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Climate, Volume 9, Issue 11

November 2021 - 14 articles

Cover Story: The equilibrium climate sensitivity of the CMIP6 global climate models (GCMs) varies from 1.83 to 5.67 °C. Herein, 38 GCMs are tested against ERA5-T2m, ERA5-850mb, and UAH MSU v6.0 Tlt temperature records in reproducing the warming observed from 1980–1990 to 2011–2021. It is observed that (1) most GCMs overestimate the warming observed, and especially over the ocean; (2) there is a great variability among the GCMs in reconstructing the Arctic warming; (3) several other discrepancies are present in extended regions where also cooling trends are observed. The statistical analysis of the results indicates that GCMs with low ECS values (for example, 3 °C or less) perform significantly better than those with larger ECS. Alternative modeling suggests that the real ECS is between 1 and 2 °C.View this paper
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Articles (14)

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,653 Views
16 Pages

Community-Level Impacts of Climate-Smart Agriculture Interventions on Food Security and Dietary Diversity in Climate-Smart Villages in Myanmar

  • Andrew Hanley,
  • Galina Brychkova,
  • Wilson John Barbon,
  • Su Myat Noe,
  • Chan Myae,
  • Phyu Sin Thant,
  • Peter C. McKeown,
  • Julian Gonsalves and
  • Charles Spillane

21 November 2021

Diversification of production to strengthen resilience is a key tenet of climate-smart agriculture (CSA), which can help to address the complex vulnerabilities of agriculture-dependent rural communities. In this study, we investigated the relationshi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,001 Views
14 Pages

7 November 2021

This study evaluated changes in climatic variable impacts on hydrology and water quality in Big Sunflower River Watershed (BSRW), Mississippi. Site-specific future time-series precipitation, temperature, and solar radiation data were generated using...

  • Review
  • Open Access
60 Citations
18,569 Views
62 Pages

Environmental Impact Assessment of Agricultural Production Using LCA: A Review

  • Rahmah Alhashim,
  • Raveendranpillai Deepa and
  • Aavudai Anandhi

5 November 2021

Life cycle impact assessment (LCA) provides a better understanding of the energy, water, and material input and evaluates any production system’s output impacts. LCA has been carried out on various crops and products across the world. Some countries,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
18,670 Views
24 Pages

3 November 2021

The paper aims to quantify solar and anthropogenic influences on climate change, and to make some tentative predictions for the next hundred years. By means of double regression, we evaluate linear combinations of the logarithm of the carbon dioxide...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,933 Views
32 Pages

31 October 2021

Analysis of new chronological data, including 55 radiocarbon, 1 OSL, and 8 dendrochronological dates, obtained in the upper reaches of trough valleys within the Katun, North Chuya, South Chuya, and Chikhachev ranges, together with the 55 previously p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,972 Views
30 Pages

29 October 2021

Accurate long-term daily maximum and minimum air temperature series are needed to assess the frequency, intensity, distribution, and duration of extreme climatic events. However, quality control and homogenisation procedures are required to minimise...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,550 Views
28 Pages

Predicting the Geographic Range of an Invasive Livestock Disease across the Contiguous USA under Current and Future Climate Conditions

  • Dylan Burruss,
  • Luis L. Rodriguez,
  • Barbara Drolet,
  • Kerrie Geil,
  • Angela M. Pelzel-McCluskey,
  • Lee W. Cohnstaedt,
  • Justin D. Derner and
  • Debra P. C. Peters

29 October 2021

Vesicular stomatitis (VS) is the most common vesicular livestock disease in North America. Transmitted by direct contact and by several biting insect species, this disease results in quarantines and animal movement restrictions in horses, cattle and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,741 Views
13 Pages

Interannual Variability and Trends of Extreme Rainfall Indices over Benin

  • Ezéchiel Obada,
  • Eric Adechina Alamou,
  • Eliezer Iboukoun Biao and
  • Esdras B. Josué Zandagba

29 October 2021

Observed rainfall data (1961–2016) were used to analyze variability, trends and changes of extreme precipitation indices over Benin. Nine indices out of the ones developed by the Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices (ETCCDI) were used....

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
19,517 Views
30 Pages

29 October 2021

The last-generation CMIP6 global circulation models (GCMs) are currently used to interpret past and future climatic changes and to guide policymakers, but they are very different from each other; for example, their equilibrium climate sensitivity (EC...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,397 Views
18 Pages

28 October 2021

All cities globally are growing considerably as they are experiencing an intensive urbanization process that leads to high soil consumption and pollution of environmental components. For this reason, cities are required to adopt measures to reduce th...

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