Climate Impact on Prince George

Running Head: PRINCE GEORGE
Climate Impact on Prince George
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Table of Contents
a. Introduction................................................................................................................2
b. Annual Statistics..............................................................................................................3
c. Seasonal Statistics............................................................................................................9
d. Graphs............................................................................................................................10
e. Climatology....................................................................................................................13
f. Climate Impacts and Solutions.......................................................................................15
g. Conclusion.....................................................................................................................16
Works Cited.......................................................................................................................17

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a. Introduction
Climatic change has been affecting ecosystems and resources of humans depend on these
impacts can be projected for increasing systems. Several managers and stakeholders in local
areas have been adapting these changes in the environment. Sectors in the Prince Georgia BC
have been affected by the climatic change including water resources, agriculture, tourism,
transportation and health (Akerlof, Karen et al.). There have been huge change in the climate of
the area due to various factors that have been discussed in the report. This report has been
discussing about the average temperature and rain season in the area. There have been various
changes in the climate over the last century. The change in the temperature has been recorded as
increment by 1.0°C and 2.5°C throughout the region. The annual day-time high temperatures
have been increased between 0.5°C and 1.5°C (Alagidede, Paul, George Adu, and Prince Boakye
Frimpong). Seasonal trends of minimum temperature increases of as much as 3.5°C were
detected in the winter and spring in Northern BC. However, Global temperatures have been
increased during the 21st century by 1.1°C to 6.4°C depending on the globe level for future
greenhouse gas emission. Precipitation in the region has been increased in the 20th century in BC.
Annual precipitation has been increased by 22%. However, the beginning of the century has been
experiencing increase in the northern interior reigns in BC. With the change in climate, natural
variability has been occurring in decade time scales can be prevalent in the northern region.
Climatic variability has been focusing on the climate and individual weather events.
Variability has been caused by natural internal processes within the climate system. There are
various mechanism that has been redistribute heat and movement of the atmospheric and
hydrological system of the Earth (Blewett, Jessica, and Neil Hanlon). Climatic change focuses on

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the change in the climate over an extended period including several decades to century. It
includes changes in measures of climatic changes including average of daily, monthly, seasonal
and annual temperature on Earth’s surface. However, climatic changes can be caused by both
natural and manual processes with the system of climate. The ecological cycle in the
environment have been changed with time period in the region. The term climate variability and
climatic change have not been interchangeable in terms of climate and weather.
Prince George is a city with population of 77,000 in north-central British Columbia. The
city is located in the Fraser-Fort Regional District that covers land area 316 km2. It has been
located in geographical center of British Columbia: 786 km north of Vancouver and 739 km west
of Edmonton, Alberta, at 53°53′ north latitude 122°40′ west longitude (Drolet, Julie Lynne, and
Tiffany Sampson). The City lies in the middle of the Sub-Boreal Spruce bio geoclimate zone that
has been continental climate with extreme hot and cold weather.
b. Annual Statistics
Climatic elements have been influenced by the large scale and local controls. Various
temporal and partial variations in the solar radiation have been key determents in the temperature
change I the Prince Georgia. Variation in the net radiations of mirror variation have been
calculated in the report. The change in the temperature has been reported in the report.
Jun
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Temperature
Deviation
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Deviation
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99.9 24.7 23.3 18.7 10.8 -2.2 -2.7 -37.4 -48.3 -48.3
19.3 21.7 19.4 17.5 10.2 5 0.6 11.8 0.9 -47.4
21 22.9 19.9 17.2 13.1 2.4 -6.4 12.5 1.6 -45.8
18.3 23 23.7 15.5 9.6 -2.7 -2.8 11.6 0.7 -45.1
19.8 20.2 23 17.6 8.4 -2.4 -3.1 12.1 1.2 -43.9