CLIMATE SIMULATIONS OF STORM SURGES AND WIND WAVES
... are located in the Northern Adriatic Sea and in the Gulf of Gabes, where high SSI values are explained by the presence of a relatively long wind fetch over shallow water (the effect of the wind is proportional to the inverse of the water depth). Other four local maxima are present in figure 2. Two o ...
... are located in the Northern Adriatic Sea and in the Gulf of Gabes, where high SSI values are explained by the presence of a relatively long wind fetch over shallow water (the effect of the wind is proportional to the inverse of the water depth). Other four local maxima are present in figure 2. Two o ...
Geography 120 Earth Systems II: The Atmospheric Environment
... • The mission of meteorology is to understand and predict weather- and climate-related disasters (e.g. tornados, hurricanes, El Nino and global warming). • 3 scales: weather, climate, climate change • The modern climatology (meteorology) was born in the 1940s (a very young science!), but has been gr ...
... • The mission of meteorology is to understand and predict weather- and climate-related disasters (e.g. tornados, hurricanes, El Nino and global warming). • 3 scales: weather, climate, climate change • The modern climatology (meteorology) was born in the 1940s (a very young science!), but has been gr ...
Climate Change Experiment - International Meetings on Statistical
... Detection is the process of demonstrating that climate has changed in some defined statistical sense without providing reasons for the change Change is detected in observations when the likelihood of an observation (e.g. an extreme temperature) lies outside the bounds of what might be expected t ...
... Detection is the process of demonstrating that climate has changed in some defined statistical sense without providing reasons for the change Change is detected in observations when the likelihood of an observation (e.g. an extreme temperature) lies outside the bounds of what might be expected t ...
South Africa
... The climate change teacher’s resource guide: Learning about climate change DEAT launched the climate change teacher’s resource guide in 2003.This book is used by teachers to explore some of the key questions related to climate change. These issues include: The causes of climate change The effects o ...
... The climate change teacher’s resource guide: Learning about climate change DEAT launched the climate change teacher’s resource guide in 2003.This book is used by teachers to explore some of the key questions related to climate change. These issues include: The causes of climate change The effects o ...
PPT 8.2MB - Department of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
... Most of the increase will come in the first half of the year (wetter springs, drier summers) (high) More water-logging of soils (medium) More variability of summer precipitation (high) – More intense rain events and hence more runoff (high) ...
... Most of the increase will come in the first half of the year (wetter springs, drier summers) (high) More water-logging of soils (medium) More variability of summer precipitation (high) – More intense rain events and hence more runoff (high) ...
Part 1-The Rural Context (JWilliams)
... Temperature to increase 3oC by 2050 and 5oC by 2070 over land areas Lower increases in temperature in maritime environments Precipitation increases in high latitudes (temperate) but a drying in mid-latitudes (sub-tropics) over Asia Equatorial tropical zone – uncertain but little mean change expected ...
... Temperature to increase 3oC by 2050 and 5oC by 2070 over land areas Lower increases in temperature in maritime environments Precipitation increases in high latitudes (temperate) but a drying in mid-latitudes (sub-tropics) over Asia Equatorial tropical zone – uncertain but little mean change expected ...
The impact of convection in the West African monsoon region on
... Poor representation of convection in numerical models, particularly its organisation on the mesoscale, can result in unrealistic forecasts of the monsoon dynamics. Arguably, the parameterisation of convection is one of the main deficiencies in models over this region. Overall, this has negative impa ...
... Poor representation of convection in numerical models, particularly its organisation on the mesoscale, can result in unrealistic forecasts of the monsoon dynamics. Arguably, the parameterisation of convection is one of the main deficiencies in models over this region. Overall, this has negative impa ...
geog510_intro_climatechange - Cal State LA
... temperature Radiative forcing: is a measure of how the energy balance of earthatmosphere system is influenced when factors that affect climate are altered. Positive forcing lead to increase energy and warming, negative is decreasing energy and cooling. ...
... temperature Radiative forcing: is a measure of how the energy balance of earthatmosphere system is influenced when factors that affect climate are altered. Positive forcing lead to increase energy and warming, negative is decreasing energy and cooling. ...
Additional Reading Notes (WORD document)
... At no point are these two the same thing. This does not mean the models are worthless or should not be considered, but one should not think that the model is capable of reproducing or predicting the real climates found on the Earth. i. Modelers have done the following exercise. Initialize the atmosp ...
... At no point are these two the same thing. This does not mean the models are worthless or should not be considered, but one should not think that the model is capable of reproducing or predicting the real climates found on the Earth. i. Modelers have done the following exercise. Initialize the atmosp ...
Open Our B/W Cover
... Educate constituents about the impact of climate change and how they can influence their elected representatives. Pursue fossil-fuel divestment campaigns for institutions such as the City of Pittsburgh. Support specific campaigns that have a direct impact on climate change. Examples are Solari ...
... Educate constituents about the impact of climate change and how they can influence their elected representatives. Pursue fossil-fuel divestment campaigns for institutions such as the City of Pittsburgh. Support specific campaigns that have a direct impact on climate change. Examples are Solari ...
