Coopr: A Python Repository for Optimization
... Initial mathematical prototype developed between LM and Sandia Model was refined and extended at LM • Internal discussions with another business unit – LM build the Pyomo model and debugged it • Yes, there were a few Pyomo bugs, but not too many… Observations: – A non-expert user was able to use Pyo ...
... Initial mathematical prototype developed between LM and Sandia Model was refined and extended at LM • Internal discussions with another business unit – LM build the Pyomo model and debugged it • Yes, there were a few Pyomo bugs, but not too many… Observations: – A non-expert user was able to use Pyo ...
Climate Change Science
... transformation within the atmosphere, at the Earth’s surface and in the oceans. The Earth’s climate remains largely stable because the energy received is equal to that lost (the energy budget is balanced). However, there are a factors that have caused major changes in the climate system. Since these ...
... transformation within the atmosphere, at the Earth’s surface and in the oceans. The Earth’s climate remains largely stable because the energy received is equal to that lost (the energy budget is balanced). However, there are a factors that have caused major changes in the climate system. Since these ...
The weather@home regional climate modelling project for Australia
... of simulations of possible weather under various climate scenarios. This combination of large ensemble sizes with high spatial resolution allows extreme events to be examined with well-constrained estimates of sampling uncertainty. This paper provides an overview of the weather@home Australia– New Z ...
... of simulations of possible weather under various climate scenarios. This combination of large ensemble sizes with high spatial resolution allows extreme events to be examined with well-constrained estimates of sampling uncertainty. This paper provides an overview of the weather@home Australia– New Z ...
A modified impulse-response representation of the global response
... carbon-cycle response parameters used here are those representative of present-day pulse-response experiments of Joos et al. (2013). An integration of this model under historical emissions therefore produces historical concentrations significantly in excess of those observed in the early 21st centur ...
... carbon-cycle response parameters used here are those representative of present-day pulse-response experiments of Joos et al. (2013). An integration of this model under historical emissions therefore produces historical concentrations significantly in excess of those observed in the early 21st centur ...
CH21 IM - Mandarin High School
... modelers develop a three-dimensional representation of how energy, air masses, and moisture flow through the atmosphere. 3. These models provide scenarios of what is very likely or likely to happen based on various assumptions and data fed into the model. B. Climate scientists agree that human activ ...
... modelers develop a three-dimensional representation of how energy, air masses, and moisture flow through the atmosphere. 3. These models provide scenarios of what is very likely or likely to happen based on various assumptions and data fed into the model. B. Climate scientists agree that human activ ...
here - Australian Institute of Landscape Architects
... It is imperative that effective mitigation strategies are implemented to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Climate impacts are already being observed and will continue. Adaptation strategies are needed to help individual ...
... It is imperative that effective mitigation strategies are implemented to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Climate impacts are already being observed and will continue. Adaptation strategies are needed to help individual ...
Attribution of climate extreme events
... it lead to a more intense and perhaps longer-lasting drought, as is likely 16,17? • Given a flood, where did the moisture come from? Was it enhanced by high ocean temperatures that might have had a climate change component? • Given a heat wave, how was that influenced by drought, changes in precip ...
... it lead to a more intense and perhaps longer-lasting drought, as is likely 16,17? • Given a flood, where did the moisture come from? Was it enhanced by high ocean temperatures that might have had a climate change component? • Given a heat wave, how was that influenced by drought, changes in precip ...
Why Support the IPCC?
... body for the assessment of climate change, established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1988, with a mandate to “provide internationally coordinated scientific assessments of the magnitude, timing and potential environmental and so ...
... body for the assessment of climate change, established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1988, with a mandate to “provide internationally coordinated scientific assessments of the magnitude, timing and potential environmental and so ...
Presentation slides
... scale under conditions of uncertainty and resource constraints: the case of Durban, South Africa. Environment and Urbanization 2013 25: 139. DOI: 10.1177/0956247813477814 **Watkiss (2013). Supporting analysis for the Zanzibar Climate Change Strategy ...
... scale under conditions of uncertainty and resource constraints: the case of Durban, South Africa. Environment and Urbanization 2013 25: 139. DOI: 10.1177/0956247813477814 **Watkiss (2013). Supporting analysis for the Zanzibar Climate Change Strategy ...
Fall 2013
... attention. Chapter 3. The Greenhouse Gases. This chapter discusses where the greenhouse gases (GHG) come from, how their concentrations have changed over time, and what their effect is on radiative forcing. Figure 3.11 is worth careful attention. Chapter 4. Climates of the Past (optional). Figures 4 ...
... attention. Chapter 3. The Greenhouse Gases. This chapter discusses where the greenhouse gases (GHG) come from, how their concentrations have changed over time, and what their effect is on radiative forcing. Figure 3.11 is worth careful attention. Chapter 4. Climates of the Past (optional). Figures 4 ...
DOC
... The energy sector is critical to Morocco’s green growth strategy. The country’s high energy dependency (in 2011 96% of its commercial energy was imported) has important fiscal and trade implications. The current energy profile also has environmental consequences as oil and coal together constitute 8 ...
... The energy sector is critical to Morocco’s green growth strategy. The country’s high energy dependency (in 2011 96% of its commercial energy was imported) has important fiscal and trade implications. The current energy profile also has environmental consequences as oil and coal together constitute 8 ...
A>E - Butler at UTB
... I read in Oceanic Conveyor belt background page that if the belt would to stop or slow down, Northern Europe’s climate would become much colder because the heat from the south would not make it up there. (Lindstrom) According to Lindstrom, the conveyor belt regulates temperatures at high altitudes b ...
... I read in Oceanic Conveyor belt background page that if the belt would to stop or slow down, Northern Europe’s climate would become much colder because the heat from the south would not make it up there. (Lindstrom) According to Lindstrom, the conveyor belt regulates temperatures at high altitudes b ...
