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WP C /Gap Analysis
... Long-term evolution of ion and neutral outflow in global energy, mass and momentum transfer between the magnetosphere and ionosphere Interhemispheric conjugacy and seasonal dependence of solar wind coupling and energy input into the thermosphere ...
... Long-term evolution of ion and neutral outflow in global energy, mass and momentum transfer between the magnetosphere and ionosphere Interhemispheric conjugacy and seasonal dependence of solar wind coupling and energy input into the thermosphere ...
Climate change and the impact of aerosol
... indirectly by modifying the properties of clouds. Black carbon causes warming, whereas all other aerosol causes cooling. The short lifetime of aerosols (days/weeks) means that their effects are more regional and less persistent into the future than those of the long lived greenhouse gases. Aerosol c ...
... indirectly by modifying the properties of clouds. Black carbon causes warming, whereas all other aerosol causes cooling. The short lifetime of aerosols (days/weeks) means that their effects are more regional and less persistent into the future than those of the long lived greenhouse gases. Aerosol c ...
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... Kaiser et al.; Lambert et al. ) are based on hypothesized adaptation patterns. The results of the present analysis suggest two important conclusions. First, models that fail to account for differences in variability across the sample are likely to overstate the damages resulting from climate change. ...
... Kaiser et al.; Lambert et al. ) are based on hypothesized adaptation patterns. The results of the present analysis suggest two important conclusions. First, models that fail to account for differences in variability across the sample are likely to overstate the damages resulting from climate change. ...
11th Scientific Statement: Air Pollution
... European Environment Agency, Copenhagen. Goosse H., P.Y. Barriat, W. Lefebvre, M.F. Loutre and V. Zunz, (2012). Introduction to climate dynamics and climate modeling. Online textbook available at: http://www.climate.be/textbook (accessed 7 January 2013). IPCC, (2007). The Physical Science Basis. Con ...
... European Environment Agency, Copenhagen. Goosse H., P.Y. Barriat, W. Lefebvre, M.F. Loutre and V. Zunz, (2012). Introduction to climate dynamics and climate modeling. Online textbook available at: http://www.climate.be/textbook (accessed 7 January 2013). IPCC, (2007). The Physical Science Basis. Con ...
When Science and Ideology Collide: Explaining
... scientific knowledge…This knowledge is apparently sufficiently well developed and routinized that it can lead its users to accept conclusions they are predisposed against.” There is certainly evidence to support that contention too. Zaller, for instance, notes that elites of all predispositions gene ...
... scientific knowledge…This knowledge is apparently sufficiently well developed and routinized that it can lead its users to accept conclusions they are predisposed against.” There is certainly evidence to support that contention too. Zaller, for instance, notes that elites of all predispositions gene ...
Inaugural Lecture
... • Positive feedback – “trap” “heat” radiation. Particularly true for high clouds • Negative feedback – reflect back solar radiation. Particularly true for low ...
... • Positive feedback – “trap” “heat” radiation. Particularly true for high clouds • Negative feedback – reflect back solar radiation. Particularly true for low ...
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... of particular modeling choices and assumptions embodied in DICE? Our answer will be the latter: we will demonstrate that a dramatically different policy recommendation results from just three plausible modifications to the model, involving the discount rate, the description of climate dynamics, and ...
... of particular modeling choices and assumptions embodied in DICE? Our answer will be the latter: we will demonstrate that a dramatically different policy recommendation results from just three plausible modifications to the model, involving the discount rate, the description of climate dynamics, and ...
Changing Pollen Types/Concentrations
... (chlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, halons, and sulfur hexafluoride) also contribute to warming, although most of these are declining because of restrictions imposed by the Montreal Protocol to protect upper atmospheric ozone. Models of carbon dioxide use project increases in ...
... (chlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, halons, and sulfur hexafluoride) also contribute to warming, although most of these are declining because of restrictions imposed by the Montreal Protocol to protect upper atmospheric ozone. Models of carbon dioxide use project increases in ...
Head of Civil Engineering Candidate`s Presentation
... down ozone causing the “holes” over the Arctic and Antarctica • Montreal Protocol stopped production of CFC’s on January 1, 1996 ...
... down ozone causing the “holes” over the Arctic and Antarctica • Montreal Protocol stopped production of CFC’s on January 1, 1996 ...
Uncertainties of Climate Observation Data and Simulation Modelling
... (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 ...
Climate Change and San Francisco Bay-Delta Tidal Wetlands
... Increasing temperatures will act globally, regionally, and locally to affect wetlands (Figure 1). For example, temperature increases that drive both thermal expansion of the world’s oceans and melting of terrestrial ice sheets are believed to be primarily responsible for increases in rate of global ...
