palutikof and P. van der Linden (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, 811-841.

Reports (not peer-reviewed)

Andrey, J, B. Mills, D. Unrau, M. Christie and S. Michaels. 2005. Toward a National Assessment of the Travel Risks Associated with Inclement Weather. ICLR Paper Series, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, London, Ontario. 35p. www.iclr.org/ research/publications_climate.htm .
Auld, H., D. MacIver, G. Koshida, B. Mills, D. Murray and L. Mortsch. 2005. Summary of Requirements for Agri-Environmental Water Conservation Standards. Report prepared for the Agricultural Policy Framework. Adaptation and Impacts Research Group, Environment Canada. 30p.
Bizikova L., 2007. Climate change adaptation, mitigation and sustainable development: integration options for policy, pp. 75 - 79. In: C. van Bers, D. Petry and C. Pahl-Wostl, GWSP Issues in Global Water System Research, Global Assessments: Bridging Scales and Linking to Policy. The Global Water System Project, International Project Office, Bonn.
Bizikova, L. and Bhadwal S., 2006. Global Environmental Change, Gender and Human Security. IHDP- Up-date (Bonn), no. 1/2006, p. 21-23, www.ihdp.org.
Bizikova L. and Cohen S., 2006. Climate change adaptation, mitigation and linkages with sustainable development. International workshop, final report, April 19-21, Vancouver. Adaptation and Impacts Research Division, Environment Canada and Institute For Resources, Environment And Sustainability, UBC, Vancouver
Burton, I., and E. Ligeti (eds.), 2007. .Cities preparing for Climate Change: A study of six urban regions.. Toronto: Clean Air Partnership.
Burton, I., Diringer, E., and J. Smith, 2006. Adaptation to Climate Change: International Policy Options. Prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. Arlington, VA: Pew Center.
Burton, I., and M. van Aalst, 2004. Look Before You Leap: A risk management approach for incorporating climate change adaptation into World Bank operations. Environment Department Papers No. 100, Climate Change Series. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank. Ebi, K.L., and Burton, I., 2008. Identifying practical adaptation options: an approach to address climate change related health risks, Environmental Science
and Policy, In Press.
Etkin, D., Haque, E., Bellisario, L., and I. Burton, 2004. An Assessment of Natural Hazards and Disasters in Canada: A Report for Decision-Makers and Practitioners. Publication prepared for the Canadian Natural Hazards Assessment Project. Canada: Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada and Environment Canada.
Gachon, P., A. St-Hilaire, T. Ouarda, VTV Nguyen, C. Lin, J. Milton, D. Chaumont, J. Goldstein, M. Hessami, T.D. Nguyen, F. Selva, M. Nadeau, P. Roy, D. Parishkura, N. Major, M. Choux & A. Bourque, 2005: A first evaluation of the strength and weaknesses of statistical downscaling methods for simulating extremes over various regions of eastern Canada. Sub-component, Climate Change Action Fund (CCAF), Environment Canada, Final report, Montré, Quéc, Canada, 209 pp.
Koshida, G., T. Neale, S. Cohen and A. Hebb (eds), 2006. Water Availability Standards for Canadian Agriculture, Pilot Watershed Study of the National Agri-Environmental Standards Initiative, Water Availability Standard. Downsview, Ontario: Environment Canada. 486 pp.
Lantz, V., R. Trenholm, J. Wilson, S. Dalton, W. Richards, C. Clark, J. Prentice, and M. Riley, 2006: Valuing Climate Change Impacts on Extreme Weather Events in Canadian Communities: A Toolkit. Prepared for the Government of Canada.s Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Program, Project #A1189 Dec 31, 2006.
Leary, N., Adejuwon, J., Bailey, W., Barros, V., Caffera, M., Chinvanno, S., Conde, C., De Comarmond, A., De Sherbinin, A., Downing, T., Eakin, H., Nyong, A., Opondo, M., Osman, B., Payet, R., Pulhin, F., Pulhin, J., Ratnasiri, J., Sanjak, E., von Maltitz, G., Wehbe, M., Yin, Y. and Ziervogel, G. 2006. For Whom the Bell Tolls, Vulnerabilities in a Changing Climate: A Synthesis from the AIACC Project (AIACC Working Paper No. 21).
MacIver D., J. Klaassen, M. Taylor, P. Gray, N. Comer, S. Fernandez and H. Auld. 2007. In D. MacIver and J. Klaassen (eds), Coastal Zone Management Under a Changing Climate in the Great Lakes. Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario. 22p.
Mills, B., D. Unrau, L. Pentelow, and K. Spring. Flash Back: A Review of Lightning-related Property Damage and Disruption in Canada. Technical report, Adaptation & Impacts Research Division, Environment Canada, Waterloo, Ontario (under review).
Mills, B., S.L. Tighe, J. Andrey, J.T. Smith, S. Parm and K. Huen. 2007. The Road Well-traveled: Implications of Climate Change for Pavement Infrastructure in Southern Canada. Final report prepared for the Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Program, Natural Resources Canada. Adaptation and Impacts Research Division, Environment Canada, and University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. 77 pp. + appendices.
Mills, B., L. Pentelow, and J. Peers (eds.). 2006. The Agricultural Odour Hazard in Canada. Final report prepared for the National Agri-Environmental Standards Initiative (NAESI), Environment Canada. Adaptation & Impacts Research Division, Environment Canada, Waterloo, Ontario. 157 pp.
Mirza, M., I. Burton, A. Maarouf, B. Taylor, B. Rong, B. Bass, B. Mills, D. Etkin, D. MacIver, G. Koshida, L.

