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Here is an internet article that describes the climate research data.
Click http://www.exploratorium.edu/climate/primer/index.html link to open resource.
The Little Ice Age
[http://www.grisda.org/origins/header.htm]
THE LITTLE ICE AGE
Richard D. Tkachuck
Geoscience Research Institute
Origins 10(2):51-65 (1983).
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Have climatic changes taken place over centuries? If so, what were the causes and effects?
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The changeability of weather is a phenomenon known to all who live on Earth. Daily fluctuations in temperature, moisture and wind represent the most rapid weather changes that we experience. Changes in weather patterns through the seasons, the annual cycles, as well as multi-annual cycles are generally predictable. Spring does, in fact, follow winter year after year. Climate is defined as the composite of all the components that determine weather in a particular area averaged over time (i.e., a number of years). A particular region can be defined by the dominant weather feature(s) which affect the environment to the greatest extent: polar, monsoon, desert, tropical, etc. While a climate is described in terms of certain weather features, the presence of anomalies such as an unusual rainstorm or high-velocity wind need not change one's opinion about the overall climate for a specific region. In other words, extremes in a particular weather factor can be included just as long as the measurable weather characteristics approximate some average value over long periods of time.
Long-term climate changes measured in decades or centuries are difficult to quantify. Reminiscences of old-timers who recount the rigors of winters in the olden days are often taken with the proverbial grain of salt. Yet such comments do indeed raise the question: Has the climate in different parts of the earth changed over the centuries? The answer appears to be yes, but the basis for this answer is complex and, of necessity, relies on inferential data. It is the purpose of this article to examine a postulated climatic change in recent history. More specifically we shall analyze a time spanned by the dates 1450 AD to about 1850 AD when, at least in the Northern Hemisphere, there appeared to be temperatures much cooler than at present, a time which some have named the "Little Ice Age."
As we examine this topic, it will be seen that evidence for a significant fundamental climatic change is substantial, but — and perhaps more interestingly — the specific reasons for this change are not understood. It is hoped that the reader will gain an appreciation for the very delicate balance that allows life on Earth to continue, and for the serious changes in this balance that could result from catastrophic events.
There are certain difficulties in attempting a historical study of climate because the most common instruments of today such as the thermometer, wind gauge, barometer and rain gauge are all of .
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Most of the studies and debates on potential climate change, along with its ecological and economic impacts, have focused on the ongoing buildup of industrial greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and a gradual increase in global tempera- tures. This line of thinking, however, fails to consider another potentially disruptive climate scenario. It ignores recent and rapidly advancing evidence that Earth’s climate repeatedly has shifted abruptly and dramatically in the past, and is capable of doing so in the future.
Fossil evidence clearly demonstrates that Earth’s climate can shift gears within a decade, establishing new and different patterns that can persist for decades to centuries. In addition, these climate shifts do not necessarily have universal, global effects. They can generate a counterintuitive scenario: Even as the earth as a whole continues to warm gradually, large regions may experience a precipitous and disruptive shift into colder climates.
This new paradigm of abrupt climate change has been well established over the last decade by research of ocean, earth
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It is important to clarify that we are not contemplating a situation of either abrupt cooling or global warming. Rather, abrupt regional cooling and gradual global warming can un- fold simultaneously. Indeed, greenhouse warming is a desta- bilizing factor that makes abrupt climate change more prob- able. A 2002 report by the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) said, “available evidence suggests that abrupt climate changes are not only possible but likely in the future, poten- tially with large impacts on ecosystems and societies.”2
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Overview of Climate ResearchHere is an internet article that d.docxalfred4lewis58146
Overview of Climate Research
Here is an internet article that describes the climate research data.
Click http://www.exploratorium.edu/climate/primer/index.html link to open resource.
The Little Ice Age
[http://www.grisda.org/origins/header.htm]
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Richard D. Tkachuck
Geoscience Research Institute
Origins 10(2):51-65 (1983).
