magnitude and frequency
... to be detectable (given large variability in extreme precipitation metrics) for many decades. Given the above points, it is more fruitful to evaluate future flood risk from first principles. The Clausius-Clapeyron constant predicts an increase in the moisture-holding capacity of the atmosphere of ap ...
... to be detectable (given large variability in extreme precipitation metrics) for many decades. Given the above points, it is more fruitful to evaluate future flood risk from first principles. The Clausius-Clapeyron constant predicts an increase in the moisture-holding capacity of the atmosphere of ap ...
This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier
... continental subtropics, and therefore plays a significant role spatially. At the global scale, an increase in precipitation is expected as the turnover of the water cycle is stimulated by global warming. Regionally, precipitation patterns will react differently. Heat waves and drought events are exp ...
... continental subtropics, and therefore plays a significant role spatially. At the global scale, an increase in precipitation is expected as the turnover of the water cycle is stimulated by global warming. Regionally, precipitation patterns will react differently. Heat waves and drought events are exp ...
Pattern scaled climate change scenarios: are these useful for adaptation? - Working Paper 71 (699 kB) (opens in new window)
... 5. Management of forests and ecosystems More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
... 5. Management of forests and ecosystems More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
PowerPoint **** - UCLA Land Surface Hydrology Research Group
... We used the DHSVM-RBM model to simulate streamflow and stream temperature at 150 m spatial resolution and sub-daily timescale. DHSVM-RBM (Sun et al., 2014) integrates the Distributed Hydrology-Soil-Vegetation Model, a semi-Lagrangian stream temperature model RBM (Yearsley, 2009), and a riparian shad ...
... We used the DHSVM-RBM model to simulate streamflow and stream temperature at 150 m spatial resolution and sub-daily timescale. DHSVM-RBM (Sun et al., 2014) integrates the Distributed Hydrology-Soil-Vegetation Model, a semi-Lagrangian stream temperature model RBM (Yearsley, 2009), and a riparian shad ...
A Focus on Climate During the Past 100 Years
... they could also be complemented and extended back in time. A large fraction of the meteorological data has still not been digitised. Concentrated efforts are needed (and are partly underway) to digitise and re-evaluate these data. However, changes in instrumentation, measurement practices and report ...
... they could also be complemented and extended back in time. A large fraction of the meteorological data has still not been digitised. Concentrated efforts are needed (and are partly underway) to digitise and re-evaluate these data. However, changes in instrumentation, measurement practices and report ...
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... interpreting new documentary and natural climate proxy evidence allow a better insight into past spatiotemporal high resolution climate/extremes and related socio-economic impacts. In this talk we provide a first multiproxy-based real-world product for the Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling (BHM) formal ...
... interpreting new documentary and natural climate proxy evidence allow a better insight into past spatiotemporal high resolution climate/extremes and related socio-economic impacts. In this talk we provide a first multiproxy-based real-world product for the Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling (BHM) formal ...
Asociaciones Público Privadas: El uso del fideicomiso
... number. We may also request corporate formation documents, or other forms of identification, to verify information provided. Any prices or levels contained herein are preliminary and indicative only and do not represent bids or offers. These indications are provided solely for your information and c ...
... number. We may also request corporate formation documents, or other forms of identification, to verify information provided. Any prices or levels contained herein are preliminary and indicative only and do not represent bids or offers. These indications are provided solely for your information and c ...
Towards a unifying narrative for climate change
... well-established changes to the Earth that humanity has caused since the industrial revolution1,2. Thirteen years later, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stated that: “It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20 ...
... well-established changes to the Earth that humanity has caused since the industrial revolution1,2. Thirteen years later, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stated that: “It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20 ...
Vulnerability to climate change and sea
... Sydney Basin species to enable them to move into new habitat areas is also important. This study provides a basis for future research on the effects on local biodiversity and agriculture. Keywords: Australia, biodiversity hotspots, climate change, conservation, land use, sea-level rise ...
... Sydney Basin species to enable them to move into new habitat areas is also important. This study provides a basis for future research on the effects on local biodiversity and agriculture. Keywords: Australia, biodiversity hotspots, climate change, conservation, land use, sea-level rise ...
