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climate variable mapping and agriculture
... ocean results in cooler summers and warmer winters than other locations at a similar latitude. A weather station within Metro Vancouver at Vancouver International Airport has a 70 year record of weather observation data. This datai, collected over the past seven decades and analyzed by the authors, ...
... ocean results in cooler summers and warmer winters than other locations at a similar latitude. A weather station within Metro Vancouver at Vancouver International Airport has a 70 year record of weather observation data. This datai, collected over the past seven decades and analyzed by the authors, ...
4.3.1. Atmospheric changes - Ensembles RT3
... Probabilistic climate change information has been derived from the global climate model (GCM) scenarios (Räisänen, 2010) and the regional climate model scenarios (Buser et al., 2010; Donat et al., 2011). In addition, the wider range of GCM scenarios has been used to put regional scenarios in a broad ...
... Probabilistic climate change information has been derived from the global climate model (GCM) scenarios (Räisänen, 2010) and the regional climate model scenarios (Buser et al., 2010; Donat et al., 2011). In addition, the wider range of GCM scenarios has been used to put regional scenarios in a broad ...
Climate Change in Turkmenistan - Grand Valley State University
... According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), developing nations and arid regions of the world are particularly vulnerable to climate change and climate variability [7, 8]. Climate change and variability affect arid ecosystems and their productiv ...
... According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), developing nations and arid regions of the world are particularly vulnerable to climate change and climate variability [7, 8]. Climate change and variability affect arid ecosystems and their productiv ...
Differential climate impacts for policy
... global community to that challenge laid out in the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) provides a promising framework for global climate protection (UNFCCC, 2015). Specifically, the Agreement includes two long-term global goals (LTGGs): “holding t ...
... global community to that challenge laid out in the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) provides a promising framework for global climate protection (UNFCCC, 2015). Specifically, the Agreement includes two long-term global goals (LTGGs): “holding t ...
Modelling the impact of future changes in climate, CO2
... 0959-3780/$ - see front matter r 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2003.10.005 ...
... 0959-3780/$ - see front matter r 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2003.10.005 ...
Climate change and impacts in the Eastern Mediterranean and the
... occasional droughts, and mild, relatively wet winters (Bolle 2003; Lionello et al. 2006). In the southern EMME, an arid hot desert climate prevails, where precipitation is low and vegetation scanty (Issar and Zohar 2007). The temperature and precipitation gradients across the region are remarkable. ...
... occasional droughts, and mild, relatively wet winters (Bolle 2003; Lionello et al. 2006). In the southern EMME, an arid hot desert climate prevails, where precipitation is low and vegetation scanty (Issar and Zohar 2007). The temperature and precipitation gradients across the region are remarkable. ...
Multi-Model Projection of July–August Climate Extreme Changes
... under different scenarios are available (http://wwwpcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/about− ipcc.php). This modeling project reduces the uncertainty of future climate change projection compared to the simulation of only one specific model. In an attempt to assess the potential changes of summertime climate extrem ...
... under different scenarios are available (http://wwwpcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/about− ipcc.php). This modeling project reduces the uncertainty of future climate change projection compared to the simulation of only one specific model. In an attempt to assess the potential changes of summertime climate extrem ...
Small Satellite Constellation for Global Aerosol Monitoring of the
... increase in the stratospheric aerosol burden). At a global scale, this increase of the stratospheric aerosol burden was mainly caused by a series of moderately sized volcanic eruptions occurring at high northern latitudes. Anthropogenic pollution sources, however, can contribute to changes in the re ...
... increase in the stratospheric aerosol burden). At a global scale, this increase of the stratospheric aerosol burden was mainly caused by a series of moderately sized volcanic eruptions occurring at high northern latitudes. Anthropogenic pollution sources, however, can contribute to changes in the re ...
Climate and water – an African perspective
... Agriculture was published in 1951. (van der Merwe et al 1951). This was a thorough multidisciplinary report by a team of South Africa’s leading scientists. They concluded that there was no evidence of a general decrease in the rainfall in South Africa that could be attributed to climate change. In t ...