Related page — | IN A FEW WORDS |
Have climatic changes taken place over centuries? If so, what were the causes and effects?
INTRODUCTION
The changeability of weather is a phenomenon known to all who live on Earth. Daily fluctuations in temperature, moisture and wind represent the most rapid weather changes that we experience. Changes in weather patterns through the seasons, the annual cycles, as well as multi-annual cycles are generally predictable. Spring does, in fact, follow winter year after year. Climate is defined as the composite of all the components that determine weather in a particular area averaged over time (i.e., a number of years). A particular region can be defined by the dominant weather feature(s) which affect the environment to the greatest extent: polar, monsoon, desert, tropical, etc. While a climate is described in terms of certain weather features, the presence of anomalies such as an unusual rainstorm or high-velocity wind need not change one's opinion about the overall climate for a specific region. In other words, extremes in a particular weather factor can be included just as long as the measurable weather characteristics approximate some average value over long periods of time.
Long-term climate changes measured in decades or centuries are difficult to quantify. Reminiscences of old-timers who recount the rigors of winters in the olden days are often taken with the proverbial grain of salt. Yet such comments do indeed raise the question: Has the climate in different parts of the earth changed over the centuries? The answer appears to be yes, but the basis for this answer is complex and, of necessity, relies on inferential data. It is the purpose of this article to examine a postulated climatic change in recent history. More specifically we shall analyze a time spanned by the dates 1450 AD to about 1850 AD when, at least in the Northern Hemisphere, there appeared to be temperatures much cooler than at present, a time which some have named the "Little Ice Age."
As we examine this topic, it will be seen that evidence for a significant fundamental climatic change is substantial, but — and perhaps more interestingly — the specific reasons for this change are not understood. It is hoped that the reader will gain an appreciation for the very delicate balance that allows life on Earth to continue, and for the serious changes in this balance that could result from catastrophic events.
There are certain difficulties in attempting a historical study of climate because the most common instruments of today such as the thermometer, wind gauge, barometer and rain gauge are all of .
using EdGCM (educational global climate modelling) to do climate modelling from the period of 1958 to 2100.
also talk about the impact of climate change with respect to south east asia.
Are we overlooking potential abrupt climate shifts?
Most of the studies and debates on potential climate change, along with its ecological and economic impacts, have focused on the ongoing buildup of industrial greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and a gradual increase in global tempera- tures. This line of thinking, however, fails to consider another potentially disruptive climate scenario. It ignores recent and rapidly advancing evidence that Earth’s climate repeatedly has shifted abruptly and dramatically in the past, and is capable of doing so in the future.
Fossil evidence clearly demonstrates that Earth’s climate can shift gears within a decade, establishing new and different patterns that can persist for decades to centuries. In addition, these climate shifts do not necessarily have universal, global effects. They can generate a counterintuitive scenario: Even as the earth as a whole continues to warm gradually, large regions may experience a precipitous and disruptive shift into colder climates.
This new paradigm of abrupt climate change has been well established over the last decade by research of ocean, earth
The global ocean circulation system, often called the Ocean Conveyor, transports heat worldwide. White sections represent warm surface cur- rents. Purple sections represent cold deep currents.
and atmosphere scientists at many institutions worldwide. But the concept remains little known and scarcely appreciated in the wider community of scientists, economists, policy mak- ers, and world political and business leaders. Thus, world lead- ers may be planning for climate scenarios of global warming that are opposite to what might actually occur.1
It is important to clarify that we are not contemplating a situation of either abrupt cooling or global warming. Rather, abrupt regional cooling and gradual global warming can un- fold simultaneously. Indeed, greenhouse warming is a desta- bilizing factor that makes abrupt climate change more prob- able. A 2002 report by the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) said, “available evidence suggests that abrupt climate changes are not only possible but likely in the future, poten- tially with large impacts on ecosystems and societies.”2
The timing of any abrupt regional cooling in the future also has critical policy implications. An abrupt cooling that hap- pens within the next two decades would produce different climate effects than one that occurs after another century of continuing greenhouse warming.