Thermodynamics of climate change
... auditing climate models (Fraedrich and Lunkeit, 2008; Pascale et al., 2009; Lucarini et al., 2010) and for outlining a set of parameterisations to be used in conceptual and intermediate complexity models, or for the reconstruction of the past climate conditions (Fraedrich, 2001). Recently a link has ...
... auditing climate models (Fraedrich and Lunkeit, 2008; Pascale et al., 2009; Lucarini et al., 2010) and for outlining a set of parameterisations to be used in conceptual and intermediate complexity models, or for the reconstruction of the past climate conditions (Fraedrich, 2001). Recently a link has ...
Stand alone and web based decision support systems for climate
... Socio-cultural, institutional and political capacity to implement CCA measure(s) might be problematic in Europe Knowledge exchange and network building is important, and shared conceptual frameworks developed upon the main policy references may help Integrated assessment frameworks can provide signi ...
... Socio-cultural, institutional and political capacity to implement CCA measure(s) might be problematic in Europe Knowledge exchange and network building is important, and shared conceptual frameworks developed upon the main policy references may help Integrated assessment frameworks can provide signi ...
PRE/POST UNIT ASSESSMENT AND SURVEY
... during an intense drought between 1981 and 1987. During the drought, there was a reduction in the number of plants producing thin-walled seeds. Which of the following best describes the mechanism behind the change in beak size in the finch population? a) The formation of two new finch species from a ...
... during an intense drought between 1981 and 1987. During the drought, there was a reduction in the number of plants producing thin-walled seeds. Which of the following best describes the mechanism behind the change in beak size in the finch population? a) The formation of two new finch species from a ...
Lecture 4 - Institute of Development Studies
... • Historical review of the environment issues globally since 1970s, examining various global architecture, pilots, strategies, or concepts ...
... • Historical review of the environment issues globally since 1970s, examining various global architecture, pilots, strategies, or concepts ...
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... plants are more or less well known, pathogen infections are highly multi-factored and only reveal good results through a complex structural approach with many variables (KOBOURN et al., 2008). Empirical data sets are rare and scientific knowledge is thus still weak (PURSE et al., 2005). In general, ...
... plants are more or less well known, pathogen infections are highly multi-factored and only reveal good results through a complex structural approach with many variables (KOBOURN et al., 2008). Empirical data sets are rare and scientific knowledge is thus still weak (PURSE et al., 2005). In general, ...
Trends in American Public Opinion on Global Warming Policies Between... Jon A. Krosnick Bo MacInnis Stanford University
... blocks (area code + exchange + two-digit block number) that contained one or more residential directory listings. The cell phone sample was drawn through a systematic sampling from 1000 blocks dedicated to cellular service according to the Telcordia database. The data were weighted to ensure that th ...
... blocks (area code + exchange + two-digit block number) that contained one or more residential directory listings. The cell phone sample was drawn through a systematic sampling from 1000 blocks dedicated to cellular service according to the Telcordia database. The data were weighted to ensure that th ...
Pattern scaling using ClimGen: monthly
... For most scenarios of future climate change (e.g. Christensen et al. 2013), the detailed patterns (geographical, seasonal and multi-variable structure) are commonly derived from simulations with general circulation models (GCMs) or regional climate models (RCMs). The magnitude of the change is not a ...
... For most scenarios of future climate change (e.g. Christensen et al. 2013), the detailed patterns (geographical, seasonal and multi-variable structure) are commonly derived from simulations with general circulation models (GCMs) or regional climate models (RCMs). The magnitude of the change is not a ...
Will environmental changes reinforce the forest border of central North America?
... (CO2 fertilization), and nitrogen deposition. All of these drivers are capable of causing ecosystem change individually, but their impacts will occur concurrently with the direct impacts of climate change. In some systems with multiple drivers, simultaneous changes in two or more of them might resul ...