... Agriculture was published in 1951. (van der Merwe et al 1951). This was a thorough multidisciplinary report by a team of South Africa’s leading scientists. They concluded that there was no evidence of a general decrease in the rainfall in South Africa that could be attributed to climate change. In t ...
Assimilating urban heat island effects into climate projections
... e2049 under the RCP8.5 emissions scenario. These temperature differences produce additional increases in summer potential evapotranspiration of 10% compared to non-QQM bias-corrected GCM output. It was shown that the QQM method represents a useful and computationally efficient method for bias correct ...
... e2049 under the RCP8.5 emissions scenario. These temperature differences produce additional increases in summer potential evapotranspiration of 10% compared to non-QQM bias-corrected GCM output. It was shown that the QQM method represents a useful and computationally efficient method for bias correct ...
Inventory of glaciers and glacial lakes and the identification of
... Glaciers are also repositories of information for exploring quaternary climate changes, as they remain sensitive to global temperature conditions. This is indicated by the continuous retreat of glaciers, and the formation of many glacial lakes at the toe of glaciers dammed by the loose moraine. The ...
... Glaciers are also repositories of information for exploring quaternary climate changes, as they remain sensitive to global temperature conditions. This is indicated by the continuous retreat of glaciers, and the formation of many glacial lakes at the toe of glaciers dammed by the loose moraine. The ...
Projected change in climate thresholds in the northeastern United
... to agriculture in the region. A longer (frost-free) growing season could create new opportunities for farmers with enough capital to take risks on new crops (assuming a market for new crops can be developed). However, our results indicate that many crops will have yield losses associated with increa ...
... to agriculture in the region. A longer (frost-free) growing season could create new opportunities for farmers with enough capital to take risks on new crops (assuming a market for new crops can be developed). However, our results indicate that many crops will have yield losses associated with increa ...
Glossary of Synthesis Report
... A numerical representation of the climate system based on the physical, chemical and biological properties of its components, their interactions and feedback processes, and accounting for all or some of its known properties. The climate system can be represented by models of varying complexity, that ...
... A numerical representation of the climate system based on the physical, chemical and biological properties of its components, their interactions and feedback processes, and accounting for all or some of its known properties. The climate system can be represented by models of varying complexity, that ...
Regional Climate Messages for West Africa
... The climate across West Africa varies from arid to tropical monsoon conditions. The region’s climate is mainly influenced by large scale seasonal atmospheric patterns and the warm waters of the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Temperatures are relatively high throughout the year and the majority of the regi ...
... The climate across West Africa varies from arid to tropical monsoon conditions. The region’s climate is mainly influenced by large scale seasonal atmospheric patterns and the warm waters of the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Temperatures are relatively high throughout the year and the majority of the regi ...
Republican and Democratic Views on Climate Change
... public during Reagan’s first term,2 the “Reagan Revolution,” based on the theme that “government is the problem, not the solution,” provided electoral success for the Republican Party for a quarter century.3 The antienvironmental orientation of the Republican Party became salient again following the ...
... public during Reagan’s first term,2 the “Reagan Revolution,” based on the theme that “government is the problem, not the solution,” provided electoral success for the Republican Party for a quarter century.3 The antienvironmental orientation of the Republican Party became salient again following the ...
Implementing measures to manage the rapid deterioration of the Arctic
... It is often assumed that the consequences of the melting of the Arctic ice sheet will result in rising ocean waters, eventually engulfing countries located below sea level, such as the Netherlands. However, the ice floating in the Arctic Circle cannot raise the level of ocean waters, as it already d ...
... It is often assumed that the consequences of the melting of the Arctic ice sheet will result in rising ocean waters, eventually engulfing countries located below sea level, such as the Netherlands. However, the ice floating in the Arctic Circle cannot raise the level of ocean waters, as it already d ...
