Mississippi State Climatologist report for the State
... Mississippi State Climatologist annual report for 2008 Dr. Charles L. Wax was appointed Mississippi State Climatologist upon nomination by Governor William Winter and the execution of a Memorandum of Agreement between NCDC, NWS Southern Region, and Mississippi State University dated April 21, 1983. ...
... Mississippi State Climatologist annual report for 2008 Dr. Charles L. Wax was appointed Mississippi State Climatologist upon nomination by Governor William Winter and the execution of a Memorandum of Agreement between NCDC, NWS Southern Region, and Mississippi State University dated April 21, 1983. ...
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... men ratio are less likely to change variety as a coping strategy. Households in Amazonas and Cajamarca (forest departments) are more likely to change variety and are less likely to adopt non-agricultural strategies compared to households in San Martin. Households in La Libertad (Coastal) are less li ...
... men ratio are less likely to change variety as a coping strategy. Households in Amazonas and Cajamarca (forest departments) are more likely to change variety and are less likely to adopt non-agricultural strategies compared to households in San Martin. Households in La Libertad (Coastal) are less li ...
Item 9 - Climate Change and Planning for Unpredictable Weather
... the design of new infrastructure, maintenance and upgrade programmes, could be more cost effective than retrofitting once impacts have reached unacceptable levels. It might also reduce disruption to passengers and inequality (because climate change will disproportionately affect the most vulnerable ...
... the design of new infrastructure, maintenance and upgrade programmes, could be more cost effective than retrofitting once impacts have reached unacceptable levels. It might also reduce disruption to passengers and inequality (because climate change will disproportionately affect the most vulnerable ...
No immediate reason to expect another Ice Age.
... • Fewer cosmic rays hitting earth mean fewer of the low, wet clouds that deflect heat--and cool the planet. • The clouds amplify slight changes in solar activity about fourfold. • Hence, a slightly more active sun means a significantly warmer earth. ...
... • Fewer cosmic rays hitting earth mean fewer of the low, wet clouds that deflect heat--and cool the planet. • The clouds amplify slight changes in solar activity about fourfold. • Hence, a slightly more active sun means a significantly warmer earth. ...
impact of climate change in andean bolivian
... and Climate Change. Since 1939, the temperature of the tropical Andes mountain range has increased from 0.10°C to 0.11ºC per decade, and has accelerated its pace in the last 25 years with a warming of between 0.32ªC and 0.34ºC per decade4. The current rise has already caused serious damage to the An ...
... and Climate Change. Since 1939, the temperature of the tropical Andes mountain range has increased from 0.10°C to 0.11ºC per decade, and has accelerated its pace in the last 25 years with a warming of between 0.32ªC and 0.34ºC per decade4. The current rise has already caused serious damage to the An ...
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... significant increase in the number of people at risk of hunger, although this risk may be mitigated by expansion of trade. (Fischer et al. (2005), Parry, Rosenzweig, and Livermore (2005). For warming of more than 2°C, the marginal effects of additional warming are unambiguously negative in most regi ...
... significant increase in the number of people at risk of hunger, although this risk may be mitigated by expansion of trade. (Fischer et al. (2005), Parry, Rosenzweig, and Livermore (2005). For warming of more than 2°C, the marginal effects of additional warming are unambiguously negative in most regi ...
Minimum Weighted Residual Methods in Endogenous - cerge-ei
... Much of the current research in macroeconomics and mainly in neoclassical growth models is based on the intertemporal optimizing infinite-lived representative agent model. Solving these models via derivation of the first order necessary conditions by means of the Pontryagin Maximum Principle or the ...
... Much of the current research in macroeconomics and mainly in neoclassical growth models is based on the intertemporal optimizing infinite-lived representative agent model. Solving these models via derivation of the first order necessary conditions by means of the Pontryagin Maximum Principle or the ...
Tall tales and fat tails: the science and economics of extreme warming
... Radiative forcing at time t Radiative forcing for a doubling of atmospheric CO2 Climate sensitivity Temperature of the lower oceans at time t with respect to 1900 ‘speed of adjustment parameter’ ‘coefficient of heat loss from the atmosphere to oceans’ ...
... Radiative forcing at time t Radiative forcing for a doubling of atmospheric CO2 Climate sensitivity Temperature of the lower oceans at time t with respect to 1900 ‘speed of adjustment parameter’ ‘coefficient of heat loss from the atmosphere to oceans’ ...
