ESSC - Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
... Mech., 2007, and J. Geophys. Res., in press). Model grids usually do not adequately resolve the narrow boundary layer at the grounding line where there is a sharp transition from sheet-like to shelf-like flow. However, accurate grounding-line migration is likely to be essential for the next generati ...
... Mech., 2007, and J. Geophys. Res., in press). Model grids usually do not adequately resolve the narrow boundary layer at the grounding line where there is a sharp transition from sheet-like to shelf-like flow. However, accurate grounding-line migration is likely to be essential for the next generati ...
Statement of relevance to the NOAA climate science and services
... processes that control the climate system’s response to radiative perturbations. We focus on coupled interactions between the atmospheric dynamics, large scale radiation, ocean circulation and the cryosphere recognizing the inherent inter-connectedness of the subcomponents of the climate system. We ...
... processes that control the climate system’s response to radiative perturbations. We focus on coupled interactions between the atmospheric dynamics, large scale radiation, ocean circulation and the cryosphere recognizing the inherent inter-connectedness of the subcomponents of the climate system. We ...
Global Warming Timeline Fact Sheet
... physicist Gilbert Plass publishes a series of articles stating human activity can raise the average global temperature “at the rate of 1.1 degree C per century.” ...
... physicist Gilbert Plass publishes a series of articles stating human activity can raise the average global temperature “at the rate of 1.1 degree C per century.” ...
PPT
... “Dangerous Climate Change” A future level of warming sufficiently great to push climate to a tipping point. What value is this? Subjective,but can be estimated. ...
... “Dangerous Climate Change” A future level of warming sufficiently great to push climate to a tipping point. What value is this? Subjective,but can be estimated. ...
The water vapor problem
... 20% (depending on latitude) over the last century. - However, in tropical areas precipitation has declined. (This is partly due to deforestation). ...
... 20% (depending on latitude) over the last century. - However, in tropical areas precipitation has declined. (This is partly due to deforestation). ...
Observing and Modeling - Patterson
... Computer models have great potential to help predict the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems, both in Virginia and around the world. Models are mathematical simplifications of real ecosystems. They work by combining known relationships between environmental variables like temperature, lig ...
... Computer models have great potential to help predict the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems, both in Virginia and around the world. Models are mathematical simplifications of real ecosystems. They work by combining known relationships between environmental variables like temperature, lig ...
CODE: PPI-KLIM - Plant Dynamics
... increase the atmosphere’s ability to absorb infra-red radiation. Human emissions will force the climate to restore the balance in energy flows. This adjustment will include a global warming of the earth’s surface and lower atmosphere. Even a small rise in temperature will be accompanied by many othe ...
... increase the atmosphere’s ability to absorb infra-red radiation. Human emissions will force the climate to restore the balance in energy flows. This adjustment will include a global warming of the earth’s surface and lower atmosphere. Even a small rise in temperature will be accompanied by many othe ...
fluid dynamics - University of Guelph
... the global warming issue and was adopted by the IPCC and many governments as the poster graphic. The graphics’ prominence together with the fact that it is based on incorrect use of PCA puts Dr. Mann and his co-authors in a difficult facesaving position.” ...
... the global warming issue and was adopted by the IPCC and many governments as the poster graphic. The graphics’ prominence together with the fact that it is based on incorrect use of PCA puts Dr. Mann and his co-authors in a difficult facesaving position.” ...
PPT File - Climate Decision Making Center
... • Forest et al. (2006) use observed climate changes to place probabilistic bounds on parameters in the IGSM climate component • These constraints provide bounds for climate system response to any scenario of future climate forcings and help provide information for decision making process. ...
... • Forest et al. (2006) use observed climate changes to place probabilistic bounds on parameters in the IGSM climate component • These constraints provide bounds for climate system response to any scenario of future climate forcings and help provide information for decision making process. ...
Climate Change
... said the report “was not a scientifically robust study, not a medical study and that no cause-and-effect relationship is demonstrated by the study”. ...
... said the report “was not a scientifically robust study, not a medical study and that no cause-and-effect relationship is demonstrated by the study”. ...
ppt - WMO
... year to year time-scales Leads to opportunities for seasonal prediction as basis for decision-making in climate-sensitive activities Well-established system in Australia, providing 3-month temperature and rainfall outlooks. ...
... year to year time-scales Leads to opportunities for seasonal prediction as basis for decision-making in climate-sensitive activities Well-established system in Australia, providing 3-month temperature and rainfall outlooks. ...
lettenmaier_utexas_western_water_mar13
... Figure 2. Boxplot of mean water-year flow (mcm) for the Upper Colorado River basin for 100-year moving periods during 1490–1998 (determined using tree-ring reconstructed water-year flows). Also indicated are mean water-year UCRB flows for the 20th century (1901–2000, based on water-balance esti- ma ...
