As noted in
the Key Climate Projections for Montana section (above), precipitation is projected to increase in some regions, and in some seasons, but not in others.
Not exact matches
«New source of global nitrogen discovered: Rocks could hold
key to carbon storage and improved global
climate projections.»
We've narrowed the uncertainty in surface warming
projections by generating thousands of
climate simulations that each closely match observational records for nine
key climate metrics, including warming and ocean heat content.»
Our older
projections, which were developed to be consistent with some
key findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC)'s Fifth Assessment Report, assumed a steady increase in the rate of ice - sheet shrinkage.
We utilize these
projections to discuss how
climate change may affect
key components of the water cycle, including:
The
projection framework has been widely used in the United States: it is a
key input for the sea - level rise
projections being used in the Fourth National
Climate Assessment, and it underpins numerous state - and city - level assessments.
Such an ESM offers the
key opportunity for dramatic improvements in the accuracy of
climate projections.
2: Our Changing
Climate, Key Message 7), 46 and climate projections indicate that extreme heat events will be more frequent and intense in coming decad
Climate,
Key Message 7), 46 and
climate projections indicate that extreme heat events will be more frequent and intense in coming decad
climate projections indicate that extreme heat events will be more frequent and intense in coming decades (Ch.
Incorporating these feedbacks and contributing to research on identifying and quantifying these is a
key element in keeping our
climate - model
projections up to date.
For regional
climate predictability, the added value of RCMs should come from better resolving the relationship between mean (temperature) trends and
key indicators that are supposedly better represented in the high resolution
projections utilizing additional local information, such as temperature or precipitation extremes.
• Provide a clear, evidence - based explanation of the role played by different parts of the energy sector in causing air pollution • Present detailed
projections of the energy sector and related air quality pathways in different countries and sectors, based on known energy,
climate and air quality policies, and the
key implications for policymakers • Identify additional policy measures that can materially improve the outlook for energy - related air pollution, examining both the co-benefits and trade - offs with other energy and
climate objectives • Based on analysis of different policy options, distil the
key findings of the report into a clear set of implications and recommendations for policymakers
2: Our Changing
Climate,
Key Messages 5 and 6).4, 10 A range of model
projections for the end of this century under a higher emissions scenario (A2), averaged over the region, suggests about 5 % to 20 % (25th to 75th percentile of model
projections) increases in winter precipitation.
The most critical shortcomings of the assessment are the attempt to extrapolate global - scale
projections down to regional and sub-regional scales and to use two models which provide divergent
projections for
key climate elements.»
The Challenge Imposed by
Climate Change: observed changes, interpretation,
projections, limited future warming,
key messages and impacts.
Projections of U.S. transportation energy use indicate that better vehicle efficiency and low - carbon fuels will not be sufficient to reach sectoral emissions reduction goals if travel demand grows at pre-recession rates, so managing demand will be a
key ingredient of
climate policy for the sector.
Beer C (2016) Permafrost Sub-grid Heterogeneity of Soil Properties
Key for 3 - D Soil Processes and Future
Climate Projections.
KEY WORDS: Temperature
projections ·
Climate change · Global warming ·
Climate models · Impact assessment
A
key problem for reducing the uncertainty in
climate projections is historical records of change are often too short to test the skill of
climate models, raising concerns over our ability to successfully plan for the future.
Our older
projections, which were developed to be consistent with some
key findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC)'s Fifth Assessment Report, assumed a steady increase in the rate of ice - sheet shrinkage.
A significant uncertainty in future
projections of sea level is associated with dynamical changes in the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets and a
key aspect of this uncertainty is the role of ice shelves, how they might respond to
climate change, and the effect this could have on the ice sheets.
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Let's look in more detail at the paper's
key figure, the one that looks at past and (forecast) future global temperatures, «Hindcast / forecast decadal variations in global mean temperature, as compared with observations and standard
climate model
projections» (click to enlarge)
Our estimates of
key climate model uncertainties are constrained by observations of the
climate system for the period 1906 - 1995, 7 and uncertainty in emissions reflect errors in measurement of current emissions and expert judgment about variables that influence
key economic
projections.