- Additional Authors
- Description
- xiv, 136 pages : digital, PDF file.
- Series Statement
- Synthesis and assessment product ; 1.3
- Uniform Title
- Synthesis and assessment product ; 1.3.
- Subjects
- Note
- Title from title screen (viewed on Dec 12, 2008).
- "December 2008."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- System Details (note)
- Mode of access: Internet from the CCSP web site. Address as of 03/25/09: http://downloads.climatescience.gov/sap/sap1-3/sap1-3-final-all.pdf ; current access is available via PURL.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Reanalysis -- Attribution -- Connections between reanalysis and attribution -- Reanalysis applications and uses -- Reanalysis of historical climate data for key atmospheric features -- Climate reanalysis and its role within a comprehensive climate observing system -- Role of reanalysis in understanding climate processes and evaluating climate models -- Using current reanalyses to identify and understand major seasonal-to-decadal climate variations -- Climate trends in surface temperature and precipitation derived from reanalyses versus from independent data -- Steps needed to improve climate reanalysis -- Attributation of the causes of climate variations and trends over North America during the modern reanalysis period -- Key findings -- Introduction -- Climate attribution and scientific methods used for establishing attribution -- Present understanding of North American annual temperature and precipitation climate trends from 1951 to 2006 -- Present understanding of United States seasonal and regional differences in temperature and precipitation trends from 1951 to 2006 -- Nature and cause of apparent rapid climate shifts from 1951 to 2006 -- Understanding of the causes for North American high-impact drought events for 1951 to 2006 -- Recommendations -- Need for a systematic approach to climate analysis and reanalysis -- Recommendations for improving future climate analyses and reanalyses -- Need for improved climate attribution -- Recommendations for improving climate attribution capabilities.
- Call Number
- GPO Internet PREX 23.2:H 62
- OCLC
- marcive280984496
- Author
Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
- Title
Reanalysis of historical climate data for key atmospheric features : Implications for attribution of causes of observed change / report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research ; edited by Randall M. Dole.
- Publisher
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Climate Change Science Program, [2008]
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Series
Synthesis and assessment product ; 1.3
Synthesis and assessment product ; 1.3.
- System Details
Mode of access: Internet from the CCSP web site. Address as of 03/25/09: http://downloads.climatescience.gov/sap/sap1-3/sap1-3-final-all.pdf ; current access is available via PURL.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Dole, Randall M.
National Science and Technology Council (U.S.). Subcommittee on Global Change Research.
- Gpo Item No.
0857-P-02 (online)
0857-V (online)
- Sudoc No.
PREX 30.2:H 62 PREX 23.2:H 62