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1. Weather Review, 2009
2009 globally was the fifth warmest year in the past 130 years, with 2005 the warmest
and 2007 the second. That data is from the global mean surface land-ocean
temperature index, available at http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/. New
Zealand has just had its warmest decade on record, according to NIWA at
http://www.niwa.co.nz/news-and-publications/news/all/nz-in-the-2000s-warmest-on-
record.
In the New Zealand region 2009 started with our air temperatures close to the long
term mean, but in May we dived into winter-like values, and then there was a very
strange flat-line in Aug/Sep/Oct, finally returning to normal again towards the end of
the year.
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Note the cold dive in May, and the weird flat line from August to October.
So, May, August and October stand out as the weirdest weather months of the past
year. Here are some snippets from NIWA’s monthly climate summaries (at
http://www.niwa.co.nz/news-and-publications/publications/all/cs/monthly) describing
these:
• May: “Well below average over most of the country; many areas experiencing
lowest recorded May temperatures.”
• August: “The warmest August since records began 155 years ago, with record
temperatures at many locations.”
• October: “The coldest October in 64 years, with all-time record low October
temperatures in many areas. Exceptionally late snowfalls.”
2. The May chill was caused by many low-pressure systems lingering just east of New
Zealand, held there by a blocking anticyclone in the mid South Pacific Ocean. This
resulted in more southerly air flows than normal over New Zealand. October’s weather
patterns were similar to May’s, with troughs held near New Zealand by anticyclones
over southeast Australia and the mid South Pacific. Preceding our weird October there
was a memorable dust storm that hit Sydney, coincidentally right on the equinox. On
23 Sep. This storm was followed by three snowy lows over New Zealand.
The August warmth was also due to a blocking anticyclone, this time in the area east
of New Zealand, feeding frequent northerly winds onto the country. For more
information on how our weather in the past year was affected by blocking anticyclones
refer to the posting to www.metservice.com’s blog site entitled “Reflections on winter”
by MetService’s manager of Public Weather Services, Peter Kreft
Images provided by the NOAA/ESRL Physical Sciences Division, Boulder Colorado
from their Web site at http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/. See text for explanation.
3. The time sections above come from the Climate Diagnosis Centre on NOAA on their
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/map/time_plot/ web site. These images help to give us a
quick look at the full range of air temperature and its changes over New Zealand for
the past year. For each day the air temperature for the longitudes from 165 degrees
East to 180 are averaged producing a colour-coded line drawn from left to right for the
latitudes from 50 to 35 degrees South. Time runs down the graph so that December
2008 is at the top and November 2009 is at the bottom.
The image on the left shows our annual warming and cooling cycle – the hottest day
(38ºC at Culverden on 8 February) stands out. On the right we can see the variations
from normal throughout the year, and the blueness of May and October stand out well
compared with the redness of August. Using this method of displaying the
temperatures, a cold period over the South Island in mid to late February and the
North Island in March is revealed – this cold period gets averaged out in the monthly
statistics.
Here, for your records, are the monthly highlights for the past year
2 Jan. Heavy rain hit Queenstown and Westland.
3 Jan: Lightning, thunder, gale force winds and large hail hit Canterbury, stopping the
international cricket match against the West Indies in Christchurch and briefly closing
Christchurch International Airport.
8 Jan: Tornado damaged the Bannochburn tavern.
11 Jan: Flooding hit the Gisborne area, golf ball sized hail hit the Kaimais, and a
waterspout tossed over a yacht moored at Great Barrier.
20-23 Feb: Severe rain from the remains of TC INNIS brought surface flooding to
parts of Wellington, Levin, and Palmerston North, and caused raw sewage to overflow
into central Wellington. In Tauranga, the severe rain caused the postponement of the
Kapa Haka festival, the first time this had happened in 36 years.
27-28 Feb: Heavy rain and strong winds brought Dargaville Fieldays to an early close
and cancelled the annual summer concert at Mission Estate Concert in Hastings.
