3. IPCC`s evaluation of evidence and treatment of uncertainty
... f Magnitude of anthropogenic contributions not assessed. Attribution for these phenomena based on expert judgment rather than formal attribution studies. g Extreme high sea level depends on average sea level and on regional weather systems. It is defined here as the highest 1% of hourly values of ...
... f Magnitude of anthropogenic contributions not assessed. Attribution for these phenomena based on expert judgment rather than formal attribution studies. g Extreme high sea level depends on average sea level and on regional weather systems. It is defined here as the highest 1% of hourly values of ...
Global air temperature variability independent of sea
... (2000) suggest that anthropogenic effects are the dominant cause of global warming, but that there are additional factors that must be considered. They suggest that a possibly important driver of global temperature variability is North Atlantic Ocean SSTs; additionally, Keenlyside et al. (2008) sugg ...
... (2000) suggest that anthropogenic effects are the dominant cause of global warming, but that there are additional factors that must be considered. They suggest that a possibly important driver of global temperature variability is North Atlantic Ocean SSTs; additionally, Keenlyside et al. (2008) sugg ...
Key Meteorological Indicators of Climate Change in Ireland Environmental Research Centre Report
... Change in number of days in spring when precipitation is greater than, or equal to 10 mm Change in number of days in summer when precipitation is greater than, or equal to 10 mm Change in number of days in autumn when precipitation is greater than, or equal to 10 mm Change in number of days in winte ...
... Change in number of days in spring when precipitation is greater than, or equal to 10 mm Change in number of days in summer when precipitation is greater than, or equal to 10 mm Change in number of days in autumn when precipitation is greater than, or equal to 10 mm Change in number of days in winte ...
The Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment
... • Climate Scenarios: changes in future temperature and precipitation for the Pacific Northwest and assessment of subregional climate change using regional climate models • Hydrology and Water Resources: changes in the hydrology (streamflow, snowpack, soil moisture) and the water resources (water s ...
... • Climate Scenarios: changes in future temperature and precipitation for the Pacific Northwest and assessment of subregional climate change using regional climate models • Hydrology and Water Resources: changes in the hydrology (streamflow, snowpack, soil moisture) and the water resources (water s ...
Observed Changes in Long-Term Climatic Conditions and
... times [8]. Due to the urban climate, inter-annual temperature variability tends to decrease [9]. Stable stratification and low cloud cover promote the formation of an UHI (see [10]); high wind speeds reduce its intensity. Different dependencies of the UHI intensity on wind speed were found by variou ...
... times [8]. Due to the urban climate, inter-annual temperature variability tends to decrease [9]. Stable stratification and low cloud cover promote the formation of an UHI (see [10]); high wind speeds reduce its intensity. Different dependencies of the UHI intensity on wind speed were found by variou ...
Anthropogenic Effects on the Hydrological Cycle
... serious problems are associated with predicted anthropogenic change in global climate due to higher concentrations of CO2 and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. A rise of global air temperature by several degrees may bring about obvious changes in all hydrological cycle components in many reg ...
... serious problems are associated with predicted anthropogenic change in global climate due to higher concentrations of CO2 and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. A rise of global air temperature by several degrees may bring about obvious changes in all hydrological cycle components in many reg ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... determination reflected a greater degree of certainty that a low ECS value could be excluded than did the IPCC. From the IWG2010 (p. 14): “Finally, we note the IPCC judgment that the equilibrium climate sensitivity “is very likely larger than 1.5°C.” Although the calibrated Roe & Baker distribution, ...
... determination reflected a greater degree of certainty that a low ECS value could be excluded than did the IPCC. From the IWG2010 (p. 14): “Finally, we note the IPCC judgment that the equilibrium climate sensitivity “is very likely larger than 1.5°C.” Although the calibrated Roe & Baker distribution, ...
Response of river flow regime to various climate change scenarios
... basins, the combined runoff causes high floods in the downstream rivers. Regional variation of temperature is also significant in these basins. Mean temperatures in the Himalayas ranges are 10–15 °C. The temperature of other parts of the basin is much milder, with highs ranging from 23 °C to 26 °C a ...
... basins, the combined runoff causes high floods in the downstream rivers. Regional variation of temperature is also significant in these basins. Mean temperatures in the Himalayas ranges are 10–15 °C. The temperature of other parts of the basin is much milder, with highs ranging from 23 °C to 26 °C a ...
Comments by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity In May 2013, the Interagency Working Group (IWG) produced an updated SCC value by incorporating updates to the underlying three Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) used in its initial 2010 SCC determination. But, at that time, the IWG did not update the equilibrium cl ...
... Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity In May 2013, the Interagency Working Group (IWG) produced an updated SCC value by incorporating updates to the underlying three Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) used in its initial 2010 SCC determination. But, at that time, the IWG did not update the equilibrium cl ...
Urban heat island effects on estimates of observed climate change
... in small human settlements. This has been noted in Japan by Fujibe.9 Hansen et al.25 found about 0.1◦ C urban warming during the 20th century at periurban sites in the United States with a population of 0.1 to 10 persons per hectare, but they suggested, by extrapolation from larger cities, that the ...
... in small human settlements. This has been noted in Japan by Fujibe.9 Hansen et al.25 found about 0.1◦ C urban warming during the 20th century at periurban sites in the United States with a population of 0.1 to 10 persons per hectare, but they suggested, by extrapolation from larger cities, that the ...
