Role of Ocean in Global Warming - J
... National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey, USA (Manuscript received 18 October 2006, in final form 2 February 2007) ...
... National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey, USA (Manuscript received 18 October 2006, in final form 2 February 2007) ...
Evolutionary response of the egg hatching date of LETTERS *
... alter the reaction norm elevation). Thus, it is the winter moth’s response to temperature that has genetically changed. The genetic change in reaction norm is mainly a change in elevation and to a lesser extent in slope (Fig. 1b). Whereas the quantitative genetic model predicts the largest shift at ...
... alter the reaction norm elevation). Thus, it is the winter moth’s response to temperature that has genetically changed. The genetic change in reaction norm is mainly a change in elevation and to a lesser extent in slope (Fig. 1b). Whereas the quantitative genetic model predicts the largest shift at ...
The 1430s: a cold period of extraordinary internal climate variability
... 1450 were consistently average or warm (for the years 1430– 1439; Luterbacher et al., 2016; see Fig. S1 in the Supplement). Striking is the very cold decade 1451–1460, which is a consistent feature across all summer temperature proxy series and coincides with two very large consecutive volcanic erup ...
... 1450 were consistently average or warm (for the years 1430– 1439; Luterbacher et al., 2016; see Fig. S1 in the Supplement). Striking is the very cold decade 1451–1460, which is a consistent feature across all summer temperature proxy series and coincides with two very large consecutive volcanic erup ...
Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of Earth`s
... how it was when I was a child. It seem like there was a long, long winter and summer wasn’t so hot, like in the last two years, it didn’t rain and snow so much, and actually I liked it better than the climate now. But why did it happened? Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of ...
... how it was when I was a child. It seem like there was a long, long winter and summer wasn’t so hot, like in the last two years, it didn’t rain and snow so much, and actually I liked it better than the climate now. But why did it happened? Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of ...
Global Warming: Forecasts by Scientists versus Scientific Forecasts
... predictions without the aid of well-established forecasting principles. Thus, they could simply use the information to come up with judgmental forecasts. Alternatively, they could translate their beliefs into mathematical statements (or models) and use those to make forecasts. Although they may seem ...
... predictions without the aid of well-established forecasting principles. Thus, they could simply use the information to come up with judgmental forecasts. Alternatively, they could translate their beliefs into mathematical statements (or models) and use those to make forecasts. Although they may seem ...
Research Project Final Report
... Freedom of Information obligations. This short report to Defra does not preclude contractors from also seeking to publish a full, formal scientific report/paper in an appropriate scientific or other journal/publication. Indeed, Defra actively encourages such publications as part of the contract term ...
... Freedom of Information obligations. This short report to Defra does not preclude contractors from also seeking to publish a full, formal scientific report/paper in an appropriate scientific or other journal/publication. Indeed, Defra actively encourages such publications as part of the contract term ...
Heat capacity, time constant, and sensitivity of Earth`s climate system
... Figure 2. Time series of global ocean heat content anomaly (left axis) and global mean surface temperature anomaly (right axis). Global ocean heat content data L300, L700, and L3000, are from Levitus et al. [2005] for ocean depths from the surface to 300, 700, and 3000 m, respectively. For L300 and ...
... Figure 2. Time series of global ocean heat content anomaly (left axis) and global mean surface temperature anomaly (right axis). Global ocean heat content data L300, L700, and L3000, are from Levitus et al. [2005] for ocean depths from the surface to 300, 700, and 3000 m, respectively. For L300 and ...
Diurnal temperature range as an index of global
... the potential effect on DTR due to the differential impact of urbanisation on Tmax and Tmin remains unclear. [6] Here, we transformed the 0.5° monthly grid of the original data set into a 5° latitude and longitude grid using area averaging. We then removed monthly grid boxes that did not contain any ...
... the potential effect on DTR due to the differential impact of urbanisation on Tmax and Tmin remains unclear. [6] Here, we transformed the 0.5° monthly grid of the original data set into a 5° latitude and longitude grid using area averaging. We then removed monthly grid boxes that did not contain any ...
Key aspects of global climate change
... (new projections with an agreement for a small number of models); 4) restrictedly probable (model results are not certain but changes are physically possible). A principal difficulty in substantiation of projections consists in impossibility to unanimously predict the evolution of GHGs in the futur ...
... (new projections with an agreement for a small number of models); 4) restrictedly probable (model results are not certain but changes are physically possible). A principal difficulty in substantiation of projections consists in impossibility to unanimously predict the evolution of GHGs in the futur ...