Mortsch, P. Gachon, S. Cohen, E. Barrow and R. Street. 2004. Chapter 8: scenarios - the long term challenges. In E. Barrow, B. Maxwell and P. Gachon (eds), Climate Variability and Change in Canada: Past, Present and Future, ACSD Science Assessment Series No. 2, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, p.42-51.
Mortsch, L. J. Ingram, A. Hebb and S. Doka (eds.), 2006. Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Communities: Vulnerability to Climate change and Response to Adaptation Strategies. Final Report submitted to the Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Program, Natural Resources Canada. Environment Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Toronto, Ontario. 251 pp.
Mortsch, L., M. Alden and J. Klaassen. 2005. Development of Climate Change Scenarios for Impact and Adaptation Studies in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Basin. Report prepared for the International Joint Commission, International Lake Ontario- St. Lawrence River Study Board, Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling Technical Working Group. Adaptation and Impacts Research Group, Waterloo, Ontario. 28p.
Mortsch, L.D., T. Croley and D. Fay. (In prep). Implications of climate change for the Great Lakes system.
Sahdev, A., T. Sweiger, S. Jattansingh and G. Koshida. 2005. Assessment of Prediction Tools and Atmospheric-Hydrological Hazards Information for Water Conservation Standards. Report prepared for Agricultural Policy Framework. Adaptation and Impacts Research Group, Environment Canada, Downsview, Ontario. 44p.
Suggett, J., A. Hadayeghi, B. Mills, J. Andrey, and G. Leach. 2006. Development of Winter Severity Indicator Models for Canadian Winter Road Maintenance. Final report prepared for the Transportation Association of Canada by Synectics Transportation Consultants, University of Waterloo, Environment Canada and IMOS Inc. St. Catharines, Ontario. 53pp + appendices.
Vanhoucke, M., N. Comer, J. Klaassen and S. Fernandez. 2006. National Agri-Environmental Standards Initiative (NAESI) Technical Report Series, Report No. 2-58. Environment Canada, Gatineau, Quebec. 1210 p.
Wheaton, E., H. Auld, G. Koshida and D. MacIver. 2005. Agricultural Water Conservation in Canada: Scoping Pressures, Trends and Vulnerabilities. Report prepared for the Agricultural Policy Framework. Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) Publication No. 11926-1E05 and Adaptation and Impacts Research Group, Environment Canada. 51p.
Richards, W. and E. Burridge, 2006. Historical Drought Detection and Evaluation Using the Standardized Precipitation Index and Gridded Data, in CCIAP A932 .Canadian Agricultural Adaptations to 21st Century Droughts: Preparing for Climate Change., http://www.src.sk.ca/html/research_technology/environment/climatology/Agricultural_Adaptations/Project_Deliverables/index.cfm

