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Salmon Climate Impacts Portal

Climate change is affecting freshwater environments within which salmon ecosystems are found. The Salmon Climate Impacts Portal provides information about the impacts of climate change on freshwater environments in British Columbia (BC). Using data from six global climate models, this tool provides a regional overview of potential changes to various streamflow and water temperature hazards within the BC coastal domain. 

With the Salmon Climate Impacts Portal, users can:

  • Visualize and download data describing projected changes to 10 streamflow and water temperature hazard indices at yearly, monthly, and daily resolutions
  • Choose data from one of six global climate models
  • Explore changes based on two different greenhouse gas emissions scenarios (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) and four time periods (historical, 2020s, 2050s, and 2080s)
  • Select a region of interest by watershed group, salmon conservation unit or custom outlet location
  • Visualize maps, generate summary plots, and download summary data
Access the Salmon Climate Impacts Portal

Intended users

This tool is designed to serve the needs of technical and scientific users who require climate change information for salmon environmental impacts and vulnerability studies. It may also be of interest to a broad range of users involved in the management of fisheries, water resources, and ecosystem health.

Resources

  • Watch a webinar introducing the Salmon Climate Impacts Portal
  • Read the user documentation for help with how to use the Salmon Climate Impacts Portal

About the data

The Salmon Climate Impacts Portal uses data from the VIC-GL hydrologic model coupled to the dynWat streamflow and water temperature model. This data is driven by BCCAQv2 downscaled climate model output from the fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5).

When referring to the Salmon Climate Impacts Portal data produced by PCIC, whether retrieved from this website or found otherwise, the source must be clearly stated. For the most recently released data, the following citation is recommended:

Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, University of Victoria, (Mar. 2024). Salmon Climate Impacts Portal. Downloaded from <Permalink> on <Date>.

We thank the Ecosystems Science Division and the State of the Salmon Program within the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada for their invaluable guidance and direction in developing this tool. PCIC also acknowledges the financial support provided by the British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation fund, which is co-funded by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia.

Schnorbus, M.A., 2024: VIC-GL-DynWet Model Deployment. Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, 89 pp.

Schnorbus, M., A. Schoeneberg, T. Tai, S. Larabi, and L. Zeman, 2024: Development of Freshwater Hazard Indicators to Assess Climate Change Impacts to Salmon, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, 54 pp.

This data is subject to PCIC's terms of use. It has been obtained from a variety of sources and is provided as a public service by the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium. The data is provided by the Consortium on an “AS IS” basis without any warranty or representation, express or implied, as to its accuracy or completeness. Any reliance you place upon the information contained here is your sole responsibility and is strictly at your own risk. In no event will the Consortium be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever, including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, arising from reliance upon the data or derived information.