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Model Projections of the Changes in Atmospheric Circulation and Surface Climate over North America, North Atlantic and Europe in the 21st Century 19 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
The impacts of climate change on the North America-North Atlantic-Europe sector are studied using a coupled general circulation model (CM3) and a high-resolution atmosphere-only model (HIRAM), both de...
Earlier Onset of the Indian Monsoon in the late 20th century: the Role of Anthropogenic Aerosols 19 Jul 2013 | 05:00 am
This study investigates the impact of the late 20th century increase of anthropogenic aerosols on the onset of the Indian summer monsoon. Aerosols are likely responsible for the observed earlier onset...
Dynamical Downscaling Projections of Late 21st Century Atlantic Hurricane Activity: CMIP3 and CMIP5 Model-based Scenarios 24 Jun 2013 | 05:00 am
The authors explored the influence of anthropogenic climate change on Atlantic hurricane activity in the 21st century, using dynamical climate models. The results of experiments using multi-model clim...
Response to CO2 doubling of the Atlantic Hurricane Main Development Region in a High-Resolution Climate Model 15 Apr 2013 | 05:00 am
The authors simulated the response of sea surface temperature (SST) in the Atlantic Hurricane Main Development Region (MDR) to a doubling of CO2, using a cutting-edge global high-resolution coupled mo...
Sensitivity of tropospheric oxidants to biomass burning emissions: implications for radiative forcing 29 Mar 2013 | 04:00 am
Biomass burning is one of the largest sources of trace gases and aerosols in the atmosphere, and has profound influence on tropospheric oxidants and radiative forcing. Using a fully coupled chemistry-...
Ocean Warming effect on Surface Gravity Wave Climate Change for the end of the 21st Century 11 Mar 2013 | 04:00 am
Future changes in wind-wave patterns have broad implications for ecosystems, as well as the design and operation of coastal, near-and-off-shore industries. Changes in response to global warming may fu...
Cloud tuning in a coupled climate model: impact on 20th century warming 4 Mar 2013 | 05:00 am
Clouds remain one of the largest sources of uncertainty in predictions from climate models. Globally, clouds cool the Earth through the net effect of two opposing contributions: cooling from reflectio...
Heat stress reduces labor capacity under climate warming 24 Feb 2013 | 05:00 am
The authors use existing occupational health and safety thresholds to establish a new metric to quantify a healthy, acclimated individual’s capacity to safely perform sustained labor under environme...
Controls of Global Snow Under Climate Change 15 Feb 2013 | 05:00 am
Understanding snowfall variability is key to understanding future water supply in snowmelt-dominated regions, like the western U.S. This research validated GFDL’s coupled climate models, CM2.5 and C...
Contributions of Downstream Eddy Development to the Teleconnection between ENSO and the Atmospheric Circulation over the North Atlantic 1 Feb 2013 | 05:00 am
El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the dominant pattern of interannual climate variability, and has strong influence on the atmospheric circulation around the globe. North Atlantic Oscillation (NA...