Occasional Papers

Auld, H. and D. MacIver, 2007. Changing Weather Patterns, Uncertainty and Infrastructure Risk: Emerging Adaptation Requirements. Occasional Paper No. 9, Environment Canada, Adaptation and Impacts Research Division, Toronto, Canada. 18p.

Auld, H., D. MacIver and J. Klaassen, 2007. Adaptation Options for Infrastructure under Changing Climate Conditions. Occasional Paper No. 10, Environment Canada, Adaptation and Impacts Research Division, Toronto, Canada. 19p.

Auld, H., J. Klaassen and N. Comer, 2007. Weathering of Building Infrastructure and the Changing Climate: Adaptation Options. Occasional Paper No. 11, Environment Canada, Adaptation and Impacts Research Division, Toronto, Canada. 18p.

Auld, H., D. MacIver, J. Klaassen, N. Comer and B. Tugwood, 2007. Planning for Atmospheric Hazards and Disaster Management under Changing Climate Conditions. Occasional Paper No. 12, Environment Canada, Adaptation and Impacts Research Division, Toronto, Canada. 16p.

Auld, H. and D. MacIver, 2005. Cities and Communities: The Changing Climate and Increasing Vulnerability of Infrastructure. Occasional Paper No. 3, Adaptation and Impacts Research Group, Environment Canada. 28p.

Burton, I. 2004. Climate Change and the Adaptation Deficit. Occasional Paper No. 1, Adaptation and Impacts Research Group, Environment Canada. 6p.

Fenech, A., H. Auld, D. MacIver, and J. Bruce, 2007. The Americas: Building the Adaptive Capacity to Global Environmental Change. Summary of an International Symposium sponsored by the Inter-American Institute for Global change Research (IAI), Occasional Paper No. 13, Adaptation and Impacts Research Group, Environment Canada. 10p.

Fenech, A., D. MacIver, H. Auld, B. Rong and Y. Yin, 2005. Climate Change: Building Adaptive Capacity. Occasional Paper No. 4, Adaptation and Impacts Research Group, Environment Canada. 12p.

Fenech, A., M. Murphy, D. MacIver, H. Auld and B. Rong, 2005. The Americas: Building the Adaptive Capacity to Global Environmental Change. Occasional Paper No. 5, Adaptation and Impacts Research Group, Environment Canada. 20p.

Karsh M., D. MacIver, A. Fenech and H. Auld, 2007. Climate-Based Predictions Of Forest Biodiversity Using Smithsonian.s Global Earth Observing Network. Occasional Paper No. 8, Environment Canada, Adaptation and Impacts Research Division, Toronto, Canada. 10p.

MacIver, D, 2005. Mainstreaming Adaptation and the Impacts Science into Solutions. Occasional Paper No. 2, Adaptation and Impacts Research Group, Environment Canada. 8p.

MacIver, D., H. Auld, N. Urquizo and M. Karsh, 2005. Biometeorology and Adaptation: An Overview. Occasional Paper No. 6, Adaptation and Impacts Research Group, Environment Canada. 22p.

MacIver, D., M. Karsh, N. Comer, J. Klaassen, H. Auld and A. Fenech, 2006. Atmospheric Influences on the Sugar Maple Industry in North America. Occasional Paper No. 7, Adaptation and Impacts Research Division, Environment Canada. 21p.