5-7 Mar: A storm crossed Northland, Auckland, and Bay of Plenty with winds taking
down trees and powerlines.
11 Mar: Snow coated the Remarkables.
17 Mar: In Tauranga, heavy rain caused surface flooding, slips and sewerage
overflows.
9 Apr: Snow coated the Southern Alps.
27 Apr: Heavy rain caused flooding in Westland. Homes were evacuated in
Greymouth and roads became impassable. Trampers were stranded in Aoraki Mt
Cook National Park, and about 120 people were evacuated from the Milford Track by
helicopter.
8-10 May: Snow traps tourists at Lindis Pass
11 May: Tornado in Warkworth. Waterspout was seen off Makatu.
4. 11 May: Damaging hail storm hit Bay of Plenty. Image Credit to Jim Corbett
15, 17, 23, 24, 30 and 31 May: High winds in Wellington.
17 May: Tornado in Taranaki. Flooding hit South Canterbury, and, the next day,
Otago.
19 May: Snow to low levels in Otago.
21 May: Snow and ice stranded motorists on Central Plateau.
30 May: Snow to low levels in Canterbury and around Dannevirke.
12-13 Jun: High winds and rainfall affected Gisborne.
16 Jun: Snow and ice hit Otago and Southland.
27 Jun: Thick fog affected Auckland.
28-30 Jun: A slow-moving low brought heavy rain, strong winds and thunderstorms to
the north and northeast of the country. A civil defence emergency was put in place in
Gisborne, as rain continued and rivers rose.
4 Jul: Tornado damaged houses in Kaitaia.
11 Jul: Severe gales affected Northland
13 Jul: Heavy rain affected Northland
18 Jul: Fog closed Christchurch Airport and severe gales affected Northland.
19 Jul: High winds damage Wairarapa.
21 Jul: Tornado in Cromwell, wind damage in Opunake.
23-24 Jul: High winds and heavy rain affected Wellington and eastern North Island,
with flooding and slips causing road and rail closures.
1-2 Aug: Avalanche closed the Milford Road. It took ten days to clear.
26 Aug: Thunderstorms hit Auckland, Taranaki and western Bay of Plenty cutting
power.
5. 32 Aug: Heavy rain brought surface flooding to the Greater Wellington area, with a slip
closing the rail tracks at Pukerua Bay.
5-6 Sep: Record frosts in a slow-moving anticyclone.
14 Sep: Extreme northwest wind gusts and record high Sep temperatures in eastern
South Island (29ºC at Ashburton). A tree was blown on a Ute in Arrowtown.
23 Sep: Dust storm in Sydney.
24 Sep: Deep low #1 brought snow to low levels between Norsewood and Woodville,
and ice to many areas.
29 Sep: Tornado de-roofed a house at Ramarama.
4-5 Oct: Deep low #2 brought snow to low levels in Hawke’s Bay and central Plateau,
estimated to be greatest October snowfall in the area since 1967, killed thousands of
lambs, closed roads and stranded hundreds of travellers.
6. 6 Oct: Snow was observed in Taranaki, Waikato and Rotorua.
8-9 Oct: Deep low #3 brought snow to Otago and Canterbury and Marlborough.
29 Oct: Hail damaged crops in Hawke’s Bay
4 Nov: High winds blew a container ship off its moorings at Lyttelton Harbour.
13 Nov: A southerly buster hit Canterbury during the Royal Show and felled trees.
14 Nov: High winds cancelled the Remembrance Day World War I Air show.
15 Nov: High winds toppled the main tent at Toast Martinborough
26 Nov: High winds toppled trees and cut power at Porangahau.
28 Nov: High winds knocked caravans over in Canterbury.
4-5 Dec: Severe thunderstorms hit Kaipara. Surface flooding hit Auckland and
Coromandel.
14 Dec: Severe thunderstorms hit Canterbury with hail as large as golf balls.
On behalf of MetService, I pass on to you my wishes that the weather will treat you
prosperously in 2010.
Bob McDavitt