The Influence of Climate Variability and Change on the Science and
... 0.85°C globally with much of the increase occurring due to increases in minimum temperature (Hansen et al. 2010; IPCC 2014b). Similar changes have affected other properties of the Earth’s climate system, including spatial and temporal patterns of precipitation, sea ice extent, mean sea level, freque ...
... 0.85°C globally with much of the increase occurring due to increases in minimum temperature (Hansen et al. 2010; IPCC 2014b). Similar changes have affected other properties of the Earth’s climate system, including spatial and temporal patterns of precipitation, sea ice extent, mean sea level, freque ...
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... has overall co-ordinating responsibility for ongoing national consultations on the Low-Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) and related stakeholder engagement processes, working closely with the REDD Secretariat which was established under the Guyana Forestry Commission. At the highest level the LCDS ...
... has overall co-ordinating responsibility for ongoing national consultations on the Low-Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) and related stakeholder engagement processes, working closely with the REDD Secretariat which was established under the Guyana Forestry Commission. At the highest level the LCDS ...
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... the constraints imposed by the structure of the ecosystem and the structure of the economy. These constraints provide the transition equations as well as other possible exhaustibility constraints associated with the optimal control problem. For example in models of resource harvesting with generaliz ...
... the constraints imposed by the structure of the ecosystem and the structure of the economy. These constraints provide the transition equations as well as other possible exhaustibility constraints associated with the optimal control problem. For example in models of resource harvesting with generaliz ...
Booth et al. 2013. CC Adaptation to Protect Biodiversity
... A relatively simple framework is needed to summarize the factors that are key components of linked social-ecological systems (Liu et al. 2007). This paper describes a method to assess at a regional scale conditions and trends in key environmental, social and economic factors of importance to conserv ...
... A relatively simple framework is needed to summarize the factors that are key components of linked social-ecological systems (Liu et al. 2007). This paper describes a method to assess at a regional scale conditions and trends in key environmental, social and economic factors of importance to conserv ...
Assessment of climate change impact on water Linköping University Post Print
... between the simulations. Aerosols and the solar constant were held constant. Apart from these common forcing agents and the changes in greenhouse gases and SST, as described separately for the different experiments below, no other types of external forcing were used in the simulations. Initially, RC ...
... between the simulations. Aerosols and the solar constant were held constant. Apart from these common forcing agents and the changes in greenhouse gases and SST, as described separately for the different experiments below, no other types of external forcing were used in the simulations. Initially, RC ...
GENERAL Climate Change Handbook for NE South Africa (Gauteng
... influence on the temperatures experienced along the coastal areas. The warm Agulhas current causes the east coast to be significantly warmer than the west coast, where the cold Benguela current and upwelling induce lower temperatures. Regional topography and proximity to the oceans also influence th ...
... influence on the temperatures experienced along the coastal areas. The warm Agulhas current causes the east coast to be significantly warmer than the west coast, where the cold Benguela current and upwelling induce lower temperatures. Regional topography and proximity to the oceans also influence th ...
Sulfate aerosols in the troposphere and lower stratosphere
... change of 3°C, catastrophic changes such as “reversal of the land carbon sink and possible destabilization of the Antarctic ice sheets” (Bala, 2009). Temperatures would vary between regions, because maximum temperatures are increasing more slowly than minimum temperatures, meaning that there are lon ...
... change of 3°C, catastrophic changes such as “reversal of the land carbon sink and possible destabilization of the Antarctic ice sheets” (Bala, 2009). Temperatures would vary between regions, because maximum temperatures are increasing more slowly than minimum temperatures, meaning that there are lon ...
Climate change implications in the northern coastal temperate
... 2011): CCSM4, GFDL-CM3, GISS-E2-H, IPSL-CM5B-LR, and MRI-CGCM3. These were run for two representative concentration pathways (RCPs): RCP4.5 assumes medium-low global anthropogenic emissions and RCP8.5 assumes high emissions. The spatial climate modeling software ClimateWNA 4.85 (Wang et al. 2012b) a ...
