Streamflow hydrology in the boreal region under the influences of
... diversity of trends for its sub-basins, notably an increase in the winter flows and weakly decreasing flows in summer and late autumn. Woo et al. (2006) commented that streamflow response to climatic forcing is complicated by location, topography and storage, and what is considered as a climatic tre ...
... diversity of trends for its sub-basins, notably an increase in the winter flows and weakly decreasing flows in summer and late autumn. Woo et al. (2006) commented that streamflow response to climatic forcing is complicated by location, topography and storage, and what is considered as a climatic tre ...
Climate Risk Screening and Management Tool for Strategy Design
... USAID efforts can help reduce the magnitude of global climate change through climate change mitigation, i.e., reductions in greenhouse gas emissions or removal of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from the atmosphere (e.g., via tree planting). Address the following questions for each DO, IR, or sector to iden ...
... USAID efforts can help reduce the magnitude of global climate change through climate change mitigation, i.e., reductions in greenhouse gas emissions or removal of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from the atmosphere (e.g., via tree planting). Address the following questions for each DO, IR, or sector to iden ...
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... are similar, and for the Near East & North Africa, where EPIC shows a slightly more significant grass yield increase than LPJmL. Although there is a wide variation in the results of each individual crop model across the GCMs, the domain of results of one crop model rarely overlaps with the domain of ...
... are similar, and for the Near East & North Africa, where EPIC shows a slightly more significant grass yield increase than LPJmL. Although there is a wide variation in the results of each individual crop model across the GCMs, the domain of results of one crop model rarely overlaps with the domain of ...
Climate change as a driver of change in the Great Lakes St
... Chemical and biological pollution and sediment delivery Weather and climate play significant roles in the transport and fate of chemicals, nutrients, pathogens, and sediment. Cyanobacteria, which can form harmful algal blooms, favor warmer temperatures and therefore are advantaged by a warming climat ...
... Chemical and biological pollution and sediment delivery Weather and climate play significant roles in the transport and fate of chemicals, nutrients, pathogens, and sediment. Cyanobacteria, which can form harmful algal blooms, favor warmer temperatures and therefore are advantaged by a warming climat ...
Land use/land cover changes and climate: modeling analysis and observational evidence
... aerosols (including dust). Urban landscapes add additional direct heating of the lower atmosphere. The biogeography is also changed as flora and fauna are altered by deliberate and inadvertent land management and the introduction of invasive species.22 The primary objective of this paper is to revie ...
... aerosols (including dust). Urban landscapes add additional direct heating of the lower atmosphere. The biogeography is also changed as flora and fauna are altered by deliberate and inadvertent land management and the introduction of invasive species.22 The primary objective of this paper is to revie ...
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... warrant action and what kinds of actions need to be taken to address these issues. Several studies have been directed at the effects of climate change on the negative environmental externalities from agricultural production, including runoff (e.g., Chiew et al., 1995; Izaurralde et al., 1999; van Ka ...
... warrant action and what kinds of actions need to be taken to address these issues. Several studies have been directed at the effects of climate change on the negative environmental externalities from agricultural production, including runoff (e.g., Chiew et al., 1995; Izaurralde et al., 1999; van Ka ...
Issues relating to GHG, Sectors and Source Categories in IPCC
... fuelwood and mill residue may be burned in the year of harvest many types of paper are likely to have a use life in uses less than 5 years which may include recycling of paper sawnwood or panels used in buildings may be held for decades to over 100 years discarded HWP can be deposited in sol ...
... fuelwood and mill residue may be burned in the year of harvest many types of paper are likely to have a use life in uses less than 5 years which may include recycling of paper sawnwood or panels used in buildings may be held for decades to over 100 years discarded HWP can be deposited in sol ...
The shape of things to come: why is climate change so predictable?
... values of the input parameters. Figure 3 shows the solution for the three terms on the left hand side of (2) whose nondimensional equivalents are obvious in (4). The rate of change of mixed layer temperatures is initially large but then quickly declines to small values, consistent with the small va ...
... values of the input parameters. Figure 3 shows the solution for the three terms on the left hand side of (2) whose nondimensional equivalents are obvious in (4). The rate of change of mixed layer temperatures is initially large but then quickly declines to small values, consistent with the small va ...
Israel Country report 2013
... Feedback and agreement on priority needs. This process will be repeated from time to time to measure progress. The tool can also be applied several times to zoom in on various topics. Interventions are formulated against needs as assessed. Eliminating the indentures in the form then means eliminatin ...
... Feedback and agreement on priority needs. This process will be repeated from time to time to measure progress. The tool can also be applied several times to zoom in on various topics. Interventions are formulated against needs as assessed. Eliminating the indentures in the form then means eliminatin ...
Handbook for Local Elected Officials on Climate Change
... from across all municipal departments should be involved in your adaptation process, as it should be an integrated approach to planning that examines the environmental, economic, social, and health implications of climate change. Although the need for adaptation planning is clear, it is important to ...
... from across all municipal departments should be involved in your adaptation process, as it should be an integrated approach to planning that examines the environmental, economic, social, and health implications of climate change. Although the need for adaptation planning is clear, it is important to ...
Robust Bayesian Uncertainty Analysis of Climate System Properties
... atmosphere–ocean general circulation models for this purpose, since these models are very expensive to run. Therefore in many studies, climate models of intermediate complexity are employed. Their short runtimes make the application of rigorous statistical methods possible, while they are still able ...
