Regional Climate Change
Meeting the adaptation needs
of decision makers
These figures illustrate a talk by Jonathan Overpeck presented December
15 during session PA12A of the 2008 AGU Meeting in San Francisco,
California.
For more information, please
contact Rachael Drummond, rachaeld@ucar.edu,
303-497-8604; or David Hosansky, hosansky@ucar.edu, 303-497-8611.
Figure 1.
Changes in annual soil moisture (left) and maximum
number of consecutive dry days (right) projected to occur by the
late 21st century based on the average of many global climate models.
Stippling denotes areas of greater model agreement. Together these
projections indicate that much of the West, and particularly the
Southwest, will likely become drier and more drought-prone as global
climate change continues, a tendency that will be exacerbated by
continued warming in the region. (Illustration courtesy Jonathan
Overpeck, adapted from Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning,
Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K. B. Averyt, T. M., and H. L. Miller (eds.),
Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution
of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change. IPCC, 2007, Cambridge
University Press.) [Download
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Figure
2.
Projected high-end possible sea-level rise (2m)
by the end of the 21st century as it would affect the San Francisco
region. Areas in red are those that would become flooded in the
absence of engineered barriers. (Illustration courtesy University
of Arizona. See for more details: www.geo.arizona.edu/dgesl/research/other/climate_change_and_sea_level/sea_level_rise/sea_level_rise.htm)
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Figure 3.
Projected high-end possible sea-level rise (2m)
by the end of the 21st century as it would affect Florida and surrounding
region. Areas in red are those that would become flooded in the
absence of engineered barriers. (Illustration from University
of Arizona. See for more details: http://www.geo.arizona.edu/dgesl/research/other/climate_change_and_sea_level/sea_level_rise/sea_level_rise.htm)
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Figure 4.
Map showing the regional foci of the nine
existing NOAA-funded Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessment
(RISA) Programs. Each RISA program focuses on climate change adaptation,
as well as helping decision-makers (“stakeholders”)
in society deal more effectively with climate variability and change.
(Illustration courtesy NOAA. See for more details: http://www.climate.noaa.gov/cpo_pa/risa/) [Download
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