PCIC's applied research programs are organized around three interrelated themes: Hydrologic Impacts, Regional Climate Impacts, and Climate Analysis and Monitoring. A fourth theme, Ocean Influences, is currently under development.
Hydrologic Impacts
The Hydrologic Impacts theme is concerned with estimating the effects of climate variability and change on water resources using downscaled global climate models and hydrologic models.
Regional Climate Impacts
The Regional Climate Impacts theme stresses the need to explain and interpret the potential impacts of global climate variability and change at the regional and community scale.
Climate Analysis and Monitoring
The Climate Analysis and Monitoring theme addresses the need for accurate historical and near real-time climate data.
Ocean Influences
The Ocean Influences theme recognizes the importance of the Pacific Ocean as a major factor affecting the regional climate of the Pacific and Yukon Region of Canada.