Initiative #99
Improved freshwater runoff modelling in Eastern Canada to drive ocean models
Listed in the registry Pilot Original language : English
About the initiative
Description of the initiative
Use Neural Networks to post-process streamflow simulations from the WRF-Hydro model, improving their agreement with observational data. These neural networks are applied as a downstream calibration step. Builds synergy between traditional calibration methods and modern AI techniques in hydrologic modeling.
AI family
Automation and Decision Support
Bucket rationale Not translated
Automates prediction and adjustment in structured scientific models—rôle de support à la décision.
Lifecycle
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Ideation
Stage status : Completed
June 1, 2025
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Assessment
Stage status : Completed
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Approved
Stage status : Completed
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Development
Stage status : Completed
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Pilot
Stage status : In progress
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Production
Stage status : Upcoming
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Archived
Stage status : Upcoming
Schedule for this initiative
- Completed
- In progress
- Planned
- Not applicable
- Today
- Ideation
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Contacts
- Requester
- Smith, Melannie
- Sector contact
- Smith, Melannie
- Subject matter expert
- Winegardner, Amanda
- Smith, Melannie
Data and tools
- Sector
- Ecosystems and Oceans Science
- Region
- National Capital Region
- Could this initiative be shared with the Treasury Board Secretariat?
- Yes
- Submitted on
- June 1, 2025
Primary users
- Departmental employees
Government priorities and declaration
Declared to TBS Recorded as transmitted to TBS; not editable here.
- Declared name of the AI system
- Improving Streamflow Simulations with Neural Network Post-Processing
- TBS registry identifier
- 2526-DFO-MPO-016
- Status declared to TBS
- Pilot
- Sent to TBS on
- October 10, 2025
- Purpose of the system, as declared
- This project applied neural networks to post-process streamflow outputs from the WRF-Hydro model, improving alignment with observational data. The approach serves as a downstream calibration step, building synergy between traditional hydrologic calibration methods and modern AI techniques.