ClimateWire
... It isn't often that a tropical cyclone hits Hawaii. On average, the powerful storms cross paths with the island once every four years, and the last really destructive one, Hurricane Iniki, hit in 1992. By 2075, though, as ocean temperatures rise and atmospheric circulation changes due to climate cha ...
... It isn't often that a tropical cyclone hits Hawaii. On average, the powerful storms cross paths with the island once every four years, and the last really destructive one, Hurricane Iniki, hit in 1992. By 2075, though, as ocean temperatures rise and atmospheric circulation changes due to climate cha ...
Climate Drought, Snow, and Water I - North Central Climate Science
... variety of extreme conditions, drying, cooling, living in small pools or large ones (flooding). There is a 1600 site data base in Montana. The goal is to examine the role of climate and hydrology on fish using this data base. There is a large gradient in precipitation in Montana. Streamflow was simu ...
... variety of extreme conditions, drying, cooling, living in small pools or large ones (flooding). There is a 1600 site data base in Montana. The goal is to examine the role of climate and hydrology on fish using this data base. There is a large gradient in precipitation in Montana. Streamflow was simu ...
Using Model Output: Uncertainties and Probabilities
... Nudging of the RCM solution can help help, but can also hide biases - can also be problematic when nudging back to GCM solution (as opposed to observations) - this can just accentuate GCM biases ...
... Nudging of the RCM solution can help help, but can also hide biases - can also be problematic when nudging back to GCM solution (as opposed to observations) - this can just accentuate GCM biases ...
Tom Blaine, Ph.D. Associate Professor(315 KB
... Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, available at http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/ ...
... Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, available at http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/ ...
Reconciling warming trends
... related to climate change. We should expect to see climate changes, by definition, only in the long-term trends that average over stochastic weather and year-to-year fluctuations such as those associated with the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which favoured a cool La Niña phase in the past fe ...
... related to climate change. We should expect to see climate changes, by definition, only in the long-term trends that average over stochastic weather and year-to-year fluctuations such as those associated with the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which favoured a cool La Niña phase in the past fe ...
Capitalism Magazine - public.iastate.edu
... Summary: Lots of environmental scares exist without any scientific foundation, but catastrophic global warming must take the cake when it comes to hype. [CAPITALISM MAGAZINE.COM] El Nino and global warming: What connection? It's been a hot year, thanks to El Nino. (According to weather satellite dat ...
... Summary: Lots of environmental scares exist without any scientific foundation, but catastrophic global warming must take the cake when it comes to hype. [CAPITALISM MAGAZINE.COM] El Nino and global warming: What connection? It's been a hot year, thanks to El Nino. (According to weather satellite dat ...
Implications of Farming, Sheet 6
... their homes or eat fancy food. Many don't even have anything more to live in than a one-room shack with no toilet, no kitchen, no running water. These people are not the ones causing global warming. Yet they are the ones who suffer most from climate change caused by the rich. It's not ...
... their homes or eat fancy food. Many don't even have anything more to live in than a one-room shack with no toilet, no kitchen, no running water. These people are not the ones causing global warming. Yet they are the ones who suffer most from climate change caused by the rich. It's not ...
Integration Across Social and Natural Sciences
... Example 1. Caribou populations increased in the 1980s across the Arctic, but are now decreasing in most places. Example 2. Global Climate Models used to project climate change and shape global climate policy underestimate the rate of arctic sea ice loss. Example 3. A new model projection suggests th ...
... Example 1. Caribou populations increased in the 1980s across the Arctic, but are now decreasing in most places. Example 2. Global Climate Models used to project climate change and shape global climate policy underestimate the rate of arctic sea ice loss. Example 3. A new model projection suggests th ...
Climate change scenarios
... Assumes fixed relationships across spatial scales Use regional climate models (RCMs) High resolution Capture more complexity Limited applications Computationally very demanding 1A.21 ...
... Assumes fixed relationships across spatial scales Use regional climate models (RCMs) High resolution Capture more complexity Limited applications Computationally very demanding 1A.21 ...
Introduction to Global Warming and Climate Change
... Current warming trends are unequivocal. It is very likely that greenhouse gases released by human activities are responsible for most of the warming observed in the past fifty years. The warming is projected to continue and to increase over the course of the 21st century and beyond. Climate change a ...
... Current warming trends are unequivocal. It is very likely that greenhouse gases released by human activities are responsible for most of the warming observed in the past fifty years. The warming is projected to continue and to increase over the course of the 21st century and beyond. Climate change a ...
Climate Change and The Military 2009
... Sea level rise would cause internal and international migration at zones where such pattern already exists. Agriculture likely to be very badly affected: Weather related hunger likely to engulf billions. ...
... Sea level rise would cause internal and international migration at zones where such pattern already exists. Agriculture likely to be very badly affected: Weather related hunger likely to engulf billions. ...
GIGO-based Energy and Climate Policies
... India alone wants hundreds of billions of dollars in climate “adaptation and reparation” money from industrialized nations that are supposed to slash their fossil fuel use, CO2 emissions and economic growth, while pouring trillions into the Green Climate Fund. Meanwhile, India, China and other rapi ...
... India alone wants hundreds of billions of dollars in climate “adaptation and reparation” money from industrialized nations that are supposed to slash their fossil fuel use, CO2 emissions and economic growth, while pouring trillions into the Green Climate Fund. Meanwhile, India, China and other rapi ...