Canada and other cold regions climate, hydrology and water resources problems at various space and time scales are challenging and complex. Delivering practical solutions for vulnerability assessments, risk identification, management and mitigation must be informed by state-of-the-art science and supported by innovative decision-making tools and models.
At Climalogik Inc., we are pioneering project-specific solutions to climate and water resource problems that require next-generation technology, models, and theories. Using the most innovative technology for each project provides added value to our clients. We conduct high-quality applied research and development to meet the challenges facing society within our fields of expertise (https://climalogik.ca/expertise/). We are building new knowledge e.g., about a climate and water cycle undergoing change, to support a sustainable society and a sustainable environment. Our R&D efforts support and develop Climalogik’s mission, vision, and goals, as well as international agreements such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement, and the Sendai Framework.
Climalogik Inc. allocates a significant portion of internal resources to Research, Development, and Innovation and is conducted in close cooperation with stakeholders based on a profound understanding of the user needs. It engages in internal projects of its own, projects with other companies and projects run in collaboration with other companies in the sector, including technology focused small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). These projects open the door to synergies with collaborative partners, resulting in a greater flow of knowledge and unique solutions to problems.
Our employees are actively present in the research community and providing thought leadership through university collaboration, conference participation, webinars, and peer-reviewed publications. For example, Dr. Asong (https://elvisasong.com/) is Adjunct Professor at the Global Institute for Water Security, and School of Environment and Sustainability (https://sens.usask.ca//people/faculty/adjunct-faculty/elvis-asong.php), University of Saskatchewan, Canada, where he conducts research on regional climate downscaling and scenarios development, and hydrological modelling and water resources management in a changing climate.
Climalogik’s core areas of research and development include:
Publications authored or co-authored by our employees through on-going or previous research are listed below.
Asong Z.E, Khaliq MN, Wheater HS (2016a): Multisite multivariate modelling of daily precipitation and temperature in the Canadian Prairie Provinces using Generalized Linear Models. Journal of Climate Dynamics, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-016-3004-z.
Asong Z.E, Khaliq MN, Wheater HS (2016b): Projected changes in precipitation and temperature characteristics over the Canadian Prairie Provinces using the Generalized Linear Model multisite multivariate statistical downscaling approach. Journal of Hydrology, 539, pp 429–446, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.05.044.
Asong, Z. E., Wheater, H. S., Pomeroy, J. W., Pietroniro, A., Elshamy, M. E., Princz, D., and Cannon, A.: WFDEI-GEM-CaPA: High-Resolution Meteorological Forcing Data for Hydrological Modelling and Climate Change Impact Analysis in Mackenzie River Basin, Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., https://www.earth-syst-sci-data-discuss.net/essd-2019-103/, accepted, 2020.
Asong, Z. E., Wheater, H. S., Bonsal, B., Razavi, S., and Kurkute, S.: Historical drought patterns over Canada and their teleconnections with large-scale climate signals, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 3105-3124, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3105-2018, 2018.
Asong, Z.E., S. Razavi, H.S. Wheater, and J.S. Wong, (2017): Evaluation of Integrated Multisatellite Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) over Southern Canada against Ground Precipitation Observations: A Preliminary Assessment. J. Hydrometeor., 18, 1033–1050, https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-16-0187.1.
Wong, J. S., Razavi, S., Bonsal, B. R., Wheater, H. S., and Asong, Z.E (2017): Evaluation of various daily precipitation products for large-scale hydro-climatic applications over Canada, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 2163-2185, doi:10.5194/hess-21-2163-2017.
Asong Z.E, Khaliq MN, Wheater HS (2015): Regionalization of precipitation characteristics in the Canadian Prairie Provinces using large-scale atmospheric covariates and geophysical attributes. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 29 (3), 875–892.
Asong, Z.E., Wheater, H., Pomeroy, J., Pietroniro, A., and Elshamy, M. (2018). A Bias-Corrected 3-hourly 0.125 Gridded Meteorological Forcing Data Set (1979 – 2016) for Land Surface Modeling in North America [Dataset]. Federated Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.20383/101.0111
Mantyka-Pringle, C., Messmer, D., Leston, L., Asong Z.E., Bayne, E., Morrissey, C., Bortolotti, G. Sekulic, H. Wheater, D. W. Howerter, and R. G. Clark (2019): Antagonistic, Synergistic and Direct Effects of Land Use and Climate on Prairie Wetland Ecosystems: Ghosts of the Past or Present? Diversity and Distributions, https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12990.