1 / 19

Meteorological Service of Canada In support of the… 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Games

Meteorological Service of Canada In support of the… 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Games. Presented by: Rob Simpson Head: Projects and Installations Air Monitoring and Operations Section MSC, Toronto, ON May 29 th , 2012. Our Mandate Includes :. Essential Federal Services

curt
Download Presentation

Meteorological Service of Canada In support of the… 2015 Pan Am / Parapan Games

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Meteorological Service of CanadaIn support of the…2015 Pan Am / Parapan Games Presented by: Rob Simpson Head: Projects and Installations Air Monitoring and Operations Section MSC, Toronto, ON May 29th, 2012

  2. Our Mandate Includes: • Essential Federal Services • Safety and Protection of the public, athletes, and officials • The Games will have large crowds in specific areas • Extending Severe Weather Warning for Venues (specific small area warning) • Services will include: • Strong winds, hail, lightning, heavy rain warnings for venues • Health / Air Quality / Smog • General inquiries • Environmental Stewardship • Emergency Response • Sustainability, Assessments

  3. Our Mandate Does Not Include: • Services for operating games efficiently, or forecasting sport-specific weather thresholds related to safety or fairness.

  4. A Comparison

  5. On the Mountain

  6. In the City Photo by: Mark Watmough

  7. Heavy Rain/Flooding Infrastructure Failure Tornadoes Hail Summer Severe Weather Heavy Rain Strong Winds Air Quality Lightning Hail Heat/UV SMOG 15 events/yr 2-3 day episodes

  8. Past experience from Sydney, Beijing, and Vancouver… • Weather will become the #1 daily Agenda item for the Games Operating Committee.

  9. Priorities This Year • In order to produce venue specific weather warnings, we needed observational data at a finer spatial and temporal scale • After an evaluation of the existing weather observational network, gaps were identified. • to build 3 all season sites • 20 to 30 summer only compact sites, some will be collocated with venues • To use additional existing equipment to augment observation network density

  10. Three Full Stations Locations selected with MT input to improve coverage of the GTA areaLeases to be concluded soon. Construction to begin this summerTo be built to RCS standard but scheduled for removal after the games

  11. Locations

  12. EWS • AMOS will deploy our Emergency weather station. • Location to be determined, but one possible location is Toronto Island to augment marine forecasts • No Environmental Assessment required as station is portable • Recently completed communication upgrade

  13. U/A • AMOS will deploy our Emergency U/A station. • Location to be determined – flight frequency up to 4x a day

  14. Marine • AMOS will deploy one Watchkeeper buoy with one Waverider buoy to augment wave data • Lowest cost option as these assets are already within the Marine Network • Will need CCG assistance with deployments • Plan calls for buoys in the water for testing in FY 2013/14

  15. Compact Stations Compact Stations will measure T/Td, Pressure, Wind Speed and Direction, and on some sensor models - precipitation Many if not all will be camera equipped Cooperation – Health Canada Black Globes for Heat Index

  16. Compact Stations Communication will be IP modem based Power will be solar – no guarantee of 115v availability Totally portable – deployable from a minivan – by one person if necessary (some assembly required) Two stations, one with a camera, running at CARE, with more coming soon to provide proof-of-concept data

  17. 1 3 2 4 5 Compact 6

  18. Questions ??

More Related