Newsletters

Adaptation and Impacts Research Group, 2004. Adaptation Science, Issue No. 1, October 2004.
Adaptation and Impacts Research Group, 2005. Adaptation Science, Issue No. 2, March 2005.
Adaptation and Impacts Research Group, 2005. Adaptation Science, Issue No. 3, May 2005.
Adaptation and Impacts Research Division, 2006. Adaptation Science, Issue No. 4, January 2006.
Adaptation and Impacts Research Division, 2006. Adaptation Science, Issue No. 5, October 2006.
Adaptation and Impacts Research Division, 2007. Adaptation Science, Issue No. 6, February 2007.
Adaptation and Impacts Research Division, 2007. Adaptation Science, Issue No. 7, July 2007.
Adaptation and Impacts Research Division, 2007. Adaptation Science, Issue No. 8, November 2007.
Adaptation and Impacts Research Division, 2008. Adaptation Science, Issue No. 9, February 2008.

Canadian Delegation Submissions and Expert Groups (peer-reviewed)

Auld, H., C. Wong and O. Henrickson, 2004. Case Studies Illustrating the Role of Biodiversity in Mitigating and Adapting to Global Climate Change. Canada.s contribution to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Decision VII/15 on Biodiversity and Climate Change. November.
United Nations Environment Program, 2005. Integration of Biodiversity Considerations in the Implementation of Adaptation Activities to Climate Change at the Local, Subnational, National, Sub-regional and International Levels. Report of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Technical Expert Group included D. MacIver.
United Nations Environment Program, 2005. Proposed Framework: Risk Assessment and Management from Adaptation Projects on Biodiversity - Practical Guidance. Report of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Technical Expert Group included D. MacIver.

Conference Proceedings - peer reviewed

*Baiz, S., S. Tighe, C.T. Haas, B. Mills, and M. Perchanok. 2008. Development and calibration of frost and thaw depth predictors for use in variable load restrictions decision-making on flexible low-volume roads. 87th Annual Meeting Preprint CD-ROM, proceedings of the Transportation Research Board annual meeting, 13-17 January 2008, Washington, D.C.
*Baiz, S., S. Tighe, C.T. Haas, B. Mills, and M. Perchanok. 2007. Using Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS) to optimize the scheduling of load restrictions on Northern Ontario.s low volume roads. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Transportation Association of Canada, October 14-17, 2007, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
*Koshida, G., E. Stratton, J. Klaassen and M. Vanhoucke, 2007. Tap Runs Dry: Managing urban water supply now and in the future in Canada. In: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Climate and Water, September 3-6, 2007, Helsinki, Finland. pp. 251-259.
*Koshida, G., L. Mortsch, S. Cohen and E. Wheaton, 2006. Developing agricultural water availability standards for Canada. In: Proceedings at 59^th Annual Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA) Conference. June 4-7, Toronto, Ontario.
*Mills, B., S. Tighe, J. Andrey, K. Huen and S. Parm, 2006. Climate change and the performance of pavement infrastructure in southern Canada: Context and case study. CD Proceedings of the EIC Climate Change Technology Conference, Engineering Institute of Canada, Ottawa, May 10-12, 2006. ISBN 1-4244-0218-2. *Suggett, J., A. Hadayeghi, J. Andrey,

B. Mills, and G. Leach, 2007. Development of winter severity indicator models for Canadian winter road maintenance, 86^th Annual Meeting Preprint CD-ROM, proceedings of the Transportation Research Board annual meeting, 21-25 January, 2007, Washington, D.C.
*Tighe, S.L., J.T. Smith, B. Mills and J. Andrey. 2008. Evaluating climate change impacts on low volume roads in Canada. 87th Annual Meeting Preprint CD-ROM, proceedings of the Transportation Research Board annual meeting, 13-17 January 2008, Washington, D.C.
*Wheaton, E., G. Koshida and V. Wittrock, 2007. What does Current Agricultural Adaptation to Drought mean for Future Vulnerability? In: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Climate and Water, September 3-6, 2007, Helsinki, Finland. pp. 532-537.
*Wheaton, E., V. Wittrock and G. Koshida, 2006. Assessing Adaptations and Determining Coping Ranges to Severe Droughts in Canada. In: Proceedings at 59^th Annual Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA) Conference. June 4-7, 2006, Toronto, Ontario. Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) Publication No. 11927-10D06.