... 2011): CCSM4, GFDL-CM3, GISS-E2-H, IPSL-CM5B-LR, and MRI-CGCM3. These were run for two representative concentration pathways (RCPs): RCP4.5 assumes medium-low global anthropogenic emissions and RCP8.5 assumes high emissions. The spatial climate modeling software ClimateWNA 4.85 (Wang et al. 2012b) a ...
Atmospheric Circulations do not Explain the
... where STRENDi is the 1979-2000 trend in weather station data from the Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS, http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/station_data), PRESSi is mean air pressure, COSABLATi is cosine of absolute latitude, WATERi is a dummy (0,1) variable representing proximity to an ocean ...
... where STRENDi is the 1979-2000 trend in weather station data from the Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS, http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/station_data), PRESSi is mean air pressure, COSABLATi is cosine of absolute latitude, WATERi is a dummy (0,1) variable representing proximity to an ocean ...
The impact of Atmospheric and Oceanic Resolution on
... Occurring on Space and Time Scales that are Too Coherent ...
... Occurring on Space and Time Scales that are Too Coherent ...
Paris, for the People and the Planet
... Governments agreed in Copenhagen in 2009 that “the increase in global temperature should be below 2°C [compared to pre-industrial levels].”2 However, a recent expert report3 found that, in some regions and vulnerable ecosystems, high risks are projected even for warming above 1.5°C.4 This means the ...
... Governments agreed in Copenhagen in 2009 that “the increase in global temperature should be below 2°C [compared to pre-industrial levels].”2 However, a recent expert report3 found that, in some regions and vulnerable ecosystems, high risks are projected even for warming above 1.5°C.4 This means the ...
climate impacts and adaptation unit
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... a Registered Trademark). You are welcome to adapt this resource for your own use. If you do so, please mark your version as a derivative work of the original. The licence information and University of Bath logos at the bottom of the page can be amended in the Footer (View>Header and Footer) ...
Himalayan-Tibetan Glaciers and Snowpack System
... through evaporation from the ice and snow surfaces. A warming of the atmosphere over the elevated regions contributes to glacier/snowpack melting in following ways: increased downward IR radiation from the warmer atmosphere; additional increase in IR due to water vapor feedback, and increased turbul ...
... through evaporation from the ice and snow surfaces. A warming of the atmosphere over the elevated regions contributes to glacier/snowpack melting in following ways: increased downward IR radiation from the warmer atmosphere; additional increase in IR due to water vapor feedback, and increased turbul ...
litreview12forword_wm_review_9feb2012
... institution. The parametrisations also involve parameters which have been fixed based on the current scientific understanding of the process and these parameters will themselves have an associated uncertainty. One way of addressing model uncertainty is to use projections created by models from a varie ...
... institution. The parametrisations also involve parameters which have been fixed based on the current scientific understanding of the process and these parameters will themselves have an associated uncertainty. One way of addressing model uncertainty is to use projections created by models from a varie ...
Global warming and thermohaline circulation stability
... Pacific ITCZ and Indian monsoon (the latter is just below the significance level for many grid points so does not stand out strongly in the plot, but is significant when averaged over the Indian subcontinent). The temperature and precipitation changes described above are broadly consistent with those f ...
... Pacific ITCZ and Indian monsoon (the latter is just below the significance level for many grid points so does not stand out strongly in the plot, but is significant when averaged over the Indian subcontinent). The temperature and precipitation changes described above are broadly consistent with those f ...
Adapting to climate change: A perspective from evolutionary
... perspective, both current and forecasted changes in temperature may be accompanied by increased precipitation and cloud cover in many tropical regions (Trenberth & Shea 2005, Meehl et al. 2007, Trenberth et al. 2007, Adler et al. 2008, Zhou et al. 2009), which could reduce thermal loads for ectother ...
... perspective, both current and forecasted changes in temperature may be accompanied by increased precipitation and cloud cover in many tropical regions (Trenberth & Shea 2005, Meehl et al. 2007, Trenberth et al. 2007, Adler et al. 2008, Zhou et al. 2009), which could reduce thermal loads for ectother ...