... Increasing temperatures will act globally, regionally, and locally to affect wetlands (Figure 1). For example, temperature increases that drive both thermal expansion of the world’s oceans and melting of terrestrial ice sheets are believed to be primarily responsible for increases in rate of global ...
22. Predictions and Projections of Pine Productivity and Hydrology
... demand for commercial, industrial, and residential water will also increase (USWRC, 1978). Forest species type, stand age, and the climate all influence the amount of water use and yield from these areas (Swank et al., 1988). Because forests cover approximately 55% of the southern United States land ...
... demand for commercial, industrial, and residential water will also increase (USWRC, 1978). Forest species type, stand age, and the climate all influence the amount of water use and yield from these areas (Swank et al., 1988). Because forests cover approximately 55% of the southern United States land ...
Five centuries of climate change in Australia: the view from
... anomaly series, we employ the trend-matching convention of Pollack and Smerdon (2004), modified slightly because the majority of the borehole temperature profiles used in the Australian reconstruction were logged relatively early in the second half of the 20th century (Fig. 3). The dataset has a med ...
... anomaly series, we employ the trend-matching convention of Pollack and Smerdon (2004), modified slightly because the majority of the borehole temperature profiles used in the Australian reconstruction were logged relatively early in the second half of the 20th century (Fig. 3). The dataset has a med ...
Prediction of Future Change of Water Demand Following Global
... 2.2, 1.6 and 2.4 ℃ for a growing period by the 2070s for GCM, MRI and CCSR/NIES. Duration of growth period for maize becomes shorter by 9 days for GCM and CCSR/NIES while only 3 days for MRI. Air temperature rise projected with the GCM, MRI and CCSR/NIES models was 3.5, 1.4 and 3.0 ℃ during growing ...
... 2.2, 1.6 and 2.4 ℃ for a growing period by the 2070s for GCM, MRI and CCSR/NIES. Duration of growth period for maize becomes shorter by 9 days for GCM and CCSR/NIES while only 3 days for MRI. Air temperature rise projected with the GCM, MRI and CCSR/NIES models was 3.5, 1.4 and 3.0 ℃ during growing ...
South Asian Regional Study on Climate Change Impacts and
... low-lying coastal areas, while India and Pakistan depend on cultivation in arid and semiarid lands. These countries already experience frequent natural disasters (Figure 4). The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2001) pointed out that climate change and i ...
... low-lying coastal areas, while India and Pakistan depend on cultivation in arid and semiarid lands. These countries already experience frequent natural disasters (Figure 4). The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2001) pointed out that climate change and i ...
Robust spatially aggregated projections of climate
... may be masked or even reversed locally for the coming three to five decades even if greenhouse gas emissions rapidly increase. Likewise, despite a long-term trend towards more intense precipitation and longer dry spells, multidecadal trends of opposite sign cannot be excluded over many land points. ...
... may be masked or even reversed locally for the coming three to five decades even if greenhouse gas emissions rapidly increase. Likewise, despite a long-term trend towards more intense precipitation and longer dry spells, multidecadal trends of opposite sign cannot be excluded over many land points. ...
Americans` Knowledge of Climate Change
... In some cases, there is a clear “correct” or “incorrect” answer, strongly supported or strongly rejected by well-established scientific evidence. In other cases, there is a “best” answer reflecting broadly held scientific agreement, but somewhat more subjective. We provide references to peerreviewed ...
... In some cases, there is a clear “correct” or “incorrect” answer, strongly supported or strongly rejected by well-established scientific evidence. In other cases, there is a “best” answer reflecting broadly held scientific agreement, but somewhat more subjective. We provide references to peerreviewed ...
Forecasting global climate change: A scientific approach Kesten C
... provided useful suggestions on the writing. The responsibility for any errors or omissions remains with the authors. ...
... provided useful suggestions on the writing. The responsibility for any errors or omissions remains with the authors. ...
No Slide Title - WWF
... With much higher costs for energy, water and nutrients, in a much more hostile climate ...
... With much higher costs for energy, water and nutrients, in a much more hostile climate ...
Winter Sports and Climate Change
... a northern country, Canada would likely experience temperature increases several times higher than the global average. There is a silver lining. If Canada were to act with other nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to safe levels, keeping the global average temperature below the 2°C threshold, ...
... a northern country, Canada would likely experience temperature increases several times higher than the global average. There is a silver lining. If Canada were to act with other nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to safe levels, keeping the global average temperature below the 2°C threshold, ...
Paper 10: Climate Change Impacts on Coastal
... biodiversity as the variability among living organisms from all sources, including the ecological complexes of which they are a part (UNCBD, 2000). The World Meteorological Organization and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change (IPCC) define “climate” as the average state of the weather over ...
... biodiversity as the variability among living organisms from all sources, including the ecological complexes of which they are a part (UNCBD, 2000). The World Meteorological Organization and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change (IPCC) define “climate” as the average state of the weather over ...
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.