Recent warming in a 500-year palaeotemperature record from
... Abstract: Laminated sediments from Upper Soper Lake on southern Baffin Island provide a new 500-year record of temperature change in the Arctic. Radiometric dating, using 210Pb and Pu, shows that the light- and dark-coloured laminae couplets are annually deposited varves. Dark laminae thickness is s ...
... Abstract: Laminated sediments from Upper Soper Lake on southern Baffin Island provide a new 500-year record of temperature change in the Arctic. Radiometric dating, using 210Pb and Pu, shows that the light- and dark-coloured laminae couplets are annually deposited varves. Dark laminae thickness is s ...
LETTER Global metabolic impacts of recent climate warming
... increases in metabolic rates of tropical and north temperate organisms. Recent studies using diverse physiological and biophysical approaches indicate that tropical ectotherms may be particularly vulnerable to climate warming2,7,13,14,24,27, even though observed and predicted tropical warming is rel ...
... increases in metabolic rates of tropical and north temperate organisms. Recent studies using diverse physiological and biophysical approaches indicate that tropical ectotherms may be particularly vulnerable to climate warming2,7,13,14,24,27, even though observed and predicted tropical warming is rel ...
Global metabolic impacts of recent climate warming
... increases in metabolic rates of tropical and north temperate organisms. Recent studies using diverse physiological and biophysical approaches indicate that tropical ectotherms may be particularly vulnerable to climate warming2,7,13,14,24,27, even though observed and predicted tropical warming is rel ...
... increases in metabolic rates of tropical and north temperate organisms. Recent studies using diverse physiological and biophysical approaches indicate that tropical ectotherms may be particularly vulnerable to climate warming2,7,13,14,24,27, even though observed and predicted tropical warming is rel ...
Estimating intensive and extensive margin adaptation to climate
... University, UC Irvine, Iowa State University, UCSB, Lawrence Berkeley Labs and Resources for the Future have provided valuable feedback. This is still a preliminary and in places incomplete draft and should not be cited without permission of the author who is solely responsible for any errors. ...
... University, UC Irvine, Iowa State University, UCSB, Lawrence Berkeley Labs and Resources for the Future have provided valuable feedback. This is still a preliminary and in places incomplete draft and should not be cited without permission of the author who is solely responsible for any errors. ...
Variability and Trends of Air Temperature and Pressure in the
... 5–15 yr. Elucidating the mechanisms behind this relationship will be critical to understanding the complex nature of low-frequency variability. ...
... 5–15 yr. Elucidating the mechanisms behind this relationship will be critical to understanding the complex nature of low-frequency variability. ...
Atmospheric circulation and hydroclimate impacts of alternative
... sequent sections. Annual-mean surface temperature and precipitation fields in our control case (Figure 2a,c) agree closely with those in the corresponding fully-coupled simulations of Huber and Caballero (2011); as discussed in that paper, the modelled temperature field reproduces the available prox ...
... sequent sections. Annual-mean surface temperature and precipitation fields in our control case (Figure 2a,c) agree closely with those in the corresponding fully-coupled simulations of Huber and Caballero (2011); as discussed in that paper, the modelled temperature field reproduces the available prox ...
Greater temperature sensitivity of plant phenology at colder sites
... temperature in that year over a summer time-window (model structure described below). The summer time-window was defined as either average May–June, June, June–July, or June– August mean monthly temperatures per year. We specified the summer time-window separately for each species and phenological e ...
... temperature in that year over a summer time-window (model structure described below). The summer time-window was defined as either average May–June, June, June–July, or June– August mean monthly temperatures per year. We specified the summer time-window separately for each species and phenological e ...
Temporal trends and variability of daily maximum and
... 1961–2003. Statistically significant warming trends were identified in various measures of the temperature regime, such as temperatures of extreme events and diurnal temperature range. The warming trends in winter nighttime temperatures were among the highest when compared with other regions. We als ...
... 1961–2003. Statistically significant warming trends were identified in various measures of the temperature regime, such as temperatures of extreme events and diurnal temperature range. The warming trends in winter nighttime temperatures were among the highest when compared with other regions. We als ...
On the relationship between metrics to compare greenhouse gases
... gas, usually CO2 . GWP is the standard option when comparing emissions of different greenhouse gases, e.g. in the Kyoto protocol. It was originally developed by Rodhe (1990), Shine et al. (1990) and Lashof and Ahuja (1990). See Forster et al. (2007) for the estimates of GWP values developed for IPCC ...
