Here - MtnClim 2016
... change at the earth’s surface is primarily a response to the energy balance, and therefore factors which preferentially increase the net flux of energy to the surface, along an elevation gradient would lead to enhanced warming, as a function of elevation. This points to changes in albedo (primarily ...
... change at the earth’s surface is primarily a response to the energy balance, and therefore factors which preferentially increase the net flux of energy to the surface, along an elevation gradient would lead to enhanced warming, as a function of elevation. This points to changes in albedo (primarily ...
Paleoecological evidence for abrupt cold reversals during peak
... 2006). Instrumental records indicate that the Arctic has warmed faster than the global average over the past century, and model simulations predict enhanced future warming at high northern latitudes (Serreze et al., 2000; ACIA, 2005; IPCC, 2007). Paleoclimate data provide a basis for constraining th ...
... 2006). Instrumental records indicate that the Arctic has warmed faster than the global average over the past century, and model simulations predict enhanced future warming at high northern latitudes (Serreze et al., 2000; ACIA, 2005; IPCC, 2007). Paleoclimate data provide a basis for constraining th ...
PPT
... “Kyoto also failed to address two major pollutants that have an impact on warming: black soot and tropospheric ozone. Both are proven health hazards. Reducing both would not only address climate change, but also ...
... “Kyoto also failed to address two major pollutants that have an impact on warming: black soot and tropospheric ozone. Both are proven health hazards. Reducing both would not only address climate change, but also ...
From Impacts Towards Adaptation—Mississippi Watershed
... box and whisker plots (Figure 2). This type of plot is a means of presenting summary data about a large data sample. The whiskers represent the maximum and minimum data values while the box (height) encloses 50% of the data values. For comparison, actual historical data for Ottawa averaged over 3 ...
... box and whisker plots (Figure 2). This type of plot is a means of presenting summary data about a large data sample. The whiskers represent the maximum and minimum data values while the box (height) encloses 50% of the data values. For comparison, actual historical data for Ottawa averaged over 3 ...
Seasonal hydrologic responses to climate change in the Pacific
... major subbasin). At the grid level (1/16 or approximately 30 km2), we calculated sensitivities for each of the 24,108 grid cells in our PNW domain. At the intermediate watershed scale, hydrologic quantities were aggregated over 226 watershed units (USGS HUC-8 cataloging units in the U.S. and GeoBas ...
... major subbasin). At the grid level (1/16 or approximately 30 km2), we calculated sensitivities for each of the 24,108 grid cells in our PNW domain. At the intermediate watershed scale, hydrologic quantities were aggregated over 226 watershed units (USGS HUC-8 cataloging units in the U.S. and GeoBas ...
The Atmospheric Energy Constraint on Global
... climate and the biosphere, and is of great practical importance to society. Climate models robustly predict an increase in global-mean precipitation in response to CO2 doubling. They agree that the magnitude of this increase will be less than the increase of water vapor concentrations (Held and Sode ...
... climate and the biosphere, and is of great practical importance to society. Climate models robustly predict an increase in global-mean precipitation in response to CO2 doubling. They agree that the magnitude of this increase will be less than the increase of water vapor concentrations (Held and Sode ...
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... nitrogen fixation rates in treatment and control plots of the OTC and STF experiments during the summer of 2002. In order to minimize the impacts of repeated samplings, three soil samples were randomly selected for collection in early summer (June 28–July 5) and six soil samples were harvested from t ...
... nitrogen fixation rates in treatment and control plots of the OTC and STF experiments during the summer of 2002. In order to minimize the impacts of repeated samplings, three soil samples were randomly selected for collection in early summer (June 28–July 5) and six soil samples were harvested from t ...
ICT research for Climate Change
... Modelling gives us a clue into the long term changes in climate. So why model? To build climate resilience by: - offering insight into likely ways the climate might change in our region - enabling the use of this knowledge for planning purposes. ...
... Modelling gives us a clue into the long term changes in climate. So why model? To build climate resilience by: - offering insight into likely ways the climate might change in our region - enabling the use of this knowledge for planning purposes. ...
Empirical evidence for Thailand surface temperature changes and
... 1970s have been in phase with the persistent and exceptionally strong warm phase of ENSO cycles. Furthermore, the EOF1 coefficient series of T min and T amin have monotonically increased at a faster rate than those of T max , and T amax since the mid 1950s that resemble the greenhouse warming finger ...
... 1970s have been in phase with the persistent and exceptionally strong warm phase of ENSO cycles. Furthermore, the EOF1 coefficient series of T min and T amin have monotonically increased at a faster rate than those of T max , and T amax since the mid 1950s that resemble the greenhouse warming finger ...
Overlooked Science Issues in Climate Change
... mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its range are also shown. These require summing asymmetric uncertainty estimates from the component terms, a ...
... mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its range are also shown. These require summing asymmetric uncertainty estimates from the component terms, a ...
Climate Change Science - Stephen Schneider
... The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to ...
... The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to ...
Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions
... The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to ...
... The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to ...
