Developing capacities on climate change impact assessment in agriculture in a perspective of decision-making support at national level: case study
... challenged by climate change, as crop yields and water resources are expected to decline. In fact, since the early 1980s the country is already facing increasing temperature and decreasing precipitations. In this perspective, and despite the good overall awareness of policy-makers on climate change ...
... challenged by climate change, as crop yields and water resources are expected to decline. In fact, since the early 1980s the country is already facing increasing temperature and decreasing precipitations. In this perspective, and despite the good overall awareness of policy-makers on climate change ...
Justin Carter
... term ‘adaptation’ has come into widespread use in the climate change literature. In a way, it is a misleading term, because it implies reacting to the consequences of climate change once it has occurred. However, just like our efforts to limit the warming of the worlds climate, adaptation as far as ...
... term ‘adaptation’ has come into widespread use in the climate change literature. In a way, it is a misleading term, because it implies reacting to the consequences of climate change once it has occurred. However, just like our efforts to limit the warming of the worlds climate, adaptation as far as ...
Meeting Time/Place - Penn State Meteorology
... In order to under and model the climate system, we need to understand the dynamics of the underlying components, including the atmosphere and ocean, and the mechanisms by which they are coupled. In this course, we will model the dynamics and thermodynamics governing the ocean and atmosphere on spati ...
... In order to under and model the climate system, we need to understand the dynamics of the underlying components, including the atmosphere and ocean, and the mechanisms by which they are coupled. In this course, we will model the dynamics and thermodynamics governing the ocean and atmosphere on spati ...
Do NOT write on
... The current warming trend is of particular significance because most of it is very likely human-induced and proceeding at a rate that is unprecedented in the past 1,300 years.1 Earth-orbiting satellites and other technological advances have enabled scientists to see the big picture, collecting many ...
... The current warming trend is of particular significance because most of it is very likely human-induced and proceeding at a rate that is unprecedented in the past 1,300 years.1 Earth-orbiting satellites and other technological advances have enabled scientists to see the big picture, collecting many ...
Lecture
... Very difficult to predict future Many complex, interdependent factors Poorly understood relationships ...
... Very difficult to predict future Many complex, interdependent factors Poorly understood relationships ...
Slices of Time - Wedgemere Group
... Yesterday, the U.S. EPA released the agency's Climate Change Indicators in the United States report (see the blurbs in this issue for more information on that). It shows that global carbon dioxide emissions increased by 42 percent between 1990 and 2010. I know I am not the only one of you out there ...
... Yesterday, the U.S. EPA released the agency's Climate Change Indicators in the United States report (see the blurbs in this issue for more information on that). It shows that global carbon dioxide emissions increased by 42 percent between 1990 and 2010. I know I am not the only one of you out there ...
RTW_NGIS_jul07short - Ray Wills Future Smart Strategies
... Some businesses and members of the community are understandably nervous about the economic ramifications of measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in part because not enough work has been done to assist them understand these issues. ...
... Some businesses and members of the community are understandably nervous about the economic ramifications of measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in part because not enough work has been done to assist them understand these issues. ...
Evidence-Y13-GW
... Knutson, T. K., and R. E. Tuleya, 2004: Impact of CO2-induced warming on simulated hurricane intensity and precipitation: Sensitivity to the choice of climate model and convective parameterization. Journal of Climate, 17(18), 3477-3495. ...
... Knutson, T. K., and R. E. Tuleya, 2004: Impact of CO2-induced warming on simulated hurricane intensity and precipitation: Sensitivity to the choice of climate model and convective parameterization. Journal of Climate, 17(18), 3477-3495. ...
C-REM model - Fas Harvard
... Anthropogenic emissions are kept constant at 2006 levels Sensitivity simulation which zeros out Asian anthropogenic emissions to separate Asian ozone (only 3 years) * Linkage between CAM and GEOS-Chem was originally developed by Kim et al. (2015), and updated to v9-02 by Evan Couzo. ...
... Anthropogenic emissions are kept constant at 2006 levels Sensitivity simulation which zeros out Asian anthropogenic emissions to separate Asian ozone (only 3 years) * Linkage between CAM and GEOS-Chem was originally developed by Kim et al. (2015), and updated to v9-02 by Evan Couzo. ...
ATMOS 5400: The Climate System 01. Introduction
... Goals of this course • The purpose of this course is to provide you with scientific understanding of Earth's climate system. • Our goal is to understand how climate depends on physical processes within, and interactions among, five climate system components: atmosphere, oceans, land surfaces, biosp ...
... Goals of this course • The purpose of this course is to provide you with scientific understanding of Earth's climate system. • Our goal is to understand how climate depends on physical processes within, and interactions among, five climate system components: atmosphere, oceans, land surfaces, biosp ...
NOVA: Absolute Zero
... When Erik the Red first arrived in Greenland, the fertile green land was perfect for farming. But within a few centuries the thriving Viking settlements had been wiped out by global cooling. The Little Ice Age is one of many climactic eras that have been scientifically identified. Since about 1850 t ...
... When Erik the Red first arrived in Greenland, the fertile green land was perfect for farming. But within a few centuries the thriving Viking settlements had been wiped out by global cooling. The Little Ice Age is one of many climactic eras that have been scientifically identified. Since about 1850 t ...
