PPT-Climate

Factors that influence climate 1 Latitude 2 Distance from sea ocean 3 Prevailing winds and air masses Latitude Latitude is the distance north or south of the equator In general the further north or south of the equator an area is the colder it will be. Francisci. WG.2a. The . low. latitude climates are always . between. the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of . Capricorn. .. The climate is . tropical. , wet, hot and . humid. .. Low Latitude Climates. Impact . Objectives . Develop a regionalization framework to improve sampling of extreme events. Assess the simulations of stationary and non-stationary climate extremes in ultra high-resolution global climate model simulations. Wildfire Risk. July 27, 2015. agenda. Overview of SCE Climate . Impacts. Framework for Climate Adaptation Planning. Example in Action: . Wildfire Risk. Next steps. Types of Climate Impacts SCE is Mitigating. Climate Engineering Conference, Berlin, 2014 . Dan Bodansky . Axel Michaelowa. Matthias Honegger. Ying CHEN. Co-hosted by:. The UN Climate Convention is the most adequate forum to launch a decision making process on . Part II: . Anthropogenic Climate Change. Contents. The Atmosphere is Changing. Chemical Composition of the Atmosphere. Examining the past. Climate Proxies. Anthropogenic Climate Change. IPCC 2013. Why Hawaii?. Climate change affects us all . – . but those hit first and hardest . a. re people . living in poverty. . Already. , 150,000 people die . each . year . from . the effects of climate change, . almost . Learning Objectives. :. To understand the evidence for and against global climate change- World and UK temperatures for the last 100 and 1000 years. To know the causes of global warming. To know the consequences of global climate change- social, economic, environmental and political consequences of global climate change and how they change the way we live. . On . Rice Farming . Systems . in . North Western Sri Lanka. Lareef. . Zubair. , S.P. . Nissanka. , . S.Ariyawansha. , . A.P.Keerthipala. ,. . B.R.V. . . Punyawardhene. , . V. . Ralapanawe. , . W.M.W. Climate is influenced by a variety of processes, including geologic processes. Volcanism. Sea-floor spreading. Configuration of landmasses due to plate tectonics. Climate changes impact geologic processes. 17 January 2011. How and Why Does Climate Change?. Climate changes over a broad range of time scales. Years, decades, centuries, millennia. Many factors combine to affect climate. Variability of incoming solar radiation. Climatology. is . the study of Earth’s climate and the factors that affect past, present, and future climatic changes.. Climate describes annual variations of temperature, precipitation, wind, and other weather factors.. Is it getting worse?. Are Humans causing it?. Is Time running out?. Is there anything that should be done?. Is the “standard model” the only option?. Climate change?. . “Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.” Enrico Fermi 1938.. What is Climate?. As a Group come up with a definition of this term. Just use each others brains, no other resources. . Climate. Climate. is the pattern of weather that occurs in an area over many years. . Examples of the both fine-scale and larger-scale signature of climate and climate history include:. Effect of differences in climate on landforms . Relict . topography formed by now inactive . processes..