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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298370903321

Titolo

Climate Change in North America / / edited by George Ohring

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-03768-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Collana

Regional Climate Studies, , 1862-0248

Disciplina

551.697

Soggetti

Atmospheric sciences

Climate change

Physical geography

Atmospheric Sciences

Climate Change

Physical Geography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Paleoclimate -- Current Climate and Recent Trends -- Satellite Observations of North American Climate Change -- Global Climate Model Simulations of North America -- Downscaling of Climate Information -- Detection and Attribution of Climate Change in North America.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes thoroughly the North American Climate of the past 65 million years, with special emphasis on the last 21,000 years, as revealed by paleoclimatic observations and climate models. It analyzes weather observations over the past century and satellite measurements of the last few decades to develop a picture of more recent climatic trends. It explains how global climate models are used to simulate and project climate, and presents the application of these models to reproduce recent climate variations and predict future North American climate. It answers the critical question of whether observed climate change is due to natural variations or human activity.  .