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Updated 12 October, 2003

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From Acclimations, March-April 1999
Newsletter of the US National Assessment of
the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change

   

Scenarios:

  • Two new scenarios have been released by NCAR's Climate System Model of the 21st century: business as usual and stabilization at 550 ppmv CO2. This GCM includes multiple greenhouse gases and an actual sulfate chemistry model.
  • Eustatic sea level data has been released for HADCM2 for the periods (2020-2040) - (1980-2000) and (2080-2099) - (1980-2000).
  • ENSO indices have been developed for CGCM1 and HADCM2. David Legler and James O'Brien have calculated 4 sea surface temperature (SST)-based ENSO indices (JMA, Nino-1/2, Nino-3, and Nino-4) for our National Assessment.
  • NCAR released a report done for NIGEC: A Comparison of Simulations of Current Climate from Two Coupled AOGCMs Against Observations and Evaluation of their Future Climates.
  • NPA Data Services has released another socioeconomic CD-ROM: Three Growth Projections (1967-2025) using the Economic Database.

Regions and Sectors:

  • A draft report on the water sector workshop is currently available; and a report of the agriculture workshop held in January will be available soon.
  • The Caribbean/S. Atlantic region released their workshop report.

Reports Received at NACO:

  • Caribbean/S. Atlantic Workshop Report
  • An Ecological Assessment of the United States Mid-Atlantic Region (EPA)
  • Condition of the Mid-Atlantic Estuaries (EPA)
  • Climate Research Special Issue "Regional Assessments of Climate Change and Policy Implications"
  • Water Resources Update: "Global Change and Water Resources Management"
  • Water Sector Workshop Draft Report
  • Transportation and Global Climate Change (US DOT)
  • A Strategy for Assessing Potential Future Changes in Climate, Hydrology and Vegetation in the Western U.S. (USGS)
  • Climate Change Scenarios for the United Kingdom (UK Met Office)
  • A Comparison of Simulations of Current Climate from Two Coupled AOGCMs Against
  • Observations and Evaluation of their Future Climates (NCAR)


 
 


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