Trevor James Smith
Trevor James Smith is a climate change research software developer in Montreal, Quebec. He holds a B.Sc. Hons. in Environnmental Sciences and Political Science and an M.Sc. in Geography, Planning and Environmental Studies from Concordia University. Trevor has worked in various fields as a contract researcher examing Canadian telecommunication infrastructure, indigenous-led GIS/mapping initiatives, and environmental disaster hazard and risk mapping. For the past 5 years, he has been a member of the climate platforms, data, and operations team at Ouranos Inc.
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Climate change projections and analyses are one of many processes that require not only sound scientific approaches, but also scalable and efficient algorithms due to the data-intensive nature of climate science.
Xclim is a cutting-edge climate analysis library built using xarray and dask to solve real problems in climate change analysis and processing, offering tools such as climate model ensemble selection and bias adjustment, climate data health check-ups, in addition to the ability to calculate more than 150 relevant climate indicators over enormous databases.
Developed with user-friendliness in mind, Xclim serves as the backbone of Environment and Climate Change Canada's ClimateData.ca platform.
Join us to explore Xclim's capabilities and follow a typical workflow, transforming vast climate datasets into actionable climate insights.