Book contents
- Climate Change in Practice
- Reviews
- Climate Change in Practice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 What Is the Global Mean Temperature and How Has It Changed?
- 2 Why Does Climate Change?
- 3 What Does It Take to Build a Model of the Climate System?
- 4 How Trustworthy Are Climate Models?
- 5 What Is the Purpose of Regional Climate Downscaling?
- 6 What Is the ‘Cascade of Uncertainty’ and Why Does It Matter?
- 7 What Shapes Climate Vulnerability?
- 8 When Are Climate Forecasts Good Enough to Take Action?
- 9 Who or What Is Most at Risk from Climate Change?
- 10 How Can Urbanites Avoid Becoming Climate Victims or Villains?
- 11 What Is Dangerous Climate Change?
- 12 Why and How Are Carbon Footprints Measured?
- 13 How to Decarbonise Economies?
- 14 How Is It Possible to Adapt to an Uncertain Climate?
- 15 Could or Should Humankind Geoengineer Earth?
- 16 How Is Climate Change Communicated?
- 17 Who Are Climate Experts?
- 18 How Connected Is Climate Change to Other Global Challenges?
- References
- Index
- References
5 - What Is the Purpose of Regional Climate Downscaling?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 April 2017
- Climate Change in Practice
- Reviews
- Climate Change in Practice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 What Is the Global Mean Temperature and How Has It Changed?
- 2 Why Does Climate Change?
- 3 What Does It Take to Build a Model of the Climate System?
- 4 How Trustworthy Are Climate Models?
- 5 What Is the Purpose of Regional Climate Downscaling?
- 6 What Is the ‘Cascade of Uncertainty’ and Why Does It Matter?
- 7 What Shapes Climate Vulnerability?
- 8 When Are Climate Forecasts Good Enough to Take Action?
- 9 Who or What Is Most at Risk from Climate Change?
- 10 How Can Urbanites Avoid Becoming Climate Victims or Villains?
- 11 What Is Dangerous Climate Change?
- 12 Why and How Are Carbon Footprints Measured?
- 13 How to Decarbonise Economies?
- 14 How Is It Possible to Adapt to an Uncertain Climate?
- 15 Could or Should Humankind Geoengineer Earth?
- 16 How Is Climate Change Communicated?
- 17 Who Are Climate Experts?
- 18 How Connected Is Climate Change to Other Global Challenges?
- References
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Climate Change in PracticeTopics for Discussion with Group Exercises, pp. 67 - 84Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
References
5.4 Further Reading
5.5 Other Resources
Atmospheric Circulation Classification and Regional Downscaling (ACCORD) www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/projects/accord/
Bias-corrected CMIP3 and CMIP5 climate and hydrology projections http://gdo-dcp.ucllnl.org/downscaled_cmip_projections/dcpInterface.html
Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) http://wcrp-cordex.ipsl.jussieu.fr/
ENSEMBLES http://ensembles-eu.metoffice.com/index.html
North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP) www.narccap.ucar.edu/
Oxford Research Encyclopedias: downscaling climate information http://climatescience.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228620-e-27
PRECIS regional climate modelling system www.metoffice.gov.uk/precis/
Prediction of Regional scenarios and Uncertainties for Defining EuropeaN Climate change risks and Effects (PRUDENCE) http://prudence.dmi.dk/
Statistical and Regional dynamical Downscaling of Extremes for European regions (STARDEX) www.cru.uea.ac.uk/projects/stardex/
UK Climate Projections (UKCP09 and UKCP18) http://ukclimateprojections.metoffice.gov.uk/
Validating and Integrating Downscaling Methods for Climate Change Research (VALUE: COST Action ES1102) www.value-cost.eu/
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