Research

Climate Change in the Eastern Arctic, Numerical ocean and climate modeling, Air Quality in southwestern Ontario, Climate of Toronto, Hurricanes and Climate Change, Climate Change Impact Assessment, Day-to-day temperature variability.

Selected Publications

-Jien, J. and W.A. Gough, 2012. Influences of Atlantic Hurricanes on Southern Ontario precipitation. Theoretical and Applied Climatology (in press).

-Xie, C. and W.A. Gough, 2012. A simple thaw-freeze algorithm for multilayered soil using the Stefan equation. Permafrost Periglacial Processes (in revision, resubmitted).

-Tam, B.Y., Gough, W.A., Edwards V., and L.J.S. Tsuji, 2012. The impact of climate change on the lifestyle and well-being of a First Nation community in the western James Bay region. The Canadian Geographer (in press).

- Tam, B.Y., Gough, W.A., Edwards V., and L.J.S. Tsuji, 2012. Comparing seasonal and weather-related changes in behavior among urban Aboriginal participants, urban non-Aboriginal participants and rural Aboriginal participants. Population and Environment (accepted).

-Tam, B.Y., Gough, W.A., Edwards V., and L.J.S. Tsuji, 2012. Comparing seasonal and weather-related changes in behavior among urban Aboriginal participants, urban non-Aboriginal participants and rural Aboriginal participants. Population and Environment (accepted).

-Tam, B. and W.A. Gough, 2012. Examining Past Temperature Variability in Moosonee, Thunder Bay and Toronto, Ontario, Canada through a Day-to-Day Variability Framework. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 110:103-113.

- Mohsin, T. and W.A. Gough, 2012. Characterization and estimation of Urban Heat Island at Toronto: impact of the choice of rural sites. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 108(1-2): 105-117.

- Mohsin, T. and W.A. Gough, 2010. Trend analysis of long-term temperature time series in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 101(3), 311-327.

- Laidler,G.J., Ford, J., Gough, W.A., Ikummaq, T., Gagnon, A.S, and Kowal, S , 2009. Travelling and hunting in a changing Arctic: Assessing Inuit vulnerability to sea ice change in Igloolik, Nunavut. Climatic Change, 94: 363-397.

- Ford, J., Gough, W.A and Laidler, G.J., 2009. Inuit and scientific descriptions of sea ice extremes in northern Foxe Basin, Canada, and its implications for resource harvesting: The case of 2006. Climate Research, 38: 137-154.

-Gough, W.A., 2008. Theoretical considerations of day-to-day temperature variability applied to Toronto and Calgary, Canada data. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 94: 97-105.

- Gagnon, A.S. and W.A. Gough, 2005b. Trend and Variability in the Dates of Ice Freeze-up and Break-up over Hudson Bay and James Bay. Arctic, 58(4): 370-382.

-Gagnon, A.S. and W.A. Gough, 2005a. Climate change scenarios for the Hudson Bay region: An intermodel comparison. Climatic Change 69: 269-297.