Climate Projections Based on Emissions Scenarios for Long-Lived and Short-Lived Radiatively Active Gases and Aerosols (open access)

Climate Projections Based on Emissions Scenarios for Long-Lived and Short-Lived Radiatively Active Gases and Aerosols

"The stated purpose for this report is to provide information to those who use climate model outputs to assess the potential effects of human activities on climate, air quality, and ecosystem behavior."
Date: September 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Models: An Assessment of Strengths and Limitations (open access)

Climate Models: An Assessment of Strengths and Limitations

"This report assesses the strengths and limitations of climate models."
Date: July 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trends in Emissions of Ozone-Depleting Substances, Ozone Layer Recovery, and Implications for Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure (open access)

Trends in Emissions of Ozone-Depleting Substances, Ozone Layer Recovery, and Implications for Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure

This report discusses Earth's climate change and its causes.
Date: November 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations (open access)

Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations

This report provides studies on greenhouse gas emissions and atmospheric concentrations which focuses on questions raised by decision-makers regarding U.S. climate change.
Date: July 2007
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Global-Change Scenarios: Their Development and Use (open access)

Global-Change Scenarios: Their Development and Use

"This report examines the development and use of scenarios in global climate change applications."
Date: July 2007
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reanalysis of Historical Climate Data for Key Atmospheric Features: Implications for Attribution of Causes of Observed Change (open access)

Reanalysis of Historical Climate Data for Key Atmospheric Features: Implications for Attribution of Causes of Observed Change

"This Product addresses the strengths and limitations of current reanalysis products in documenting, integrating, and advancing knowledge of the climate system."
Date: December 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Best Practice Approaches for Characterizing, Communicating, and Incorporating Scientific Uncertainty in Climate Decision Making (open access)

Best Practice Approaches for Characterizing, Communicating, and Incorporating Scientific Uncertainty in Climate Decision Making

This report provides a tutorial for the climate analysis and decision-making communities on current best practice in describing and analyzing uncertainty in climate-related problems.
Date: January 2009
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure: Gulf Coast Study, Phase I (open access)

Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure: Gulf Coast Study, Phase I

This report summarizes a case study which investigated how climate change may affect the transportation sector in the United States.
Date: March 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Past Climate Variability and Change in the Arctic and at High Latitudes (open access)

Past Climate Variability and Change in the Arctic and at High Latitudes

This report discusses changes in temperature as well as land and sea ice mass and its effects on ecosystems and sea level.
Date: January 2009
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Atmosphere Aerosol Properties and Climate Impacts (open access)

Atmosphere Aerosol Properties and Climate Impacts

"This report critically reviews current knowledge about global distributions and properties of atmospheric aerosols, as they relate to aerosol impacts on climate."
Date: January 2009
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Climate Change on Energy Production and Use in the United States (open access)

Effects of Climate Change on Energy Production and Use in the United States

"This report summarizes what is currently known about effects of climate change on energy production and use in the United States."
Date: February 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere: Steps for Understanding and Reconciling Differences (open access)

Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere: Steps for Understanding and Reconciling Differences

This report focuses on understanding the causes of the differences between the atmospheric trends from the surface through the troposphere to the lower stratosphere.
Date: April 2006
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Decision-Support Experiments and Evaluations using Seasonal-toInterannual Forecasts and Observational Data: A Focus on Water Resources (open access)

Decision-Support Experiments and Evaluations using Seasonal-toInterannual Forecasts and Observational Data: A Focus on Water Resources

A report summarizing current knowledge of climate change and evaluating the extent and development of this current knowledge for future scientific studies and planning.
Date: November 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uses and Limitations of Observations, Data, Forecasts, and Other Projections in Decision Support for Selected Sectors and Regions (open access)

Uses and Limitations of Observations, Data, Forecasts, and Other Projections in Decision Support for Selected Sectors and Regions

This report examines the current and prospective contributions of Earth science information in decision-support activities and their relationship to climate change science.
Date: August 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Climate Change on Energy Production and Use in the United States (open access)

Effects of Climate Change on Energy Production and Use in the United States

"This report summarizes what is currently known about effects of climate change on energy production and use in the United States."
Date: February 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR): The North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle (open access)

The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR): The North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle

"This report provides a synthesis and integration of the current knowledge of the North American carbon budget and its context within the global carbon cycle."
Date: November 2007
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thresholds of Climate Change in Ecosystems (open access)

Thresholds of Climate Change in Ecosystems

This report provides a synthesis of the present state of scientific understanding to the climate and decision making communities on potential abrupt state changes or regime shifts in ecosystems in response to climate change.
Date: January 2009
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library