Conor Ian Anderson

• Bachelor of Science
• PhD Candidate at University of Toronto

The "3/5 rule" is a commonly used rule-of-thumb for dealing with missing data when calculating monthly climate normals. The rule states that any month that is missing more than three consecutive daily values, or more than five daily values in total, should not be included in calculated monthly climate normals. We quantify the impact of missing data...

The quantification of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) relies on the establishment of urban–rural station pairs for comparison. We revisited the selection of three rural stations (Albion Field Centre, Millgrove, and King Smoke Tree) and two urban stations (Toronto and Toronto Pearson International Airport) that have previously been used to perform UHI a...

Globally, 2014 and 2015 were the two warmest years on record. At odds with these global records, eastern Canada experienced pronounced annual cold anomalies in both 2014 and 2015, especially during the 2013/14 and 2014/15 winters. This study sought to contextualize these cold winters within a larger climate context in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Toro...

The region of Tacna in the south of Peru is characterized by an exceptionally dry climate. At the head of the Atacama desert, the region's very small water supply is further stressed by extractions by industry, mining, and a large metropolitan population. In the face of these significant supply issues, there has been little action by the authoritie...