Assessment of climate change impact on hydrological extremes in
... for Lake Tana catchment implies that the GCM uncertainty is more important for explaining the unclear trend than the hydrological models uncertainty. Nevertheless, to have a better understanding of future impact, hydrological models need to be verified for their credibility of simulating extreme flo ...
... for Lake Tana catchment implies that the GCM uncertainty is more important for explaining the unclear trend than the hydrological models uncertainty. Nevertheless, to have a better understanding of future impact, hydrological models need to be verified for their credibility of simulating extreme flo ...
Climate Change - North Bay Water Reuse Authority
... Water supply can be described in terms of indices such as precipitation, snow pack, and runoff. Analysis of data and weather records are studied to determine the trend and the variability in the indices (e.g., precipitation and runoff), which affect water availability. Most precipitation events in C ...
... Water supply can be described in terms of indices such as precipitation, snow pack, and runoff. Analysis of data and weather records are studied to determine the trend and the variability in the indices (e.g., precipitation and runoff), which affect water availability. Most precipitation events in C ...
- Joint Ocean Commission Initiative
... As public awareness of climate change and its potential economic and environmental consequences has increased, so has the level of urgency to take action to mitigate the causes of this change and to make preparations to adapt to its impacts. Unfortunately, few people fully appreciate the fundamental ...
... As public awareness of climate change and its potential economic and environmental consequences has increased, so has the level of urgency to take action to mitigate the causes of this change and to make preparations to adapt to its impacts. Unfortunately, few people fully appreciate the fundamental ...
GEOG 208 Human Dimensions of Global Climate Change
... Climate change has rapidly evolved to become one of the most profound and complex international issues affecting our society and economy today and in the decades ahead. This course provides an introduction ...
... Climate change has rapidly evolved to become one of the most profound and complex international issues affecting our society and economy today and in the decades ahead. This course provides an introduction ...
Projected Climate Change and the Appalachian Trail
... permanent drought for most of the A.T. Impacts on the A.T. No single climate projection can be taken as an accurate forecast of future climate. Climate models are not that precise, and even if they were, there is great uncertainty about the level of future CO2 emissions. However, both from basic cli ...
... permanent drought for most of the A.T. Impacts on the A.T. No single climate projection can be taken as an accurate forecast of future climate. Climate models are not that precise, and even if they were, there is great uncertainty about the level of future CO2 emissions. However, both from basic cli ...
8.1 Lesson
... Less ice cover results in less reflection, thus the amount of reflection in Earth’s atmosphere system remains the same. Copyright © 2010 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ...
... Less ice cover results in less reflection, thus the amount of reflection in Earth’s atmosphere system remains the same. Copyright © 2010 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd. ...
Recent trends in GM weather and climate events
... • Flooding from the sewerage system a symptom of more widespread problems in an entire drainage system which will often require actions from other stakeholders as well as United Utilities. • Support the adoption of a joined-up approach to drainage management based on the principles of integrated dra ...
... • Flooding from the sewerage system a symptom of more widespread problems in an entire drainage system which will often require actions from other stakeholders as well as United Utilities. • Support the adoption of a joined-up approach to drainage management based on the principles of integrated dra ...
Sin título de diapositiva
... Figure 3.1: The global carbon cycle: storages (PgC) and fluxes (PgC/yr) estimated for the 1980s. (a) Main components of the natural cycle. The thick arrows denote the most important fluxes from the point of view of the contemporary CO2 balance of the atmosphere: gross primary production and respirat ...
... Figure 3.1: The global carbon cycle: storages (PgC) and fluxes (PgC/yr) estimated for the 1980s. (a) Main components of the natural cycle. The thick arrows denote the most important fluxes from the point of view of the contemporary CO2 balance of the atmosphere: gross primary production and respirat ...
Climate variability and malaria epidemics in the highlands of East
... There are several other important misrepresentations, among which we include: (i) the paper by Githeko and Ndegwa [15], which provides no evidence of a geographical expansion of malaria epidemics in East Africa; it simply makes an unsubstantiated assertion in its introduction, without reference to a ...
... There are several other important misrepresentations, among which we include: (i) the paper by Githeko and Ndegwa [15], which provides no evidence of a geographical expansion of malaria epidemics in East Africa; it simply makes an unsubstantiated assertion in its introduction, without reference to a ...
Climate Justice - Challenges and Opportunities
... Critical to a human rights approach to climate change is the right to development. Recognised as a human right since 1986, the right to development acknowledges the right of every human person and all peoples to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political develo ...
... Critical to a human rights approach to climate change is the right to development. Recognised as a human right since 1986, the right to development acknowledges the right of every human person and all peoples to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political develo ...
Sida`s Portfolio within Environment and Climate Change 2012
... The Swedish Government Climate Change Initiative The Swedish Government’s Climate Change Initiative, was launched in 2008/2009 and up to 2012, 1 118 million SEK have been disbursed to a selected number of long term cooperation countries and regions (Table 1). The principal objective of the Climate ...
... The Swedish Government Climate Change Initiative The Swedish Government’s Climate Change Initiative, was launched in 2008/2009 and up to 2012, 1 118 million SEK have been disbursed to a selected number of long term cooperation countries and regions (Table 1). The principal objective of the Climate ...
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... Farmers and other water users do not respond passively to risk, but choose production strategies to manage risk. To represent this appropriately, it is necessary to analyse production under uncertainty in state-contingent terms. A general theory of state-contingent production is developed by Chambe ...
... Farmers and other water users do not respond passively to risk, but choose production strategies to manage risk. To represent this appropriately, it is necessary to analyse production under uncertainty in state-contingent terms. A general theory of state-contingent production is developed by Chambe ...