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The influence of dynamic vegetation on the present
... temperatures. Since most of the convection over land is during the day (in the model) the impact on total rainfall may be significant. In order to test this hypothesis, we run an additional pair of experiments where the direct radiative effects of the dust are switched off. We find that there is ind ...
... temperatures. Since most of the convection over land is during the day (in the model) the impact on total rainfall may be significant. In order to test this hypothesis, we run an additional pair of experiments where the direct radiative effects of the dust are switched off. We find that there is ind ...
Chlorophyll a reconstruction from in situ measurements: 2. Marked
... only the last 28 years were regarded, because a continuous correlation over the entire length was not found. The time lag of 9 years might be related to the transmission of NAO-induced oceanic signals by slow Rossby waves with speeds of around 1 cm s−1 as reported by Cipollini et al. [1997]. Regardi ...
... only the last 28 years were regarded, because a continuous correlation over the entire length was not found. The time lag of 9 years might be related to the transmission of NAO-induced oceanic signals by slow Rossby waves with speeds of around 1 cm s−1 as reported by Cipollini et al. [1997]. Regardi ...
Mean, interannual variability and trends in a regional climate
... Figure 4a, b shows a widespread and statistically significant increase in DJF precipitation over most of Europe north of about 42°N. This is due to at least two factors. The first is the increase in winter storm activity over the central-northern European regions (see Fig. 2a, b) and the second is an ...
... Figure 4a, b shows a widespread and statistically significant increase in DJF precipitation over most of Europe north of about 42°N. This is due to at least two factors. The first is the increase in winter storm activity over the central-northern European regions (see Fig. 2a, b) and the second is an ...
Natural Variability, Anthropogenic Climate Change, and Impacts on
... eastern North Pacific and anomalously cool SSTs in the central and western North Pacific. However, MJO, ENSO, and PDO are not the only contributions to a broad mix of western US precipitation patterns. Precipitation occurs in response to many synoptic patterns, which may be favored or discouraged by ...
... eastern North Pacific and anomalously cool SSTs in the central and western North Pacific. However, MJO, ENSO, and PDO are not the only contributions to a broad mix of western US precipitation patterns. Precipitation occurs in response to many synoptic patterns, which may be favored or discouraged by ...
An Introduction to Simple Climate Models
... (Section 6.3) and in the IPCC Technical Paper on Stabilization of Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases: Physical, Biological and Socio-economic Implications (IPCC TP STAB, 1997). The major components of the climate system that are important for climatic change and its consequences, such as sea level rise, d ...
... (Section 6.3) and in the IPCC Technical Paper on Stabilization of Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases: Physical, Biological and Socio-economic Implications (IPCC TP STAB, 1997). The major components of the climate system that are important for climatic change and its consequences, such as sea level rise, d ...
Death by Degrees - Physicians for Social Responsibility
... projected to be among the areas hardest hit by climate change, with much of its low-lying lands predicted to be underwater in the next 100 years. In that same period of time, South Florida’s heat index, which indicates human comfort level, could be at least 8-15˚F higher (31), which likely will incr ...
... projected to be among the areas hardest hit by climate change, with much of its low-lying lands predicted to be underwater in the next 100 years. In that same period of time, South Florida’s heat index, which indicates human comfort level, could be at least 8-15˚F higher (31), which likely will incr ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Water
... water inevitably cuts into the interests of others. Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, on the territories of which originates more than 80% of the water that ultimately flows into the Aral Sea, are more interested in using the available water resources for hydroelectric generation, whereas countries further ...
... water inevitably cuts into the interests of others. Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, on the territories of which originates more than 80% of the water that ultimately flows into the Aral Sea, are more interested in using the available water resources for hydroelectric generation, whereas countries further ...
Introduction: Humidity and Climate Change
... events (Elliott, 1995). Atmospheric circulation is mainly forced by latent heat release in the tropics and radiative cooling in the polar regions (Arpe, 1991; Sohn et al., 2004), giving us the more predictable modes of climate (air mass formation regions, seasonal weather characteristics, ENSO (El N ...
... events (Elliott, 1995). Atmospheric circulation is mainly forced by latent heat release in the tropics and radiative cooling in the polar regions (Arpe, 1991; Sohn et al., 2004), giving us the more predictable modes of climate (air mass formation regions, seasonal weather characteristics, ENSO (El N ...