Hydrological Responses to Climate Change in the Water Receiving
... especially remarkable in semi-humid and semi-arid region. In this paper, the impacts of climate change on the hydrological cycle were analyzed for the Hai River Basin, a semi-humid and semi-arid basin and also the water receiving area of the middle route of South-to-North Water Diversion Project. Me ...
... especially remarkable in semi-humid and semi-arid region. In this paper, the impacts of climate change on the hydrological cycle were analyzed for the Hai River Basin, a semi-humid and semi-arid basin and also the water receiving area of the middle route of South-to-North Water Diversion Project. Me ...
... On behalf of The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and its consortium partners, welcome to Clout & Climate Change, a climate change “war game,” or scenario planning exercise. This event brings together scientists, national security strategists, political leaders, and members of the business ...
Atmospheric Circulations do not Explain the
... Generalized Least Squares applying a correction for heteroskedastic errors. Application of an additional correction for clustering of error terms is discussed below. The working assumption of climate data users implies that the socioeconomic coefficients should vanish when GTRENDi is the dependent v ...
... Generalized Least Squares applying a correction for heteroskedastic errors. Application of an additional correction for clustering of error terms is discussed below. The working assumption of climate data users implies that the socioeconomic coefficients should vanish when GTRENDi is the dependent v ...
international public opinion, perception, and understanding of global
... Despite the scientific warnings of earlier decades, global warming did not become a significant public issue until 1988 - at that time the hottest year since the middle of the nineteenth century and the year in which Dr. James Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute of Space Studies and a lea ...
... Despite the scientific warnings of earlier decades, global warming did not become a significant public issue until 1988 - at that time the hottest year since the middle of the nineteenth century and the year in which Dr. James Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute of Space Studies and a lea ...
Climate Change Impacts on Arctic Wildlife
... the reduction in sea ice is now considered to be a major threat to their survival in more southerly areas of the Arctic. Ice seals are also being badly affected, since they use the sea ice for raising their young and two seal species are now considered at risk of becoming endangered. On land in Arct ...
... the reduction in sea ice is now considered to be a major threat to their survival in more southerly areas of the Arctic. Ice seals are also being badly affected, since they use the sea ice for raising their young and two seal species are now considered at risk of becoming endangered. On land in Arct ...
Climate change economic growth and health
... and ‘Africa’ (warm and very poor). We introduce health impacts into a simple integrated assessment model where both the local cooling effect of aerosols as well as the global warming effect of CO2 are endogenous, and investigate how those factors affect the equilibrium path. We show how some of the ...
... and ‘Africa’ (warm and very poor). We introduce health impacts into a simple integrated assessment model where both the local cooling effect of aerosols as well as the global warming effect of CO2 are endogenous, and investigate how those factors affect the equilibrium path. We show how some of the ...
Claiming and adjudicating on Mt Kilimanjaro`s
... This paper investigates these two claims about Kilimanjaro’s shrinking glaciers, in particular the two contrasting processes of adjudication to which they were subject. This investigation is placed in the context of ‘post-normal science’ (Funtowicz & Ravetz, 1993) and its idea that ‘extended peer co ...
... This paper investigates these two claims about Kilimanjaro’s shrinking glaciers, in particular the two contrasting processes of adjudication to which they were subject. This investigation is placed in the context of ‘post-normal science’ (Funtowicz & Ravetz, 1993) and its idea that ‘extended peer co ...
Rapid Climate Change Science Plan
... Studies of past climate suggest that large and rapid (as fast as 10-20 years) changes have occurred and that changes in the ocean’s thermohaline circulation (THC) are often a major factor. Modelling studies show that the THC and the heat that it transports northward in the Atlantic produces a substa ...
... Studies of past climate suggest that large and rapid (as fast as 10-20 years) changes have occurred and that changes in the ocean’s thermohaline circulation (THC) are often a major factor. Modelling studies show that the THC and the heat that it transports northward in the Atlantic produces a substa ...
Extreme Weather Report 2012
... man-made global warming. “Sandy was terrible, but we're currently in a relative hurricane 'drought',” he explained. The scientific data does not support claims that Sandy was a “new normal.” See: Hurricane Facts: 'According to NOAA, they have been on decline in US since the beginning of records in 1 ...
... man-made global warming. “Sandy was terrible, but we're currently in a relative hurricane 'drought',” he explained. The scientific data does not support claims that Sandy was a “new normal.” See: Hurricane Facts: 'According to NOAA, they have been on decline in US since the beginning of records in 1 ...
Long-Term Climate Change - Ontario Power Generation
... planets in this solar system. At each of the maxima of North American ice-sheet extent, the thickness of glacial ice over Canada has approached 4 km in the most heavily glaciated regions and the southern boundary of ice-sheet extent has been located near the current US-Canada border except in the so ...
... planets in this solar system. At each of the maxima of North American ice-sheet extent, the thickness of glacial ice over Canada has approached 4 km in the most heavily glaciated regions and the southern boundary of ice-sheet extent has been located near the current US-Canada border except in the so ...
List of maps and graphs
... Simulated time series (1860–2100) of land average maximum number of consecutive dry days for different European regions. ...
... Simulated time series (1860–2100) of land average maximum number of consecutive dry days for different European regions. ...
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.