... (CO2 fertilization), and nitrogen deposition. All of these drivers are capable of causing ecosystem change individually, but their impacts will occur concurrently with the direct impacts of climate change. In some systems with multiple drivers, simultaneous changes in two or more of them might resul ...
Conference Agenda
... the University of New South Wales and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow in the Faculty of Law. She is also the Director of the International Refugee and Migration Law project at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law and the convenor of the Faculty's Refugee Law and Policy Group. She is ...
... the University of New South Wales and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow in the Faculty of Law. She is also the Director of the International Refugee and Migration Law project at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law and the convenor of the Faculty's Refugee Law and Policy Group. She is ...
State of The Climate 2016
... The recent drying across southern Australia is the strongest recorded large‑scale change in rainfall since national records began in 1900. This decrease, at an agriculturally and hydrologically important time of the year, is associated with a trend towards higher mean sea level pressure in the regi ...
... The recent drying across southern Australia is the strongest recorded large‑scale change in rainfall since national records began in 1900. This decrease, at an agriculturally and hydrologically important time of the year, is associated with a trend towards higher mean sea level pressure in the regi ...
- White Rose Research Online
... seasonal rainfall and temperatures [10–12]. Thus, accurate climate change projections are important for developing appropriate and effective adaptation strategies and better target global emissions reduction goals. In improving projections, enhancing our understanding of important modes of variabili ...
... seasonal rainfall and temperatures [10–12]. Thus, accurate climate change projections are important for developing appropriate and effective adaptation strategies and better target global emissions reduction goals. In improving projections, enhancing our understanding of important modes of variabili ...
Overcoming Behavioral and Institutional Inertia
... of helplessness and disempowerment.14 This might explain why, in developed countries where information on climate change is more readily available, people are less optimistic about a possible solution (figure 8.3). To produce action, awareness needs to be grounded in clear information from trustwort ...
... of helplessness and disempowerment.14 This might explain why, in developed countries where information on climate change is more readily available, people are less optimistic about a possible solution (figure 8.3). To produce action, awareness needs to be grounded in clear information from trustwort ...
Apocalypse Soon? Dire Messages Reduce Belief in Global
... assigned to read one of two articles. These articles, written in the style of a newspaper article, were identical for the first four paragraphs, providing information about climate change reported by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2007), but they differed in the final ...
... assigned to read one of two articles. These articles, written in the style of a newspaper article, were identical for the first four paragraphs, providing information about climate change reported by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2007), but they differed in the final ...
Stott et al, 2000 - International Research Institute for Climate and
... A rise in near-surface temperatures as rapid as that during the last 30 years occurred over several decades during the first half of the 20th century, followed by a period of more than three decades when temperatures showed no long-term increase. The net radiative forcing of the atmosphere from the ...
... A rise in near-surface temperatures as rapid as that during the last 30 years occurred over several decades during the first half of the 20th century, followed by a period of more than three decades when temperatures showed no long-term increase. The net radiative forcing of the atmosphere from the ...
Snowshoe Hare and Canada Lynx Populations - G-WOW
... are located in Alaska and Canada’s forests, and also in the Northern United States in the Rocky Mountains and Cascades. The have been spotted in some states in the U.S., such as Utah, Michigan, and Wisconsin, but the Defenders of Wildlife state that the population status is not well known. About nin ...
... are located in Alaska and Canada’s forests, and also in the Northern United States in the Rocky Mountains and Cascades. The have been spotted in some states in the U.S., such as Utah, Michigan, and Wisconsin, but the Defenders of Wildlife state that the population status is not well known. About nin ...
Earth Negotiations Bulletin ADP 2-6
... November 2013, in Warsaw, Poland. Guided by questions from the Co-Chairs, work during the first week took place under the two workstreams. Workstream 1 was discussed in open-ended consultations on content and elements of the 2015 agreement, including adaptation, mitigation, technology, finance, capa ...
... November 2013, in Warsaw, Poland. Guided by questions from the Co-Chairs, work during the first week took place under the two workstreams. Workstream 1 was discussed in open-ended consultations on content and elements of the 2015 agreement, including adaptation, mitigation, technology, finance, capa ...