Conference Proceedings - NOT peer reviewed

Auld, H., D. MacIver, N. Urquizo and A. Fenech, 2002. Biometeorology and Adaptation Guidelines for Country Studies. Proceedings of the 15^th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology, October 28-November 1. Kansas City, USA.

Bizikova L., 2007a. .Analysis and Assessment I: Innovative Approaches for Climate Policy Appraisal and Action. Semi-plennary organizer at Amsterdam Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, to be held in Amsterdam on 24-26 May 2007.

Bizikova L., 2007b. Social adaptation. Institutional Analysis of Sustainability Problems. Second THEMES Marie Curie Summer School, 18-29 June, Stara Lesna, Slovakia.

Bizikova L., 2007c. Adaptation, mitigation and sustainable development: examining opportunities for translating research into action. Explanatory Workshop on Climate Change and Human Security, IHDP-GECH, 19-21 June, Oslo, Norway.

Bizikova L., 2007d. Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Sustainable Development: Opportunities of Integrating for Policy. Global Assessments: Bridging Scales and Linking to Policy. A joint workshop of The Integrated Assessment Society (TIAS) and the Global Water System Project (GWSP), May 9-11, Washington DC.

Bizikova L. and Cohen S., 2006. Climate change adaptation, mitigation and linkages with sustainable development. International workshop, final report, April 19-21, Vancouver. Adaptation and Impacts Research Division, Environment Canada and Institute For Resources, Environment And Sustainability, UBC, Vancouver

Bizikova L. and Kluvankova-Oravska, 2007. Symposium: Sustainability research in transition countries: examples, lesson learned and future directions-symposium. European Society for Ecological Ecnomics, 5-8 of June, Leipzig, Germany..

Bizikova, L. 2006c. Adaptation to climate change in agriculture and implication for land-use change. Climate Change Impact and Adaptation - Metrics for Agriculture. International workshop. June 5-6^th, Columbia university, New York.

Bizikova, L. and Cohen, S., 2006. Climate change adaptation and mitigation in the context of water resource management. ESSP side event. Global Environmental Change: Regional Challenges, An Earth System Science Partnership Global Environmental Change, Open Science Conference 9-12 November 2006 Beijing, China.

Bizikova, L. and M. Nijnik, 2006a. Linking carbon sequestration potentials and policies to local and regional conditions, 5-7 June, 2006; 12th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Vancouver, Canada

Bizikova, L., Cohen, S. and Burch S., 2006. Opportunities for local development initiatives from linking climate change and sustainable development. 5-7 June, 2006; 12th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Vancouver, Canada

Brown, B., R. Morss, J. Lazo, H. Brooks, P. Ganderton and B. Mills, 2007. Defining societal and economic research and applications priorities related to developments in numerical weather prediction, Preprints of the 22^nd American Meteorological Society Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/ 18th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, June 25-29, Park City, Utah. Paper 12B.2.

Burton, I. and Bizikova L., 2007. The Integration of Adaptation and Mitigation in Community Response to Climate Related Disasters in the Context of Sustainable Development: Forming Partnerships with a Common Methodology. 4^th Annual Canadian Hazards and Risk Network Symposium, 6-8 November, Vancouver.

