Overview
- A Council of Canadian Academies review commissioned by Environment and Climate Change Canada says reduced U.S. NOAA funding and collaboration limits threaten Canada’s access to critical remote sensing data.
- The assessment highlights large observation gaps, especially in the North, where sparse stations leave forecasters dependent on U.S. satellites for key measurements.
- Panelists call for a coordinated national flood framework with flash-flood alerts to replace today’s patchwork of warnings and response systems.
- The report supports hybrid forecasting that integrates AI with physics-based models, cautioning that AI-only tools can miss unprecedented extremes.
- It points to deeper European partnerships and major domestic investments in observation networks and supercomputing, noting static federal program spending and no formal cost estimate.