Presentation of the results of Climate Modeling component on the CIAT-IDB project "Climate Change Vulnerability in the Agricultural Sector in Latinm America and the Caribbean"
Parker, L. Navarro-Racines, C. Available data for crop modelling and applications using EcoCrop. Second training in Climate vulnerability analysis using the EcoCrop model, organized by Mozambique Institute of Agricultural Research (IIAM) and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Speaker and mentor. August – September 2014, Maputo-Mozambique.
This document discusses mapping areas that are vulnerable to increased food insecurity due to climate change across the global tropics. It outlines three components of vulnerability: exposure, sensitivity, and coping capacity. Nine exposure thresholds related to changes in temperature and precipitation are identified. Sensitivity is defined by dependence on crop agriculture. Coping capacity is proxied by chronic food insecurity. The three components are combined into eight vulnerability domains. Key conclusions are that climate hotspots show reductions in growing periods, increases in temperature extremes, and changes in dryness/rainfall intensity. Food security hotspots have stagnant food production, more poverty, and undernourishment. Next steps proposed include refining the analysis with additional coping capacity indicators and reducing the number
Climate Change Impact on Yield and Irrigation Water Requirement, MyanmarNaw May Mya Thin
This document examines the impacts of climate change on rice production in Myanmar. It analyzes future temperature and precipitation patterns using statistical downscaling models and climate change scenarios from two general circulation models. The AquaCrop model is then used to simulate future rice yields and irrigation needs. Results show temperature decreasing slightly while precipitation increases. Rice yields are projected to increase with higher rainfall while irrigation needs decrease. Adapting sowing dates and irrigation practices can help optimize production and water use under climate change.
Estimating soil organic carbon changes: is it feasible?ExternalEvents
This presentation was presented during the Plenary 1, GSOC17 – Setting the scientific scene for GSOC17 of the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon that took place in Rome 21-23 March 2017. The presentation was made by Ms. Eleanor Milne from Colorado State University - USA, in FAO Hq, Rome
This document provides an overview of climate modeling and its applications. It describes the basic types of climate models, from simple energy balance models to more complex global climate models (GCMs). GCMs simulate the climate system using mathematical equations and incorporate components like solar radiation, dynamics, surface processes, chemistry, and resolution. The document outlines the process GCMs use, including inputs like greenhouse gas concentrations and outputs like temperature, precipitation and ocean changes. It also discusses regional climate models and their added value over GCMs. The document reviews projected climate changes from GCMs and their applications, as well as current limitations and challenges with climate modeling.
Land cover and land use change driven change of regional soil organic carbon ...ExternalEvents
This presentation was presented during the 2 Parallel session on Theme 3.2, Managing SOC in: Grasslands and livestock production systems, of the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon that took place in Rome 21-23 March 2017. The presentation was made by Ms. Gabriela Barančíková , from National Agricultural and Food Centre – Slovakia, in FAO Hq, Rome
Parker, L. Navarro-Racines, C. