Snow and Wet Precipitation, Oil Sands Region

Assess the importance of atmospheric deposition of contaminants as a contributor to ecological impacts of oil sands development and identify sources.



• Use snowpack measurements sampled across a gridwork to develop maps of winter-time atmospheric contaminant loadings for the region ~100 km from the major upgrading facilities



• Assess long-term trends in winter-time atmospheric deposition



• Determine the potential impact of wintertime snowpack mercury loads on tributary river water mercury concentrations (Spring Freshet) using Geographic Information System and hydrological modelling approaches



• Compare snowpack loadings to those obtained from precipitation monitoring and compare spatial patterns to PAC air measurements obtained from passive sampling network

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Date Stamp
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Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
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Hierarchy Level
Series
Point of contact
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Science and Technology Branch / Water Science and Technology / Aquatic Contaminants Research Division - ACRD Data Management Team

867 Lakeshore Rd., Burlington, Ontario, L7S 1A1, Canada
 

Data identification

Title

Snow and Wet Precipitation, Oil Sands Region
Date (Publication)
2015-07-08
Date (Creation)
2015-05-12
Status
On going
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Spatial representation type
Vector
Point of contact
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Science and Technology Branch / Water Science and Technology / Aquatic Contaminants Research Division - Jane Kirk ( Research scientist)

867 Lakeshore Rd., Burlington, Ontario, L7S 1A1, Canada
1-905-336-4712

Collaborator
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Jaime Dawson ( Oil Sands Senior Support for Air Component)

867 Lakeshore Rd., Burlington, Ontario, L7S 1A1, Canada
1-905-336-4883

Keywords

Theme

  • oil sands, monitoring, atmospheric deposition, contaminant, fate and transport, monitoring, polycyclic aromatic compound, particulate metals, snow, Athabasca, river, basin, near-field, far-field, Fort McMurray

  • Observation/Measurement

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Precipitation

  • Oil sands

  • Snow

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Water - Quality

Business Functions

  • Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste

  • Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota

Branch

  • Science and Technology Branch

Directorate

  • Water Science and Technology

Environment Canada - Program

  • 1.3.2. Ecosystem Assessment and Approaches

GC Security Level

  • Unclassified

Geography

  • Prairie - Alberta (AB)

  • Prairie - Saskatchewan (SK)

  • Territories - Northwest Territories (NT)
 
Use Limitation

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

Access Constraints
License
Use Constraints
License
Begin Date
2012-01-02

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Ref. system Reference Systems

Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4326 /
 

Distribution

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

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

https://www.canada.ca
 
 

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Keywords

Observation/Measurement oil sands, monitoring, atmospheric deposition, contaminant, fate and transport, monitoring, polycyclic aromatic compound, particulate metals, snow, Athabasca, river, basin, near-field, far-field, Fort McMurray
Branch

Science and Technology Branch
Business Functions

Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota
Directorate

Water Science and Technology
ECCC Information Category EN

Water - Quality
Environment Canada - Program

1.3.2. Ecosystem Assessment and Approaches
GC Security Level

Unclassified
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

Oil sands Precipitation Snow


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