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... (Houghton et al., 2001). Mendelsohn (2007) argues that future climate change may have very different effects from the past climate change since future climate changes are expected to be much larger. Houghton et al. (2001) predicted that further emissions of greenhouse gases will cause temperatures t ...
... (Houghton et al., 2001). Mendelsohn (2007) argues that future climate change may have very different effects from the past climate change since future climate changes are expected to be much larger. Houghton et al. (2001) predicted that further emissions of greenhouse gases will cause temperatures t ...
climate impacts and adaptation unit
... a Registered Trademark). You are welcome to adapt this resource for your own use. If you do so, please mark your version as a derivative work of the original. The licence information and University of Bath logos at the bottom of the page can be amended in the Footer (View>Header and Footer) ...
... a Registered Trademark). You are welcome to adapt this resource for your own use. If you do so, please mark your version as a derivative work of the original. The licence information and University of Bath logos at the bottom of the page can be amended in the Footer (View>Header and Footer) ...
Dealing with the uncertainties of climate engineering
... clarity. In practice, they can hardly be separated, however, as the demands for the problem solver resulting from the dimensions are intertwined [12]. 4.1. Example of a CE related complex decision To illustrate our points, we will consider an example that is commonly referred to by CE scientists: Po ...
... clarity. In practice, they can hardly be separated, however, as the demands for the problem solver resulting from the dimensions are intertwined [12]. 4.1. Example of a CE related complex decision To illustrate our points, we will consider an example that is commonly referred to by CE scientists: Po ...
Svalbard innmat
... other regions of the world, and the ice cover has decreased in the order of 10% in the same period. Climate models furthermore indicate that anthropogenic global warming will be enhanced in the northern high latitudes due to complex feedback mechanisms in the atmosphere-ocean-ice system. The predict ...
... other regions of the world, and the ice cover has decreased in the order of 10% in the same period. Climate models furthermore indicate that anthropogenic global warming will be enhanced in the northern high latitudes due to complex feedback mechanisms in the atmosphere-ocean-ice system. The predict ...
Choosing and Using Climate-Change Scenarios for Ecological
... As in other parts of the world, in the United States natural resource management agencies are starting to prepare for the effects of climate change. Requirements to do so have been set forth in Presidential Executive Order 13514 (2010), reiterated within agencies (e.g., USDOI 2009; NOAA 2010; USFS 2 ...
... As in other parts of the world, in the United States natural resource management agencies are starting to prepare for the effects of climate change. Requirements to do so have been set forth in Presidential Executive Order 13514 (2010), reiterated within agencies (e.g., USDOI 2009; NOAA 2010; USFS 2 ...
Debunking the myths of Climate Change
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1988. It is open to all members of the UN and WMO. ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1988. It is open to all members of the UN and WMO. ...
A district level assessment of vulnerability of
... composite vulnerability index. Climate projections of the PRECIS model for A1B scenario for the period 2021–2050 were considered to capture the future climate. The data on these indicators were normalized based on the nature of relationship. They were then combined into three indices for sensitivity ...
... composite vulnerability index. Climate projections of the PRECIS model for A1B scenario for the period 2021–2050 were considered to capture the future climate. The data on these indicators were normalized based on the nature of relationship. They were then combined into three indices for sensitivity ...
Measures To Reduce The Urban Heat Island Effect In Rosemont
... the sun’s rays and radiate heat out, thereby increasing the ambient air temperature. UHIs can be very localized – the air temperature can be significantly different from one street to the next, depending on the amount of vegetation and asphalt and building design, orientation and placement. In summe ...
... the sun’s rays and radiate heat out, thereby increasing the ambient air temperature. UHIs can be very localized – the air temperature can be significantly different from one street to the next, depending on the amount of vegetation and asphalt and building design, orientation and placement. In summe ...
FINAL: How to identify adaptation ... smallholder farmers in coffee and tea sector
... Climate refers to “average weather” and represents the state of the climate system over a given time period. Climate changes over time may be due to natural variability or as a result of human induced increases of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and is reflected in the variation of the mean state ...
... Climate refers to “average weather” and represents the state of the climate system over a given time period. Climate changes over time may be due to natural variability or as a result of human induced increases of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and is reflected in the variation of the mean state ...