Letter to Lamar Smith 18 December 2015 (opens in new window)
... 5.9 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2005 to between 12.8 and 16.3 billion tonnes in 2030, depending on what assumptions are made about its rate of economic growth between 2005 and 2030. Dr Lomborg also provides no indication of how he estimates that China’s mitigation up to 2030 will cost “about ...
... 5.9 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2005 to between 12.8 and 16.3 billion tonnes in 2030, depending on what assumptions are made about its rate of economic growth between 2005 and 2030. Dr Lomborg also provides no indication of how he estimates that China’s mitigation up to 2030 will cost “about ...
Three Views of Two Degrees - Climate Emergency Institute
... the climatic effects of carbon dioxide should be kept within the normal range of long-term climatic variation. According to most sources the range of variation between distinct climatic regimes is in the order of 5°C, and at the present time the global climate is at the high end of this range. If th ...
... the climatic effects of carbon dioxide should be kept within the normal range of long-term climatic variation. According to most sources the range of variation between distinct climatic regimes is in the order of 5°C, and at the present time the global climate is at the high end of this range. If th ...
Potential impacts of climate change on Northeast
... One of the major expected effects of climate change is a shift in the ranges occupied by species (Perry et al., 2005). We simulated these effects for fished fish and invertebrates in our study areas using output from a dynamic bioclimatic envelope model (Cheung et al., 2009). Our focus was limited t ...
... One of the major expected effects of climate change is a shift in the ranges occupied by species (Perry et al., 2005). We simulated these effects for fished fish and invertebrates in our study areas using output from a dynamic bioclimatic envelope model (Cheung et al., 2009). Our focus was limited t ...
Hurteau et al. 2014 - Earth Systems Ecology Lab
... the effects of altered climate on mixed-conifer forest growth in the Lake Tahoe Basin, California. Estimates of forest growth and live tree carbon stocks were made for low and high emission scenarios using four downscaled general circulation model (GCM) projections. The climate scenarios were couple ...
... the effects of altered climate on mixed-conifer forest growth in the Lake Tahoe Basin, California. Estimates of forest growth and live tree carbon stocks were made for low and high emission scenarios using four downscaled general circulation model (GCM) projections. The climate scenarios were couple ...
Nitrous Oxide Nitrous oxide (chemical formula N2O), is a trace gas
... a particular gas’s present-day emissions towards future climate change, the Global Warming Potential (GWP) is a more useful quantity. The GWP of N2O is the timeintegrated radiative forcing following a 1 kg pulse emission of N2O, relative to the same quantity following a 1 kg pulse emission of CO2. ...
... a particular gas’s present-day emissions towards future climate change, the Global Warming Potential (GWP) is a more useful quantity. The GWP of N2O is the timeintegrated radiative forcing following a 1 kg pulse emission of N2O, relative to the same quantity following a 1 kg pulse emission of CO2. ...
eastern US - American Meteorological Society
... relationships, nonlinear relationships with precipitation were most commonly included at sites in the Southwest (SW) and West North Central (WNC) regions. Nonlinear relationships with temperature were most common in the NW region. There was no obvious commonality, however, among sites and/or species ...
... relationships, nonlinear relationships with precipitation were most commonly included at sites in the Southwest (SW) and West North Central (WNC) regions. Nonlinear relationships with temperature were most common in the NW region. There was no obvious commonality, however, among sites and/or species ...
(Probability Of Heads) What is
... Applications of statistics to the study of climate variability and climate change For the hemisphere on the whole, the warming or cooling due to the NAO is probably a zerosum game (note that cooling is expected cooling over Greenland and most of Arctic sea, where no data is available “Explains” enh ...
... Applications of statistics to the study of climate variability and climate change For the hemisphere on the whole, the warming or cooling due to the NAO is probably a zerosum game (note that cooling is expected cooling over Greenland and most of Arctic sea, where no data is available “Explains” enh ...
Implications of Global Climatic Change on Water and Food Security
... even shrinking land resources due to increasing competition for land from the nonagricultural sector. Alleviating poverty and attaining food security at the household and sub-national/regional level is thus a major challenge. The net availability of food at any given time depends on a number of loca ...