Campbell, R., A. Fenech, P. Jacobson, J. Lazo, P. McComb, B. Mills and D. Smith, 2005. The value of meteorological products and services: money for nothing and your weather information for free. Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics (CANSEE) Biennial Conference, October 28, York University, Toronto, Ontario. http://www.cansee.org/2005_proceedings_e.aspx.
Cohen, S., Bizikova, L. and Burch , 2006. Linking climate change and sustainable development - theoretical approaches. 5-7 June, 2006; 12th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Vancouver, Canada
Gachon P., 2007: Uncertainties in regional climate change scenarios. Expert Symposium on Climate Change: Modelling, Impacts, and Adaptations, Ed. S.Y. Liong, K.K. Phoon, and D.G. Toll, National University of Singapore, Singapore,17-19 December 2007, 45-54, ISBN:978-81-904438-3-8.
Goldstein, J., J. Milton, N. Major, P. Gachon, and D. Parishkura, 2004: Climate extremes indices and their links with future water availability: Case study for summer of 2001. Proceedings of the 57^th Annual Conference of the Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA). 7pp.
Hessami M., T.B.M.J. Ouarda, P. Gachon, A. St-Hilaire, F. Selva and B. Bobé 2004: Evaluation of statistical downscaling methods over several regions of eastern Canada. Proceeding of the 57^th Annual Conference of the CWRA. 9 pp.
Mills, B, 2006. Decision Support Systems: Considerations for THORPEX SERA. Background theme paper for the workshop on North American THORPEX Societal and Economic Research and Applications, Boulder, CO, August 14-16, 2006. http://www.sip.ucar.edu/thorpex/theme.jsp.
Mills, B., R. Morss, H. Brooks, B. Brown, P. Ganderton and J. Lazo, 2006. A Societal and Economic Research and Applications Agenda for the North American THORPEX Programme, CD preprints for the Second International THORPEX Science Symposium, December 4-8, Landshut, Germany. 2pp.
Mills, B. and R. Morss, 2005. What is a high impact weather forecast? Proceedings of the 1st THORPEX International Science Symposium, December 6-10, 2004, Montré, Quéc.
Mirza, M.M.Q., 2007b. Hydrological Extremes in the IPCC AR4, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Climate and Water, Helsinki, Finland, 3.6 September 2007, 332-337.
Mirza, M.M.Q., 2007c. Hydrology for the 21^st Century. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Climate and Water, Helsinki, Finland, 3.6 September 2007, 338-344.
Mirza, M.M.Q., 2006a. Institutional Mechanism for Conflict Resolution and Water Cooperation: An Assessment of the Indo-Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission (JRC).
Mirza, M.M.Q., 2006b. Mainstreaming Climate Change for Extreme Weather Events & Management of Disasters: An Engineering Challenge. In the proceedings of: EIC Climate Change Technology Conference: Engineering Challenges and Solutions in the 21st Century, May 10-12, Ottawa.
Mirza, M.M.Q. and M. Rahman, 2005. Downscaled climate data and implications for the energy sector in Canada. Pre-Conference Proceedings of the CWRA Annual Meeting: Reflections on Our Future: A New Century of Water Stewardship, June 14-17, Banff, Alberta.
Nguyen, V.T.V., T.D. Nguyen and P. Gachon. 2004. An evaluation of statistical downscaling methods for simulating daily precipitation and extreme temperature series at a local site. Proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Asia-Pacific Division of International Association of Hydraulic Research, December 15-18, Hong Kong. 6p.
Richards, W., J. Klaassen, H. Auld, S. Fernandez, and P. Gachon, 2007: Extreme Precipitation Events in a Changing Climate. Preprints Canadian Dam Association Annual Conference, Sept. 2007, 15p.
Scott, D., G. McBoyle, B. Mills and A. Minogue. 2004. Climate change and the ski industry in eastern North America: a reassessment. Proceedings of the International Society of Biometeorology Commission on Climate, Tourism and Recreation, June 9-12, Kolimbari, Creete, Greece.
Yin, Y.Y., 2006. .Linking carbon sequestration science, adaptation and local sustainability. paper presented at the 12th International Symposium on Society and Natural Resources. 3 - 9 June 2006, Vancouver, Canada.

Poster Presentations

Fernandez, S., H. Auld and M. MacIver, 2007. National Hazards Network. Poster presentation at the 4th Annual Canadian Risk and Hazards Network Symposium (CRHNet) November 6 to 8, 2007, Vancouver, British Colombia.
Koshida, G., 2006. Development of a Quick Response Protocol to Assess Weather-Related Disasters in Canada. Poster presentation at International Disaster Reduction Conference (IDRC) August 27-September 1, 2006, Davos, Switzerland.
Wheaton, E., G. Koshida and V. Wittrock, 2006. Challenges in Responding to the Canadian Droughts of 2001 and 2002. Poster presentation at Managing Drought and Water Scarcity in Vulnerable Environments, September 18-20, 2006, Longmont, CO.

