USGCRP Home ->  National Assessment -> Background Information -> Scenarios & Data ->  Summary Tables of  Scenarios Products -> Table 2: Climate Scenario Data -> Climate Section of the Foundation Document: Figures -> Precipitation Trends over the Next Century | Search
USGCRP logo & link to home




 

Updated 12 October, 2003

US National Assessment of
the Potential Consequences
of Climate Variability and Change
Precipitation Trends over Next Century
 

 

Absolute Differences

Figure 15: Projections across the US of the changes in annual precipitation over the next 100 years (percent change per century) from the (a) Canadian Model Scenario (VEMAP), (b) Hadley Model Scenario (VEMAP), and (c) HadCM3 models.

 

CGCM1 precipitation trendHadCM2 precipitation trend
 

The following four images were updated on 11/7/99.
 

CGCM1 Precipitation % trend (DJF)CGCM1 Precipitation % trend (JJA)
 

HadCM2 Precipitation % trend (DJF)HadCM2 Precipitation % trend (JJA)
 
 

HadCM3 precipitation trend


 


US CCSP logo & link to home USGCRP logo & link to home
US Climate Change Science Program / US Global Change Research Program, Suite 250, 1717 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20006. Tel: +1 202 223 6262. Fax: +1 202 223 3065. Email: information@usgcrp.gov. Web: www.usgcrp.gov. Webmaster: WebMaster@usgcrp.gov