Local atmospheric decoupling in complex topography alters climate
... 2000 Kelley Engineering Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA. E-mail: chris.daly@oregonstate.edu ...
... 2000 Kelley Engineering Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA. E-mail: chris.daly@oregonstate.edu ...
Regional climate simulation with a mosaic of RCMs
... resolution between two poles is 83 km and the mean resolution over the display area is 70 km. Contrary to DÉQUÉ (2009) such models cannot be run in standalone mode (or GCM mode) because their too coarse resolution outside Europe is detrimental to the simulation everywhere. These models need a driver ...
... resolution between two poles is 83 km and the mean resolution over the display area is 70 km. Contrary to DÉQUÉ (2009) such models cannot be run in standalone mode (or GCM mode) because their too coarse resolution outside Europe is detrimental to the simulation everywhere. These models need a driver ...
Climate change profile - SPC Climate Change Projects
... Tourism has increased in recent years with a number of small hotels opening in Pohnpei, Yap and Kosrae, some with facilities for diving. However, large-scale investment in this sector is constrained by limitations in air transportation, land-use issues and competition with other countries that are c ...
... Tourism has increased in recent years with a number of small hotels opening in Pohnpei, Yap and Kosrae, some with facilities for diving. However, large-scale investment in this sector is constrained by limitations in air transportation, land-use issues and competition with other countries that are c ...
Challenges of a Sustained Climate Observing System
... engineering, and predicting climate variability and change and their consequences. A major challenge is to adequately deal with the continually changing observing system, especially from satellites and other remote sensing platforms such as in the ocean, in order to provide a continuous climate reco ...
... engineering, and predicting climate variability and change and their consequences. A major challenge is to adequately deal with the continually changing observing system, especially from satellites and other remote sensing platforms such as in the ocean, in order to provide a continuous climate reco ...
Climate Change, Influencing the Health of Urban Populations
... SDH that contribute to human health and well-being, in urban environments are19: economic opportunity, wealth/poverty, housing, violence and crime, green space, and physical infrastructure20. As, economic opportunity and wealth/poverty were discussed in the previous reflection, this paper looks at t ...
... SDH that contribute to human health and well-being, in urban environments are19: economic opportunity, wealth/poverty, housing, violence and crime, green space, and physical infrastructure20. As, economic opportunity and wealth/poverty were discussed in the previous reflection, this paper looks at t ...
Climate Engineering under the Paris Agreement
... which carry with them human rights concerns and trade-offs against other sustainability goals. SRM technologies involve greater scientific uncertainty and also involve significant risks. For example, changes to global average temperatures would not be uniform and could have consequential impacts on ...
... which carry with them human rights concerns and trade-offs against other sustainability goals. SRM technologies involve greater scientific uncertainty and also involve significant risks. For example, changes to global average temperatures would not be uniform and could have consequential impacts on ...
FAME
... Changes in tuna distribution and abundance of skipjack tuna may lead to changes in fishery distribution and catch rates which could have potential impacts on Pacific economies, food security and social capital. The strong interaction between environment and tuna species, necessitates the inclusion o ...
... Changes in tuna distribution and abundance of skipjack tuna may lead to changes in fishery distribution and catch rates which could have potential impacts on Pacific economies, food security and social capital. The strong interaction between environment and tuna species, necessitates the inclusion o ...
The hydrology of the humid tropics
... areas remain, but many of those areas are under high development pressure. This presents an opportunity to study environmental changes and stream responses. Several recent studies in the southeastern Amazon show that deforestation has probably increased discharge of the 750,000-km2 Tocantins/Araguai ...
... areas remain, but many of those areas are under high development pressure. This presents an opportunity to study environmental changes and stream responses. Several recent studies in the southeastern Amazon show that deforestation has probably increased discharge of the 750,000-km2 Tocantins/Araguai ...
Climate Disclosure Standards Board guidance on UK mandatory GHG emissions reporting
... questionnaire. In some cases, such as ‘governance’ and ‘future prospects and past performance’ requirements under ‘1. Strategy, review of business & governance’, the disclosures may appear to be an additional request by the CDSB Framework. However, the CDSB Framework adopts relevant principles from ...
... questionnaire. In some cases, such as ‘governance’ and ‘future prospects and past performance’ requirements under ‘1. Strategy, review of business & governance’, the disclosures may appear to be an additional request by the CDSB Framework. However, the CDSB Framework adopts relevant principles from ...
HFA 2 Priorities from Nepal National and local governments, NGOs
... At the national level, climate and disaster risk issues yet to be prioritized by key decisions makers, particularly from national political parties. The focus has only slowly been moving from response to comprehensive risk reduction, mitigation and preparedness. In addition, individual ministries, d ...
... At the national level, climate and disaster risk issues yet to be prioritized by key decisions makers, particularly from national political parties. The focus has only slowly been moving from response to comprehensive risk reduction, mitigation and preparedness. In addition, individual ministries, d ...
Expedition to the Alps to Learn About Snowpack
... Narrator: Ski resort operators aren’t the only people who will have to cope with shrinking snowpack. We can all put less of a strain on water supplies by using less water. In the western U.S., many water utilities are already planning for the future by improving the efficiency of their plants and ...
... Narrator: Ski resort operators aren’t the only people who will have to cope with shrinking snowpack. We can all put less of a strain on water supplies by using less water. In the western U.S., many water utilities are already planning for the future by improving the efficiency of their plants and ...
Selecting Ensemble Members to Provide Regional Climate Change
... An approach pioneered in the United Kingdom by the Hadley Centre (Murphy et al. 2004) and climate prediction.net (Stainforth et al. 2005) has been the use of ensembles that systematically explore the implication of known uncertainties in model parameters. Parameters are identified that are known to ...