... even shrinking land resources due to increasing competition for land from the nonagricultural sector. Alleviating poverty and attaining food security at the household and sub-national/regional level is thus a major challenge. The net availability of food at any given time depends on a number of loca ...
book of abstracts - mariolopoulos
... Thriassion plain in western Attica. During the last century Thriassion plain has undergone significant changes from rural to heavily industrialized and Koumoundourou Lake has suffered multiple pressures, while the construction of an artificial weir on the canal outlet towards Elefsina Bay has change ...
... Thriassion plain in western Attica. During the last century Thriassion plain has undergone significant changes from rural to heavily industrialized and Koumoundourou Lake has suffered multiple pressures, while the construction of an artificial weir on the canal outlet towards Elefsina Bay has change ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Vector
... period of time and possibly over a certain geographical region” (p. 329). Within the 20th century, the cooling trend of the last 1,000 years has been reversed due to greenhouse gases being trapped in the atmosphere and the average temperature has risen by 1˚ C (Epstein, 2001). In fact, the amount of ...
... period of time and possibly over a certain geographical region” (p. 329). Within the 20th century, the cooling trend of the last 1,000 years has been reversed due to greenhouse gases being trapped in the atmosphere and the average temperature has risen by 1˚ C (Epstein, 2001). In fact, the amount of ...
chasing ice
... costing people, communities and countries dearly today and even more tomorrow. People are experiencing the significant impacts of climate change, which include changing weather patterns, rising sea level and more extreme weather events. The greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are driving ...
... costing people, communities and countries dearly today and even more tomorrow. People are experiencing the significant impacts of climate change, which include changing weather patterns, rising sea level and more extreme weather events. The greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are driving ...
Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies / Geo
... atmospheric greenhouse gases through large-scale manipulations (e.g., ocean fertilization or afforestation using non-native species); 2) exerting a cooling influence on Earth by reflecting sunlight (e.g., putting reflective particles into the atmosphere, putting mirrors in space, increasing surface ...
... atmospheric greenhouse gases through large-scale manipulations (e.g., ocean fertilization or afforestation using non-native species); 2) exerting a cooling influence on Earth by reflecting sunlight (e.g., putting reflective particles into the atmosphere, putting mirrors in space, increasing surface ...
IOSR Journal Of Environmental Science, Toxicology And Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT)
... concerned that human activities, primarily the burning of fossils fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gases and land use practice, particularly deforestation, are changing the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. Consistent with the above, IPCC (2007) find that Human activities have incr ...
... concerned that human activities, primarily the burning of fossils fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gases and land use practice, particularly deforestation, are changing the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. Consistent with the above, IPCC (2007) find that Human activities have incr ...
Geology - Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit
... common feature of the climate system (Brauer et al., 2008; Steffensen et al., 2008; Blockley et al., 2012). However, dating uncertainties for sediment archives of past environmental change are typically multi-centennial in scale. Therefore, it is still largely unknown if such shifts occurred synchro ...
... common feature of the climate system (Brauer et al., 2008; Steffensen et al., 2008; Blockley et al., 2012). However, dating uncertainties for sediment archives of past environmental change are typically multi-centennial in scale. Therefore, it is still largely unknown if such shifts occurred synchro ...
Atmospheric fronts in current and future climates
... New Zealand of up to 9%. The large negative biases around regions of high orography, for example, around Antarctica and Greenland, are associated with the different handling of data around regions of orography above the 850 hPa level in the models and the reanalysis, and are an artifact of the front ...
... New Zealand of up to 9%. The large negative biases around regions of high orography, for example, around Antarctica and Greenland, are associated with the different handling of data around regions of orography above the 850 hPa level in the models and the reanalysis, and are an artifact of the front ...
Orthogonal Latin Squares
... 6 by 6 problem also known as the 36 officer problem “… Can a delegation of six regiments, each of which sends a colonel, a lieutenant-colonel, a major, a captain, a lieutenant, and a sub-lieutenant be arranged in a regular 6 by 6 array such that no row or column duplicates a rank or a regiment?” ...
... 6 by 6 problem also known as the 36 officer problem “… Can a delegation of six regiments, each of which sends a colonel, a lieutenant-colonel, a major, a captain, a lieutenant, and a sub-lieutenant be arranged in a regular 6 by 6 array such that no row or column duplicates a rank or a regiment?” ...