... gas, usually CO2 . GWP is the standard option when comparing emissions of different greenhouse gases, e.g. in the Kyoto protocol. It was originally developed by Rodhe (1990), Shine et al. (1990) and Lashof and Ahuja (1990). See Forster et al. (2007) for the estimates of GWP values developed for IPCC ...
Northern Hemispheric cryosphere response to volcanic eruptions in
... a third-order low-pass Butterworth filter with a cutoff frequency of 15 years [Otterå et al., 2010] to filter the temperature records. The lowest panel shows the Gao et al. [2008] NH stratospheric loading of sulfates from volcanic eruptions as an indicator of timing and magnitude of eruptions during t ...
... a third-order low-pass Butterworth filter with a cutoff frequency of 15 years [Otterå et al., 2010] to filter the temperature records. The lowest panel shows the Gao et al. [2008] NH stratospheric loading of sulfates from volcanic eruptions as an indicator of timing and magnitude of eruptions during t ...
Prospectus for Future Research: Temperature Effects
... photosynthetic respiration, meaning that they break down organic molecules into ATP at a fast rate (Dummermouth, 2003). Species such as Ulva bulbosa are able to keep high respiration rates over a wide range of temperatures, and for some green algae they are also able to maintain photosynthesis at hi ...
... photosynthetic respiration, meaning that they break down organic molecules into ATP at a fast rate (Dummermouth, 2003). Species such as Ulva bulbosa are able to keep high respiration rates over a wide range of temperatures, and for some green algae they are also able to maintain photosynthesis at hi ...
This PDF is a selection from a published volume from... Research Volume Title: The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and...
... (2007), Weitzman (2007), Mendelsohn (2008), and others point out, it makes assumptions about temperature change, economic impact, abatement costs, and discount rates that are outside the consensus range. ...
... (2007), Weitzman (2007), Mendelsohn (2008), and others point out, it makes assumptions about temperature change, economic impact, abatement costs, and discount rates that are outside the consensus range. ...
Insights from the ocean carbon cycle
... The amplitude, however, is too strong, as was already shown for CCSM4 [Deser et al., 2012]. In conjunction with major volcanic eruptions (years 1258, 1452, and 1815) we find strong La Niña events and a shift of ENSO toward lower frequencies, both also visible in the sea level pressure-based Southern ...
... The amplitude, however, is too strong, as was already shown for CCSM4 [Deser et al., 2012]. In conjunction with major volcanic eruptions (years 1258, 1452, and 1815) we find strong La Niña events and a shift of ENSO toward lower frequencies, both also visible in the sea level pressure-based Southern ...
Paleoclimate Implications for Human
... contrary: an imbalance approaching 1 W/m2 would be sufficient to melt all ice on Earth or change ocean temperature a large amount, contrary to numerous paleoclimate data records. Variability of solar luminosity on Pleistocene time scales is small. Therefore the changed boundary conditions that maint ...
... contrary: an imbalance approaching 1 W/m2 would be sufficient to melt all ice on Earth or change ocean temperature a large amount, contrary to numerous paleoclimate data records. Variability of solar luminosity on Pleistocene time scales is small. Therefore the changed boundary conditions that maint ...
Recent observed climate change over the Arabian Peninsula
... method which avoids the domination of stations with high mean values by averaging the stations time series anomalies. A base reference of 1985–2005 was used to calculate the station normals and anomalies following Jones and Moberg [2003] who used at least 20 years of data within the 30 year period t ...
... method which avoids the domination of stations with high mean values by averaging the stations time series anomalies. A base reference of 1985–2005 was used to calculate the station normals and anomalies following Jones and Moberg [2003] who used at least 20 years of data within the 30 year period t ...
Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made Climate Change
... contrary: an imbalance approaching 1 W/m2 would be sufficient to melt all ice on Earth or change ocean temperature a large amount, contrary to numerous paleoclimate data records. Variability of solar luminosity on Pleistocene time scales is small. Therefore the changed boundary conditions that maint ...
... contrary: an imbalance approaching 1 W/m2 would be sufficient to melt all ice on Earth or change ocean temperature a large amount, contrary to numerous paleoclimate data records. Variability of solar luminosity on Pleistocene time scales is small. Therefore the changed boundary conditions that maint ...