Kuroshio`s Impact on Fog, Clouds, and Storms
... face air temperature, the height of the cloud base, and ocean current velocity. A total of 561 radiosonde soundings over the northwest Pacific taken from several research vessels provided information for the structure of the marine atmospheric boundary layer, the lowest 1-1.5 km layer of the atmosph ...
... face air temperature, the height of the cloud base, and ocean current velocity. A total of 561 radiosonde soundings over the northwest Pacific taken from several research vessels provided information for the structure of the marine atmospheric boundary layer, the lowest 1-1.5 km layer of the atmosph ...
Chapter 5. Brief history of climate: causes and mechanisms
... Since the beginning of Earth’s history, climate has varied on all timescales. Over millions of years, it has swung between very warm conditions, with annual mean temperatures above 10°C in polar regions and glacial climates in which the ice sheets covered the majority of the mid-latitude continents. ...
... Since the beginning of Earth’s history, climate has varied on all timescales. Over millions of years, it has swung between very warm conditions, with annual mean temperatures above 10°C in polar regions and glacial climates in which the ice sheets covered the majority of the mid-latitude continents. ...
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... o changes in CO2 correlate closely w/variations in earth’s mean surface temp o Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says global temp increases are unlikely result entirely from natural causes How Do Scientists Model Greenhouse Warming? Computer Models as Crystal Balls scientists use ma ...
... o changes in CO2 correlate closely w/variations in earth’s mean surface temp o Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says global temp increases are unlikely result entirely from natural causes How Do Scientists Model Greenhouse Warming? Computer Models as Crystal Balls scientists use ma ...
How Sentinels can support space-based weather
... The Sentinel-3 mission main objective is to measure seasurface topography, sea- and land-surface temperature and ocean- and land-surface colour with high-end accuracy and reliability in support of forecasting systems, as well as for global environmental and climate monitoring. The mission will provi ...
... The Sentinel-3 mission main objective is to measure seasurface topography, sea- and land-surface temperature and ocean- and land-surface colour with high-end accuracy and reliability in support of forecasting systems, as well as for global environmental and climate monitoring. The mission will provi ...
global warming - Libertarian Alliance
... past billion years, and during the past 100 million years (during which most of our food and fibre crops evolved), CO2 concentration has been higher than it is today. The atmosphere is currently impoverished in CO2 and geological evidence reveals that temperatures dropped before CO2 declined and not ...
... past billion years, and during the past 100 million years (during which most of our food and fibre crops evolved), CO2 concentration has been higher than it is today. The atmosphere is currently impoverished in CO2 and geological evidence reveals that temperatures dropped before CO2 declined and not ...
27. record low northern hemisphere sea ice extent in march 2015
... pressure over the western Aleutian Islands associated with positive 2-m air temperature over the Sea of Okhotsk in March 2015 likely due to southerly surface wind that substantially contributed to the negative SIC there (Kimura and Wakatsuchi 1999), while the negative SIC in the Bering Sea is more d ...
... pressure over the western Aleutian Islands associated with positive 2-m air temperature over the Sea of Okhotsk in March 2015 likely due to southerly surface wind that substantially contributed to the negative SIC there (Kimura and Wakatsuchi 1999), while the negative SIC in the Bering Sea is more d ...
ppt - UMD | Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
... - Low resolution and low quality of the current database - Problem with physical parametrizations: low confidence in the reanalysis estimations ...
... - Low resolution and low quality of the current database - Problem with physical parametrizations: low confidence in the reanalysis estimations ...
The US Military on the Front Lines of Rising Seas
... an ultimate rise of 6.3 feet above 2012 levels, globally, by the end of this century. The highest scenario is especially useful when making decisions with a low tolerance for risk. Moreover, recent studies suggest that ice sheet loss is accelerating and that future dynamics and instability could con ...
... an ultimate rise of 6.3 feet above 2012 levels, globally, by the end of this century. The highest scenario is especially useful when making decisions with a low tolerance for risk. Moreover, recent studies suggest that ice sheet loss is accelerating and that future dynamics and instability could con ...
Statement of witness James E. Hansen
... the ocean, which averages about four kilometers in depth, and thus can absorb a lot of heat. However, we can estimate how long it takes for the climate to respond, and we have tested our understanding of such basic phenomena in many ways. The claim that “we cannot predict next month’s weather in Lon ...
... the ocean, which averages about four kilometers in depth, and thus can absorb a lot of heat. However, we can estimate how long it takes for the climate to respond, and we have tested our understanding of such basic phenomena in many ways. The claim that “we cannot predict next month’s weather in Lon ...
Future sea level
The rate of global mean sea-level rise (~3 mm/yr; SLR) has accelerated compared to the mean of the 20th century (~2 mm/yr), but the rate of rise is locally variable. Factors contributing to SLR include decreased global ice volume and warming of the ocean. On Greenland, the deficiency between annual ice gained and lost tripled between 1996 and 2007. On Antarctica the deficiency increased by 75%. Mountain glaciers are retreating and the cumulative mean thickness change has accelerated from about −1.8 to −4 m in 1965 to 1970 to about −12 to −14 m in the first decade of the 21st century. From 1961 to 2003, ocean temperatures to a depth of 700 m increased and portions of the deeper ocean are warming.The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2007) projected sea level would reach 0.18 to 0.59 m above present by the end of the 21st century but lacked an estimate of ice flow dynamics calving. Calving was added by Pfeffer et al. (2008) indicating 0.8 to 2 m of SLR by 2100 (favouring the low end of this range). Rahmstorf (2007) estimated SLR will reach 0.5 to 1.4 m by the end of the century. Pielke (2008) points out that observed SLR has exceeded the best case projections thus far. These approximations and others indicate that global mean SLR may reach 1 m by the end of this century. However, sea level is highly variable and planners considering local impacts must take this variability into account.