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Zotero <strong>Report</strong> zotero://report/items/520446_XG98FERT-520446_89BHQIMS-520446...<br />

Date February 1994<br />

Journal Abbr J. Appl. Meteorol.<br />

DOI 10.1175/1520-0450(1994)0332.0.CO;2<br />

ISSN 0894-8763<br />

URL http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175<br />

/1520-0450%281994%29033%3C0140%3AASTMFM%3E2.0.CO%3B2<br />

Date Added Tuesday, August 30, 2011 4:16:19 AM<br />

Modified Wednesday, August 31, 2011 1:02:53 AM<br />

A strategy for climate change stabilization experiments<br />

Type Journal Article<br />

Author Kathy A. Hibbard<br />

Author Gerald A. Meehl<br />

Author Peter M. Cox<br />

Author Pierre Friedlingstein<br />

Abstract Climate models used for climate change projections are on the threshold of including much greater biological<br />

and chemical detail than previous models. Today, standard climate models (referred to generically as<br />

atmosphere-ocean general circulation models, or AOGCMs) include components that simulate the coupled<br />

atmosphere, ocean, land, and sea ice. Some modeling centers are now incorporating carbon cycle models into<br />

AOGCMs in a move toward an Earth system model (ESM) capability. Additional candidate components to<br />

include in ESMs are aerosols, chemistry, ice sheets, and dynamic vegetation.<br />

Publication EOS Transactions American Geophysical Union<br />

Volume 88<br />

Issue 20<br />

Pages 217, 219, 221<br />

Date 15 May 2007<br />

Journal Abbr EOS Trans. AGU<br />

DOI doi:10.1029/2007EO200002<br />

ISSN 0096-3941<br />

URL http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2007EO200002.shtml<br />

Date Added Monday, August 29, 2011 5:30:07 PM<br />

Modified Monday, August 29, 2011 5:34:35 PM<br />

A synoptic climatology for forest-fires in the NE US and future implications from GCM simulations<br />

Type Journal Article<br />

Author Eugene S. Takle<br />

Author Daniel J. Bramer<br />

Author Warren E. Heilman<br />

Author Metinka R. Thompson<br />

Abstract We studied surface-pressure patterns corresponding to reduced precipitation, high evaporation potential, and<br />

enhanced forest-fire danger for West Virginia, which experienced extensive forest-fire damage in November<br />

1987. From five years of daily weather maps we identified eight weather patterns that describe distinctive flow<br />

situations throughout the year. Map patterns labeled extended-high, back-of-high, and pre-high were the most<br />

frequently occurring patterns that accompany forest fires in West Virginia and the nearby four-stare region. Of<br />

these, back-of-high accounted for a disproportionately large amount of fire-related damage. Examination of<br />

evaporation acid precipitation data showed that these three patterns and high-to-the-south patterns ail led to<br />

drying conditions and all other patterns led to moistening conditions. Surface-pressure fields generated by the<br />

Canadian Climate Centre global circulation model for simulations of the present (1xCO₂) climate and 2xCO₂<br />

climate were studied to determine whether forest-fire potential would change under increased atmospheric CO₂.<br />

The analysis showed a tendency for increased frequency of drying in the NE US, but the results were not<br />

statistically significant.<br />

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