... Figure 2. Boxplot of mean water-year flow (mcm) for the Upper Colorado River basin for 100-year moving periods during 1490–1998 (determined using tree-ring reconstructed water-year flows). Also indicated are mean water-year UCRB flows for the 20th century (1901–2000, based on water-balance esti- ma ...
Biodiversity - Otterville R
... Here are examples of 8 technologies that could save 8 billion tons, or 8 wedges, of carbon. Some of these we could do right away, while others are based on technologies still being studied, such as capturing and storing carbon. [Details on strategies: •Efficient vehicles: Double car fuel efficiency ...
... Here are examples of 8 technologies that could save 8 billion tons, or 8 wedges, of carbon. Some of these we could do right away, while others are based on technologies still being studied, such as capturing and storing carbon. [Details on strategies: •Efficient vehicles: Double car fuel efficiency ...
extreme weather and climate change
... circulation, volcanic eruptions, changes in the sun, …) – including natural and anthropogenic factors (e.g. greenhouse gas emissions ...
... circulation, volcanic eruptions, changes in the sun, …) – including natural and anthropogenic factors (e.g. greenhouse gas emissions ...
Ice cap meltdown to cause 22ft floods
... However, Dr Tim Lenton of the University of East Anglia, believes the risk are far greater than the IPCC suggests. Speaking at a meeting in Cambridge organised by the British Antarctic Survey, Dr Lenton said: "We are close to being committed to a collapse of the Greenland ice sheet. But we don't thi ...
... However, Dr Tim Lenton of the University of East Anglia, believes the risk are far greater than the IPCC suggests. Speaking at a meeting in Cambridge organised by the British Antarctic Survey, Dr Lenton said: "We are close to being committed to a collapse of the Greenland ice sheet. But we don't thi ...
The current causes of climate change: the human causes
... The current causes of climate change: the human causes ...
... The current causes of climate change: the human causes ...
L1 Biosphere
... • Time is usually at least 30 years. • The weather today may be very different than the weather one year ago, but the climate is an average. ...
... • Time is usually at least 30 years. • The weather today may be very different than the weather one year ago, but the climate is an average. ...
The Politicization of Climate Change
... • There is no reason to expect that the highamplitude, persistent ridge over the central U.S. is associated with global warming. • Thus, this event was mainly the result of natural variability, with a very small enhancement perhaps by global warming ...
... • There is no reason to expect that the highamplitude, persistent ridge over the central U.S. is associated with global warming. • Thus, this event was mainly the result of natural variability, with a very small enhancement perhaps by global warming ...
Houghton CDFS 1 - University of California, Irvine
... The ultimate objective of this Convention .... is to achieve, .… stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. •Such a level should be achieved within a time-frame sufficient : • to allow e ...
... The ultimate objective of this Convention .... is to achieve, .… stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. •Such a level should be achieved within a time-frame sufficient : • to allow e ...
Climate Change Notes
... the worry. In addition many of the greenhouse gasses remain in the atmosphere for centuries so the long-term consequences are difficult to predict. Climate models extremely complex, but they appear accurate when applied to past changes, so they are the best we have now. “Climate sensitivity defines ...
... the worry. In addition many of the greenhouse gasses remain in the atmosphere for centuries so the long-term consequences are difficult to predict. Climate models extremely complex, but they appear accurate when applied to past changes, so they are the best we have now. “Climate sensitivity defines ...
Dr. Scott Power, BMRC - Indian Ocean Climate Initiative
... Decadal predictability arising from Initial Conditions might be substantial in some things (e.g. deep ocean) but low in variables of more significance to humans (e.g. rainfall over land) Strategic research in this area continues ...
... Decadal predictability arising from Initial Conditions might be substantial in some things (e.g. deep ocean) but low in variables of more significance to humans (e.g. rainfall over land) Strategic research in this area continues ...
Slide 1 - climateknowledge.org
... • Based on the scientific foundation of our understanding of the Earth’s climate, we predict with virtual certainty – The average global temperature of the Earth’s surface will continue to rise because of the continued increase of human-caused addition into the atmosphere of gases that hold heat clo ...
... • Based on the scientific foundation of our understanding of the Earth’s climate, we predict with virtual certainty – The average global temperature of the Earth’s surface will continue to rise because of the continued increase of human-caused addition into the atmosphere of gases that hold heat clo ...
power point - Altair-PYP-Exhibition-2010
... a change of the weather condition or a change in the dispersion of weather with respect to an average , for example, greater or fewer weather events. Climate change may be limited to a specific region or occur in the whole planet ...
... a change of the weather condition or a change in the dispersion of weather with respect to an average , for example, greater or fewer weather events. Climate change may be limited to a specific region or occur in the whole planet ...