TO2015 Pan and Parapan American Games Science Showcase Research

The Pan and Parapan American Games are a regional international summer sporting event, staged every 4 years in the year prior to the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. The 2015 Games were awarded to Canada on November 6, 2009, by the Pan American Sports Organization. The XVII Pan American Games and the V Parapan American Games were held in Toronto, Canada, from July 10–26, 2015, and from August 7–15, 2015, respectively. Canada welcomed the 40 other countries/nations of the Americas to Toronto and the municipalities of the Greater Golden Horseshoe Area in Ontario where the summer sports events of the 2015 Pan and Parapan American Games were hosted.



Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) mission and mandate for the TO2015 Games was to provide essential services for enhanced weather monitoring and forecasting and for local-level preparedness activities. The key objectives were to enhance public safety and decision making by:

• issuing weather warnings;

• forecasting weather conditions;

• supporting critical weather sensitive government services; and

• monitoring atmospheric conditions.



The funding received by ECCC was used to provide state-of-the-art, 24/7, dedicated, venue-specific weather services during the Games (i.e., 24 hours per day, 7 days per week).



Although ECCC’s mandate for the Games was to provide venue-specific forecasts and alerts, various ongoing research and development activities were aligned to take advantage of the unique opportunities provided by the Games. ECCC’s research showcase for the Games leveraged our state-of-the-art science and technologies. The goal was two-fold: support ECCC’s operations during the Games, and learn from the research and development to make a great meteorological service even better.



ECCC showcased a number of new technologies and instruments, which are described in the following sections. The research instrument platforms provided observations that supplemented the automated land- and marine-based Mesonet. All available observations were used to increase our understanding of meteorological and air quality science, particularly over an urban environment. ECCC will use this new scientific information to improve the accuracy and lead time of its alerts.

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eng; CAN
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Author
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre)

Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd, Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0H3,
1-800-668-6767

http://ec.gc.ca
 

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Title

TO2015 Pan and Parapan American Games Science Showcase Research
Date (Publication)
2016-03-31
Date (Creation)
2015-05-01
Status
Under development
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eng; CAN
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UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Point of contact
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Meteorological Service of Canada - Diane Johnston ( Pan American and Parapan American Games Project Lead)

4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5T4, Canada
416-739-4128

Keywords

Theme

  • TO2015, 2015 Games, Pan Am, Parapan Am, Southern Ontario, Toronto, MSC, Meteorological Service of Canada, meteorology, weather, weather observations, technology, science, research

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Scientific research

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Weather and Climate

Business Functions

  • Provide Weather Information Products and Services

  • Expand Scientific Knowledge / Develop New Methodologies for Monitoring and Predicting Weather

Geography

  • Ontario (ON)

external.theme.EC_Branch

  • Science and Technology Branch

external.theme.EC_Directorate

  • Atmospheric Science and Technology

external.theme.EC_Program_PAA

  • 2.1.1. Weather Observations, Forecasts and Warnings

external.theme.GC_Security_Level

  • Unclassified
 
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Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)

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Begin Date
2015-05-01

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  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre)

Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd, Gatineau, Quebec, K1A 0H3,
1-800-668-6767

http://ec.gc.ca
 
 

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Keywords

TO2015, 2015 Games, Pan Am, Parapan Am, Southern Ontario, Toronto, MSC, Meteorological Service of Canada, meteorology, weather, weather observations, technology, science, research
Business Functions

Expand Scientific Knowledge / Develop New Methodologies for Monitoring and Predicting Weather Provide Weather Information Products and Services
ECCC Information Category EN

Weather and Climate
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

Scientific research
external.theme.EC_Branch

Science and Technology Branch
external.theme.EC_Directorate

Atmospheric Science and Technology
external.theme.EC_Program_PAA

2.1.1. Weather Observations, Forecasts and Warnings
external.theme.GC_Security_Level

Unclassified


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