Ontario Specific - Adaptation and Impacts Research Division (AIRD) documents (2004-2008)

Journal Articles

Auld, H., D. MacIver and J. Klaassen. 2004. Heavy rainfall and waterborne disease outbreaks: the Walkerton example. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health 67: 1879-1887.

Cheng, C.S., H. Auld, G. Li, J. Klaassen, and Q. Li. 2007a. Possible impacts of climate change on freezing rain in south-central Canada using downscaled future climate scenarios. Natural Hazards Earth Systems. Science 7: 71-87. Available from: www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/7/71/2007/
Cheng, C.S., G. Li, Q. Li, and H. Auld. 2007b. Statistical downscaling of hourly and daily climate scenarios for various meteorological variables in south-central Canada. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, DOI: 10.1007/s00704-007-0302-8.
Cheng, C.S., M. Campbell, Q. Li, G. Li, H. Auld, N. Day, D. Pengelly, S. Gingrich, D. Yap. 2007c. A synoptic climatological approach to assess climatic impact on air quality in south-central Canada. Part I: historical analysis. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 182: 131-148.
Cheng, C.S., M. Campbell, Q. Li, G. Li, H. Auld, N. Day, D. Pengelly, S. Gingrich, D. Yap. 2007d. A synoptic climatological approach to assess climatic impact on air quality in south-central Canada. Part II: future estimates. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 182: 117-130.
Cheng, C.S., H. Auld, G. Li, J. Klaassen, B. Tugwood and Q. Li. 2004. An automated synoptic typing procedure to predict freezing rain: an application to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Weather and Forecasting 19(4): 751-768.
Mortsch, L., G. Sabila and P. Deadman, (in review). Response of vegetation communities in three Lake Huron fens to historical water level fluctuations, Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management.
Mortsch, L. and A. Hebb. 2008. Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change and Flooding in the City of London, Upper Thames River Basin, Ontario. Plan Canada 48(1): 41-44.
Piggott, A., B. Mills and S. Moin. 2005. Groundwater and climate change: impacts and adaptation in southern Ontario. Civil Engineering Magazine 22(3): 14-17.
Schwartz, R., P. Deadman, D. Scott and L. Mortsch. 2004. GIS modelling of climate change impacts on a Great Lakes shoreline community. Journal of American Water Resources Association 40(3): 647-662.

Book Chapters

Bass, B. 2004b. Is smart growth a smart adaptation strategy: examining Ontario.s proposed growth management strategy under climate change. In A. Fenech, D. MacIver, H. Auld, B. Rong and Y.Y. Yin (eds), Climate Change: Building the Adaptive Capacity, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, p.289-304.
MacLellan, J.I. and A. Fenech. 2007. Integrated adaptation modeling of climate change: A municipal case study in Ontario, Canada. in Issues in Global Water System Research: Global Assessments: Bridging Scales and Linking to Policy. University of Maryland, University College, Adelphi, USA: The Global Water System Project, Bonn, Germany.
Sanderson, M. with B. Mills. 2004. Climate variability in the Grand River Watershed. In J.G. Nelson (ed), Towards A Grand Sense of Place-Writings on Changing Environments, Land-Uses, Landscapes, Lifestyles and Planning of a Canadian Heritage River, an Environments publication in association with the University of Waterloo Department of Geography Publication Series, Waterloo, Ontario, p.35-46.
Schertzer, W. M., W. R. Rouse, D.C.L. Lam, D. Bonin and L. Mortsch. (2004). Chapter 12 Climate Variability and Change - Lakes and Reservoirs., in, Environment Canada, Threats to Water Availability in Canada, National Water Research Institute, Burlington ON, NWRI Scientific Assessment Report Series No. 3 and ACSD Science Assessment Series No. 1, pp. 91-116.

