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RISBeyond the Tipping Point: Understanding Perceptions of Abrupt Climate Change and Their Implications
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This article explores the influence of personal values and ontological beliefs on people?s perceptions of possible abrupt changes in the Earth?s climate system and on their climate change mitigation preferences. The authors ...
Dependence of Large-Scale Precipitation Climatologies on Temporal and Spatial Sampling
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Large-scale observed precipitation climatologies are needed for a variety of purposes in the fields of climate and environmental modeling. Although new satellite-derived precipitation estimates offer the prospect of ...
Representing Twentieth-Century Space–Time Climate Variability. Part I: Development of a 1961–90 Mean Monthly Terrestrial Climatology
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The construction of a 0.5° lat ? 0.5° long surface climatology of global land areas, excluding Antarctica, is described. The climatology represents the period 1961?90 and comprises a suite of nine variables: precipitation, ...
Representing Twentieth-Century Space–Time Climate Variability. Part II: Development of 1901–96 Monthly Grids of Terrestrial Surface Climate
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The authors describe the construction of a 0.5° lat?long gridded dataset of monthly terrestrial surface climate for the period of 1901?96. The dataset comprises a suite of seven climate elements: precipitation, mean ...