... An approach pioneered in the United Kingdom by the Hadley Centre (Murphy et al. 2004) and climate prediction.net (Stainforth et al. 2005) has been the use of ensembles that systematically explore the implication of known uncertainties in model parameters. Parameters are identified that are known to ...
Intended National Determined Contribution (INDC)
... Even though Morocco is focusing its efforts in the energy sector, its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets will be achieved through economy-‐wide actions based on strategies and sectoral ...
... Even though Morocco is focusing its efforts in the energy sector, its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets will be achieved through economy-‐wide actions based on strategies and sectoral ...
Legislative and Policy Initiatives Concerning Global
... Climate change issues are being addressed by many countries in varying ways. At the international level, the Kyoto Protocol has now been ratified and through its binding emissions targets and market-based mechanisms, a worldwide carbon market is emerging. Much of the European Community has embraced ...
... Climate change issues are being addressed by many countries in varying ways. At the international level, the Kyoto Protocol has now been ratified and through its binding emissions targets and market-based mechanisms, a worldwide carbon market is emerging. Much of the European Community has embraced ...
The Kyoto Protocol: Bad News for the Global
... Bad News for the Global Environment Bruce Pardy* ...
... Bad News for the Global Environment Bruce Pardy* ...
Robust Bayesian Uncertainty Analysis of Climate System Properties
... divided into two blocks (see section 2c for details). Componentwise transitions can accelerate the convergence of the chain because the rejection rate in each step of the algorithm may decrease. The sample size is 150 000 for all distributions presented in this paper. The corresponding probability d ...
... divided into two blocks (see section 2c for details). Componentwise transitions can accelerate the convergence of the chain because the rejection rate in each step of the algorithm may decrease. The sample size is 150 000 for all distributions presented in this paper. The corresponding probability d ...
Business Responses to Climate Change in Developing Countries: A
... developing countries, others are proper for developed countries that does not occur in the developing countries such as changing expert opinion (a specific strategy of firms in the U.S. and Australia), acquisition of emission credits strategy, and policy inputs or lobbying activities in the informat ...
... developing countries, others are proper for developed countries that does not occur in the developing countries such as changing expert opinion (a specific strategy of firms in the U.S. and Australia), acquisition of emission credits strategy, and policy inputs or lobbying activities in the informat ...
Communicating climate change – Learning from business
... As individuals ”do not have a set of socially accepted beliefs on climate change” (Hoffman 2012: 32), any attempt to understand and interpret climate change knowledge requires a thorough ”political, economic, social, and legal debate over values and beliefs” through which social consensus emerges (H ...
... As individuals ”do not have a set of socially accepted beliefs on climate change” (Hoffman 2012: 32), any attempt to understand and interpret climate change knowledge requires a thorough ”political, economic, social, and legal debate over values and beliefs” through which social consensus emerges (H ...
Bellingham Climate Adaptation Plan - Bellingham
... from the community as well as allowing the goals and plans set forth to mature. After several years of implementing the first two phases of the Climate Action Plan, and incorporating feedback from the community, Phase III of the Climate Action Plan has been completed. This phase addresses climate ch ...
... from the community as well as allowing the goals and plans set forth to mature. After several years of implementing the first two phases of the Climate Action Plan, and incorporating feedback from the community, Phase III of the Climate Action Plan has been completed. This phase addresses climate ch ...
State of the Jamaican Climate 2012:Information for
... form the backdrop for a number of lifestyle and livelihood related activities, making Jamaica a climate sensitive country. For example, Jamaica’s climate sensitivity can be found in planting and reaping cycles which are intimately bound up with Jamaica’s rainfall and temperature climatologies i.e. i ...
... form the backdrop for a number of lifestyle and livelihood related activities, making Jamaica a climate sensitive country. For example, Jamaica’s climate sensitivity can be found in planting and reaping cycles which are intimately bound up with Jamaica’s rainfall and temperature climatologies i.e. i ...
Data Assimilation Cycle - Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical
... Horizontal resolution (eg Rossby Wave Breaking) ...
... Horizontal resolution (eg Rossby Wave Breaking) ...
Historical Overview of Climate Change Science
... gone before, science is cumulative, with useful features retained and non-useful features abandoned. Active research scientists, throughout their careers, typically spend large fractions of their working time studying in depth what other scientists have done. Superficial or amateurish acquaintance w ...
... gone before, science is cumulative, with useful features retained and non-useful features abandoned. Active research scientists, throughout their careers, typically spend large fractions of their working time studying in depth what other scientists have done. Superficial or amateurish acquaintance w ...
Beyond Divestment: Taking Decisive Action on Climate Change
... of carbon use and the adoption of measures to promote a low-carbon economy. U of T will have more impact if it joins coalitions such as the United Kingdombased Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which aims to inform investor decisionmaking, facilitate shareholder engagement, and encourage corporations ...
... of carbon use and the adoption of measures to promote a low-carbon economy. U of T will have more impact if it joins coalitions such as the United Kingdombased Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which aims to inform investor decisionmaking, facilitate shareholder engagement, and encourage corporations ...
Removing Climate Change as a Barrier to Economic Progress
... what the most recent synthesis of the mainstream science describes as the range of possible outcomes (Garnaut 2011b, IPCC 2007). No serious climate scientist suggests that unmitigated emissions would not have substantial climate effects; scientists hold different views about the extent of change and ...
... what the most recent synthesis of the mainstream science describes as the range of possible outcomes (Garnaut 2011b, IPCC 2007). No serious climate scientist suggests that unmitigated emissions would not have substantial climate effects; scientists hold different views about the extent of change and ...