Peer Reviewed Reports and Chapters

*peer reviewed

*Auld, H., D. MacIver, J. Klaassen, N. Comer and B. Tugwood, 2004. Atmospheric Hazards in Ontario. ACSD Science Assessment Series No. 3, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario. 72p. *Mortsch, L., J. Ingram,

A. Hebb and S. Doka (eds). 2006. Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Communities: Vulnerability to Climate Change and Response to Adaptation Strategies. Final report submitted to the Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Program, Natural Resources Canada. Environment Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Toronto, Ontario. 251 pp. + appendices.

Reports (not peer reviewed)

Hebb, A.J. and L. Mortsch, 2007. Floods: Mapping Vulnerability in the Upper Thames Watershed under a Changing Climate. Project Report XI. CFCAS Project Assessment of Water Resources Risk and Vulnerability to Changing Climatic Conditions, University of Western Ontario, 53 p. available from http://www.eng.uwo.ca/research/iclr/fids/publications/cfcas-climate/reports/Vulnerability_Mapping_Report.pdf
MacIver D., J. Klaassen, M. Taylor, P. Gray, N. Comer, S. Fernandez and H. Auld. 2007. In D. MacIver and J. Klaassen (eds), Coastal Zone Management Under a Changing Climate in the Great Lakes. Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario. 22p.
Mortsch, L. J. Ingram, A. Hebb and S. Doka (eds.), 2006. Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Communities: Vulnerability to Climate change and Response to Adaptation Strategies. Final Report submitted to the Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Program, Natural Resources Canada. Environment Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Toronto, Ontario. 251 pp.
Mortsch, L., M. Alden and J. Klaassen. 2005. Development of Climate Change Scenarios for Impact and Adaptation Studies in the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Basin. Report prepared for the International Joint Commission, International Lake Ontario- St. Lawrence River Study Board, Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling Technical Working Group. Adaptation and Impacts Research Group, Waterloo, Ontario. 28p.
Mortsch, L.. P. Kay, A. Hebb and A. Emerson. (2005). Aspects of Vulnerability to Droughts and Floods in the Upper Thames Watershed: Perspectives from the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority Stakeholder Engagement, Project Report VI CFCAS Project on Assessment of Water Resources Risk and Vulnerability to Changing Climatic Conditions, University of Western Ontario, 25 pp. available from http://www.eng.uwo.ca/research/iclr/fids/publications/cfcas-climate/reports/ReportVI.pdf
Mortsch, L.D., T. Croley and D. Fay. (In prep). Implications of climate change for the Great Lakes system.

Conference Proceedings - peer reviewed

*peer reviewed

*Baiz, S., S. Tighe, C.T. Haas, B. Mills, and M. Perchanok. 2007. Using Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS) to optimize the scheduling of load restrictions on Northern Ontario.s low volume roads. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Transportation Association of Canada, October 14-17, 2007, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Conference Proceedings - NOT peer reviewed

Hebb, A., L. Mortsch and P. Deadman, 2006. Spatiotemporal trend analysis of wetland vegetation response to historical water level fluctuations at Long Point, Ontario. Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Landscape Ecology & Management Meeting, August 25-27, 2004, Waterloo, Ontario (in press).
Hebb, A., L. Mortsch and P. Deadman, 2004. Documenting Change in Lake Erie Coastal Wetland Ecosystems. Proceedings of the Parks Research Forum of Ontario 2003 Annual Meeting: Protected Areas and Watershed Management. 8-10 May 2003: London, Ontario.
Mortsch, L.D., A.J. Hebb, D.H. Burn, P. Prodanovic, and S.P. Simonovic, (2007). Climate Change and Flooding: Mapping Vulnerability in the City of London, Upper Thames River Basin, Canada, in, Mari Heinonen (ed.,) International Conference on Climate and Water Proceedings, Helsinki, Finland. 3.6 September 2007, pp. 351-358.

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