Greenland Ice Core Records and Rapid Climate Change Author(s
... last 10 000 years. It is an interval of relatively stable climate, with mean 180 values of -34.7 ppt and -34.9 ppt for the GISP2 and GRIP cores, respectively (Grootes et al. 1993). The Holocene warm period is separated from the underlying isotopically more negative ice, indicating colder conditions, ...
... last 10 000 years. It is an interval of relatively stable climate, with mean 180 values of -34.7 ppt and -34.9 ppt for the GISP2 and GRIP cores, respectively (Grootes et al. 1993). The Holocene warm period is separated from the underlying isotopically more negative ice, indicating colder conditions, ...
Mass-media coverage, its influence on public awareness of climate
... Japan. We chose three major newspapers: Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun and Mainichi Shimbun. According to a 2007 circulation survey of the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association (Nihon Shimbun Kyokai; http://www.pressnet.or.jp/), the circulations of Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun and Mai ...
... Japan. We chose three major newspapers: Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun and Mainichi Shimbun. According to a 2007 circulation survey of the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association (Nihon Shimbun Kyokai; http://www.pressnet.or.jp/), the circulations of Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun and Mai ...
Reduced solar activity as a trigger for the start of the Younger Dryas?
... a tool for time correlation between sites. What are the possible causes for this large increase in atmospheric C? Geomagnetic variations are not a likely cause, since these generally act on a much longer time scale (i.e. millennia). Amongst others, BjoK rck et al. (1996) and Goslar et al. (1999) p ...
... a tool for time correlation between sites. What are the possible causes for this large increase in atmospheric C? Geomagnetic variations are not a likely cause, since these generally act on a much longer time scale (i.e. millennia). Amongst others, BjoK rck et al. (1996) and Goslar et al. (1999) p ...
Observed coherent changes in climatic
... during the interval from 1946 to 1999 were produced. Coherent spatial patterns of statistically significant changes emerge, particularly an increase in warm summer nights, a decrease in the number of frost days and a decrease in intra-annual extreme temperature range. All but one of the temperatureb ...
... during the interval from 1946 to 1999 were produced. Coherent spatial patterns of statistically significant changes emerge, particularly an increase in warm summer nights, a decrease in the number of frost days and a decrease in intra-annual extreme temperature range. All but one of the temperatureb ...
Global warming under old and new scenarios using IPCC climate
... Equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS)—the change in global mean surface temperature at equilibrium following a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2 ) concentrations—remains a critical source of uncertainty in long-term temperature projections1 . It is not a physical quantity that can be measu ...
... Equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS)—the change in global mean surface temperature at equilibrium following a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2 ) concentrations—remains a critical source of uncertainty in long-term temperature projections1 . It is not a physical quantity that can be measu ...
Sydney/Central Coast Region
... Daily maximum temperatures are projected to increase by an average of 1.5– 3°C, with the greatest increase during winter and spring (2–3°C) and the smallest increase in summer (1–2°C). Nights are also projected to be warmer, particularly in spring (2–3°C). Summer rainfall is projected to increase ac ...
... Daily maximum temperatures are projected to increase by an average of 1.5– 3°C, with the greatest increase during winter and spring (2–3°C) and the smallest increase in summer (1–2°C). Nights are also projected to be warmer, particularly in spring (2–3°C). Summer rainfall is projected to increase ac ...
Simulated and Observed Preindustrial to Modern
... interval was insufficient to significantly enhance photosynthesis. Fung instead proposed that increasing temperatures might have accelerated snowmelt and lengthened the growing season, thereby enhancing photosynthesis, while the melting of permafrost might have released trapped nutrients. Lucht et a ...
... interval was insufficient to significantly enhance photosynthesis. Fung instead proposed that increasing temperatures might have accelerated snowmelt and lengthened the growing season, thereby enhancing photosynthesis, while the melting of permafrost might have released trapped nutrients. Lucht et a ...
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.