Temperature trends over next century

Updated 12 October, 2003

US National Assessment of
the Potential Consequences
of Climate Variability and Change
Temperature Trends Over Next Century

Figure 12: Projections across the US of the increase in annual average temperature (oF) over the next 100 years from the (a) Canadian Model Scenario (VEMAP), (b) Hadley Model Scenario (VEMAP), and (c) HadCM3 models. The HadCM3 results are shown to indicate that different generations of the same basic model can yield results that are as different as results of different models.

CGCM1 mean temperature trend HadCM2 mean temperature trend

CGCM1 mean temperature trend (DJF)

CGCM1 minimum temperature trend (DJF)

CGCM1 maximum temperature trend (DJF)

HadCM2 mean temperature trend (DJF)

HadCM2 minimum temperature trend (DJF)

HadCM2 maximum temperature trend (DJF) CGCM1 maximum temperature trend (JJA)

HadCM3 mean temperature trend

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US National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change Temperature Trends Over Next Century

US National Assessment of
the Potential Consequences
of Climate Variability and Change
Temperature Trends Over Next Century