The sensitivity of mountain snowpack accumulation to climate warming
... for given uniform (horizontally and vertically) and constant impinging flow. The model assumes stable stratification and saturated conditions. It solves linearized equations of motion for flow over topography to represent the pattern of ascent responsible for the generation of orographic clouds. It ...
... for given uniform (horizontally and vertically) and constant impinging flow. The model assumes stable stratification and saturated conditions. It solves linearized equations of motion for flow over topography to represent the pattern of ascent responsible for the generation of orographic clouds. It ...
Multiyear Rainfall and Temperature Trends in the Volta River Basin
... provide the much needed energy in an affordable and secure manner to support the socio-economic development of the region. Climatic variability can be described as the annual difference in values of specific climatic variables within averaging periods (e.g., a 30-year period). These climatic variati ...
... provide the much needed energy in an affordable and secure manner to support the socio-economic development of the region. Climatic variability can be described as the annual difference in values of specific climatic variables within averaging periods (e.g., a 30-year period). These climatic variati ...
impact of warmer climate on lake Geneva water
... indicate an increase in monthly epilimnic and hypolimnic temperatures of 2.32–3.8 °C and 2.2–2.33 °C, respectively. The rising of epilimnic temperatures corresponds to 55%–98% of the monthly increase in air temperature. The stratification period lasts longer and the lake stability increases. Thus th ...
... indicate an increase in monthly epilimnic and hypolimnic temperatures of 2.32–3.8 °C and 2.2–2.33 °C, respectively. The rising of epilimnic temperatures corresponds to 55%–98% of the monthly increase in air temperature. The stratification period lasts longer and the lake stability increases. Thus th ...
Detection and Attribution of Temperature Changes in the
... hydrologically related surface air temperature variables. In the detection phase, we investigate whether the observed changes in these variables can be fully explained by the background “noise” of natural internal climate variability, as estimated from statistically downscaled control simulations pe ...
... hydrologically related surface air temperature variables. In the detection phase, we investigate whether the observed changes in these variables can be fully explained by the background “noise” of natural internal climate variability, as estimated from statistically downscaled control simulations pe ...
10584_2014_1078_MOESM1_ESM
... signature, ratification with signature, acceptance, approval, or succession. Previous research on primarily highincome countries15 found the ESI was statistically associated with adaptation outcomes in the health sector. Data were available for 99 countries. Source: Yale Centre for Environmental Law ...
... signature, ratification with signature, acceptance, approval, or succession. Previous research on primarily highincome countries15 found the ESI was statistically associated with adaptation outcomes in the health sector. Data were available for 99 countries. Source: Yale Centre for Environmental Law ...
Source IPCC 2012
... extreme climatic events is far less than prediction of dryness. • Although these events are local and statistically much harder to predict on large scale (territory, timeframe), the climate science is now able to predict an increased occurrence for both types of extreme • See: IPCC 2012, Managing th ...
... extreme climatic events is far less than prediction of dryness. • Although these events are local and statistically much harder to predict on large scale (territory, timeframe), the climate science is now able to predict an increased occurrence for both types of extreme • See: IPCC 2012, Managing th ...
The Politicization of Climate Change and Polarization in the American
... data from nationally representative samples allows us to determine the generalizability of these observed patterns. Widespread evidence of such moderating effects challenge the conventional wisdom, embodied in Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, that simply informing citizens about climate change will ...
... data from nationally representative samples allows us to determine the generalizability of these observed patterns. Widespread evidence of such moderating effects challenge the conventional wisdom, embodied in Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, that simply informing citizens about climate change will ...
Future Projection
... Shuang-Ye Wu, Department of Geology, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio Global warming has the potential to intensify hydrological cycle, hence causing more frequent extreme precipitation events. This study aims to project future changes in precipitation pattern in Ohio. We first compared the daily ...
... Shuang-Ye Wu, Department of Geology, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio Global warming has the potential to intensify hydrological cycle, hence causing more frequent extreme precipitation events. This study aims to project future changes in precipitation pattern in Ohio. We first compared the daily ...
Future climate in world regions - the IPCC Data Distribution Centre
... on the next page), which assume no explicit climate policies. Global mean surface temperature is projected to increase by 1.4 to 5.8 °C between 1990 and 2100, which is a much more rapid rate of warming than during the 20th century and very likely to be unprecedented in at least the last 10,000 years ...
... on the next page), which assume no explicit climate policies. Global mean surface temperature is projected to increase by 1.4 to 5.8 °C between 1990 and 2100, which is a much more rapid rate of warming than during the 20th century and very likely to be unprecedented in at least the last 10,000 years ...
Earth`s Energy Imbalance and Implications
... Humanity is potentially vulnerable to global temperature change, as discussed in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2001, 2007) reports and by innumerable authors. Although climate change is driven by many climate forcing agents and the climate system also exhibits unforced (chaoti ...
... Humanity is potentially vulnerable to global temperature change, as discussed in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2001, 2007) reports and by innumerable authors. Although climate change is driven by many climate forcing agents and the climate system also exhibits unforced (chaoti ...
Physical impacts of climate change
This article is about the physical impacts of climate change. For some of these physical impacts, their effect on social and economic systems are also described.