Temperatures from the Middle Pleistocene to the
... The diagram below shows in green a reconstruction of sea-surface temperature made from multiple marine sediment sequences, using the Mg/Ca ratios in the calcite (CaCO 3) of fossil planktic foraminifera. The record is plotted relative to its mean because temperatures at lower latitude locations were ...
... The diagram below shows in green a reconstruction of sea-surface temperature made from multiple marine sediment sequences, using the Mg/Ca ratios in the calcite (CaCO 3) of fossil planktic foraminifera. The record is plotted relative to its mean because temperatures at lower latitude locations were ...
IntellBldgPart1_2009fin - University of Reading, Department of
... • Mitigation? (Working Group 3 IPCC) (Energy efficiency, “clean” energy and technology transfer to developing countries) • Adaptation? (Working Group 2 IPCC) (Some will be necessary as we are already committed to some change) ...
... • Mitigation? (Working Group 3 IPCC) (Energy efficiency, “clean” energy and technology transfer to developing countries) • Adaptation? (Working Group 2 IPCC) (Some will be necessary as we are already committed to some change) ...
Hiatus in context
... global warming itself, for example in the Indian Ocean. The breadth of possible types of mechanisms makes foresight difficult. Internal variability will probably result in a swing back to faster warming in due course, and human-made aerosols and the solar activity are also likely to return to levels ...
... global warming itself, for example in the Indian Ocean. The breadth of possible types of mechanisms makes foresight difficult. Internal variability will probably result in a swing back to faster warming in due course, and human-made aerosols and the solar activity are also likely to return to levels ...
The Physics of Climate and Climate Change
... Warmer ocean temperatures lead to increased evaporation, hence more water vapour in the atmosphere. This is a powerful greenhouse gas, which leads to more warming, which leads to…. Other feedbacks involve the carbon cycle and the biosphere – both positive and negative. As the oceans warm, their abil ...
... Warmer ocean temperatures lead to increased evaporation, hence more water vapour in the atmosphere. This is a powerful greenhouse gas, which leads to more warming, which leads to…. Other feedbacks involve the carbon cycle and the biosphere – both positive and negative. As the oceans warm, their abil ...
Slide 1
... There are four major types of greenhouse gas emitted in Australia: • Carbon dioxide (CO2), which represents 74.3% of Australia’s emissions and comes primarily from the combustion of fossil fuels • Methane (CH4), which represents 20.2% of Australia’s emissions and comes primarily from cattle and othe ...
... There are four major types of greenhouse gas emitted in Australia: • Carbon dioxide (CO2), which represents 74.3% of Australia’s emissions and comes primarily from the combustion of fossil fuels • Methane (CH4), which represents 20.2% of Australia’s emissions and comes primarily from cattle and othe ...
File
... Study Guide—Answer, know, and understand the following concepts: 1. Explain how each of these factors affect climate: elevation, distance to water, latitude, vegetation, topography, global wind currents, and global water currents. 2. Sketch a diagram illustrating the tropical, temperate, and polar l ...
... Study Guide—Answer, know, and understand the following concepts: 1. Explain how each of these factors affect climate: elevation, distance to water, latitude, vegetation, topography, global wind currents, and global water currents. 2. Sketch a diagram illustrating the tropical, temperate, and polar l ...
Climate Data vs. Climate Models
... actual temperature record. While there appears to be no actual trend in the average actual temperature over the last 16 years, there is some apparent “greenhouse” signal in the distribution of surface temperature change since the mid-1970s. As predicted, the Northern Hemisphere has warmed more than ...
... actual temperature record. While there appears to be no actual trend in the average actual temperature over the last 16 years, there is some apparent “greenhouse” signal in the distribution of surface temperature change since the mid-1970s. As predicted, the Northern Hemisphere has warmed more than ...
THE ROLE OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATION IN ADDRESSING
... livelihoods of millions of people around the world. And these impacts are arriving faster than many climate scientists predicted. As science has revealed the speed and scope of climate change, the world has begun to realize that it holds potentially serious implications for international security. S ...
... livelihoods of millions of people around the world. And these impacts are arriving faster than many climate scientists predicted. As science has revealed the speed and scope of climate change, the world has begun to realize that it holds potentially serious implications for international security. S ...
Presentation
... • California’s climate is prone to year-to-year and longer term variation in precipitation— drought is an expected part of our climate—present and future. • California dry spells often build up over multiple years,. A more/less dry pattern has been in place since 1999. A variety of climate patterns ...
... • California’s climate is prone to year-to-year and longer term variation in precipitation— drought is an expected part of our climate—present and future. • California dry spells often build up over multiple years,. A more/less dry pattern has been in place since 1999. A variety of climate patterns ...
User-driven downscaling: advances in data apportioning and
... Challenges in translating climate projection for (water) adaptation planning ...
... Challenges in translating climate projection for (water) adaptation planning ...
Ozone Depletion and Global warming ppt angie
... shields the planet from damaging UV-B radiation. ...
... shields the planet from damaging UV-B radiation. ...
Blog 2017_ Week 4 Jan 30
... of Earth’s atmospheric layers (including the ozone layer) and greenhouse gases. (Clarification statement: Earth’s atmospheric layers include the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere.) SE64b.Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how the sun, land, and water affect cli ...
... of Earth’s atmospheric layers (including the ozone layer) and greenhouse gases. (Clarification statement: Earth’s atmospheric layers include the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere.) SE64b.Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how the sun, land, and water affect cli ...