Climate Change in North America

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ohring, George (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Regional Climate Studies,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Atmospheric sciences.; Physical geography.; Climate change.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Climate Change.; Physical Geography.

This book describes thoroughly the North American Climate of the past 65 million years, with special emphasis on the last 21,000 years, as revealed by paleoclimatic observations and climate models. It analyzes weather observations over the past century and satellite measurements of the last few deca...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Paleoclimate
• Current Climate and Recent Trends
• Satellite Observations of North American Climate Change
• Global Climate Model Simulations of North America
• Downscaling of Climate Information
• Detection and Attribution of Climate Change in North America.