1a. global climate change and coral reefs: rising temperatures
... Rising Sea Surface Temperatures and Coral Bleaching Increasing sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in tropical/subtropical waters have moved reefbuilding corals 0.5°C closer to their upper thermal limits. Natural temperature variability can now push corals into temperatures that cause bleaching more rea ...
... Rising Sea Surface Temperatures and Coral Bleaching Increasing sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in tropical/subtropical waters have moved reefbuilding corals 0.5°C closer to their upper thermal limits. Natural temperature variability can now push corals into temperatures that cause bleaching more rea ...
SEACAMd
... stands out compared to capturing thunderstorm development in the lower latitudes • The results for regions in the north and south are encouraging with the RCM simulations able to pick out the seasonal rainfall maxima during the June-September season (JJAS) for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, T ...
... stands out compared to capturing thunderstorm development in the lower latitudes • The results for regions in the north and south are encouraging with the RCM simulations able to pick out the seasonal rainfall maxima during the June-September season (JJAS) for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, T ...
The Norwegian Earth System Model, NorESM1
... heat flux at the top of the atmosphere (TOA) in piControl is positive, but smaller than 0.1 Wm−2 . More than 99 % of this excess heat is transferred to the oceans, which experience a statistically significant temperature increase. There are also small negative trends in the ocean salinity, the winte ...
... heat flux at the top of the atmosphere (TOA) in piControl is positive, but smaller than 0.1 Wm−2 . More than 99 % of this excess heat is transferred to the oceans, which experience a statistically significant temperature increase. There are also small negative trends in the ocean salinity, the winte ...
Impact of Sea Level Rise to Coastal Ecology: A Case Study on The
... impact on natural environment. The utilization of fossil fuel energy to almost all parts of human activities, including electricity, transportation, and industry, results in the increase of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere. This condition leads to the worldwide issue of anthropogenic clima ...
... impact on natural environment. The utilization of fossil fuel energy to almost all parts of human activities, including electricity, transportation, and industry, results in the increase of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere. This condition leads to the worldwide issue of anthropogenic clima ...
P U S - Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
... risks to human societies and natural ecosystems (IPCC, 2007). A variety of impacts are already occurring in the United States (US Global Change Research Program, 2009). Many Americans, however, perceive climate change as a distant problem that will primarily affect future generations of people in ot ...
... risks to human societies and natural ecosystems (IPCC, 2007). A variety of impacts are already occurring in the United States (US Global Change Research Program, 2009). Many Americans, however, perceive climate change as a distant problem that will primarily affect future generations of people in ot ...
Alberto Montanari - University of Bologna
... estimates by 2100 of from 1.1 to 2.9 deg. C (low emissions) to 2.4 to 6.4 deg. C (high emissions).. Direct surface warming from 2xCO2 is only 0.6 deg C (about 1 deg. F) Thus, climate models have net POSITIVE feedbacks (they respond to a warming tendency with changes that amplify the 1 deg. F CO2-onl ...
... estimates by 2100 of from 1.1 to 2.9 deg. C (low emissions) to 2.4 to 6.4 deg. C (high emissions).. Direct surface warming from 2xCO2 is only 0.6 deg C (about 1 deg. F) Thus, climate models have net POSITIVE feedbacks (they respond to a warming tendency with changes that amplify the 1 deg. F CO2-onl ...
future climate uncertainty and spatial variability over tamilnadu state
... model results, it is better to consider results from a range of coupled models. Perturbed physics approach is highly useful to quantify variability within the model but it cannot capture intermodel variability. The combination of both the intermodel and intramodel variability can be used for further ...
... model results, it is better to consider results from a range of coupled models. Perturbed physics approach is highly useful to quantify variability within the model but it cannot capture intermodel variability. The combination of both the intermodel and intramodel variability can be used for further ...
Warm Arctic—cold continents: climate impacts of the newly open
... more than a year. Sea ice in this region does not reside in the Arctic long enough to thicken as it once did. Indeed, sea ice in the Arctic has thinned by a mean of 0.7 m and the amount of multi-year sea ice decreased by 42% from 2004 through 2008 (Kwok et al. 2009; Kwok & Untersteiner 2011). Figure ...
... more than a year. Sea ice in this region does not reside in the Arctic long enough to thicken as it once did. Indeed, sea ice in the Arctic has thinned by a mean of 0.7 m and the amount of multi-year sea ice decreased by 42% from 2004 through 2008 (Kwok et al. 2009; Kwok & Untersteiner 2011). Figure ...
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.