... atmosphere–ocean general circulation models for this purpose, since these models are very expensive to run. Therefore in many studies, climate models of intermediate complexity are employed. Their short runtimes make the application of rigorous statistical methods possible, while they are still able ...
Adapting to Climate Change: A Business Approach
... hurricanes, cyclones, heat waves, and other extreme events of recent years alerted many to the potential direct impacts of extreme events, there is generally less appreciation of the effects of changes in longer term average conditions and seasonal variation in temperature and precipitation.4 Suscep ...
... hurricanes, cyclones, heat waves, and other extreme events of recent years alerted many to the potential direct impacts of extreme events, there is generally less appreciation of the effects of changes in longer term average conditions and seasonal variation in temperature and precipitation.4 Suscep ...
Reconstructing mid- to high-latitude marine climate and ocean
... often imprecise chronologies associated with many marine-based archives, which greatly hinders singular climate comparisons (lag/lead phasing relationships) with well-dated, and/or annually-resolved archives. However, several marine archive records have excellent chronological constraint. In particu ...
... often imprecise chronologies associated with many marine-based archives, which greatly hinders singular climate comparisons (lag/lead phasing relationships) with well-dated, and/or annually-resolved archives. However, several marine archive records have excellent chronological constraint. In particu ...
Utilization of Science-Based Information on Climate Change in
... Agencies such as NOAA recognize the importance of bridging the gap between the producers and users of scientific information, and considerable effort has been made to encourage this. Examples include the work done by NOAA’s Regional Integrated Science and Assessment teams and, at a broader scale, NO ...
... Agencies such as NOAA recognize the importance of bridging the gap between the producers and users of scientific information, and considerable effort has been made to encourage this. Examples include the work done by NOAA’s Regional Integrated Science and Assessment teams and, at a broader scale, NO ...
International Climate Policy, National Positions, and Their Domestic
... emission reduction efforts because subsidies for renewable energy technology often are interlinked with the mitigation targets discussed during the climate negotiations. Evidently, their framework offers an alternative dimension to the distinction of lobbies and interest groups involved in internati ...
... emission reduction efforts because subsidies for renewable energy technology often are interlinked with the mitigation targets discussed during the climate negotiations. Evidently, their framework offers an alternative dimension to the distinction of lobbies and interest groups involved in internati ...
a new report
... to prevent destabilizing effects from climate change, including setting targets for long term reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. 3. The U.S. should commit to global partnerships that help less developed nations build the capacity and resiliency to better manage climate impacts. As President Bush ...
... to prevent destabilizing effects from climate change, including setting targets for long term reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. 3. The U.S. should commit to global partnerships that help less developed nations build the capacity and resiliency to better manage climate impacts. As President Bush ...
The CC-Bio Project: Studying the Effects of Climate Change
... its complex relationships with climate. In addition, the institutional or intellectual barriers between academics who develop the science, naturalists who gather important information about biodiversity, decision makers who influence policy, and practitioners who manage biodiversity, add to the diff ...
... its complex relationships with climate. In addition, the institutional or intellectual barriers between academics who develop the science, naturalists who gather important information about biodiversity, decision makers who influence policy, and practitioners who manage biodiversity, add to the diff ...
Does climate adaptation policy need probabilities?
... global forcing and is likely to produce non-analogue impacts. Therefore, while analogues can be extremely useful to calibrate our understanding of how the system works, they are limited by the unique and transient nature of future climate change. Nevertheless, this school of thought would argue that ...
... global forcing and is likely to produce non-analogue impacts. Therefore, while analogues can be extremely useful to calibrate our understanding of how the system works, they are limited by the unique and transient nature of future climate change. Nevertheless, this school of thought would argue that ...
The Impact of Animal Agriculture on Global Warming and Climate
... as changes in seasonal temperatures and wind velocity, and the amount of precipitation and humidity for a given area or region.1 Climate change can involve either cooling or warming. Evidence suggests that the planet is presently experiencing a warming trend. Temperature readings taken around the wo ...
... as changes in seasonal temperatures and wind velocity, and the amount of precipitation and humidity for a given area or region.1 Climate change can involve either cooling or warming. Evidence suggests that the planet is presently experiencing a warming trend. Temperature readings taken around the wo ...
National Security and the Threat of Climate Change
... to prevent destabilizing effects from climate change, including setting targets for long term reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. 3. The U.S. should commit to global partnerships that help less developed nations build the capacity and resiliency to better manage climate impacts. As President Bush ...
... to prevent destabilizing effects from climate change, including setting targets for long term reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. 3. The U.S. should commit to global partnerships that help less developed nations build the capacity and resiliency to better manage climate impacts. As President Bush ...
Influence of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Planetary Wave
... capture changes in global patterns of surface temperature, which are primarily thermodynamically controlled. In contrast, there is much less confidence in circulation aspects of climate change, which are primarily controlled by dynamics34–36. We assume here that even models that don’t correctly simu ...
... capture changes in global patterns of surface temperature, which are primarily thermodynamically controlled. In contrast, there is much less confidence in circulation aspects of climate change, which are primarily controlled by dynamics34–36. We assume here that even models that don’t correctly simu ...