The current meteorological data set for regulatory air quality modelling assessments in Alberta is based on WRF v4.2.1 on a 4 km grid for the years 2015 – 2019.
The data can be ordered directly from CCD Health Systems by following the directions shown below.
2021 Data Format – The new data requires 10 TBs of storage. Vendors can either ship a (internal or external) hard drive to our office or we will purchase and ship you an external 10 TB hard drive pre-loaded with Alberta meteorological data.
Cost of Services
- 1. Copy service (includes all activities) – $250
- 2. 10 TB Hard Drive (if requested) – $375 (estimated)
- 3. Shipping cost will vary depending on the receiving address. All shipping will be overnight delivery using Purolator (or UPS to the United States). Courier cost will be approximately $65 in BC & Alberta,$80 to Ontario and $100 to Nova Scotia. You will be charged the actual shipping cost charged to us.
If you have a preferred courier or if you have your own account, please specify when you place your order. Approximate delivery time within Canada is 1-2 days (overnight option used).
To purchase the complete data set, please fill out the data request page by clicking here. Or, send questions to sales[at]ccdsystems[dot]com. Please double-check your email address. If you get it wrong there is no way for us to reply.
The current version of the MMEU2 extraction tool (for extracting the WRF data into an air-quality-model-ready format) is available for download by itself at no charge. IT IS ALSO INCLUDED on the hard drive if you purchase the data set. Click here to download the full MMEU2 application (218 files) or download only the latest executable file here.
** NOTE: Cost of the drive will include our price to purchase the external drive, plus any local or national taxes that we have to pay.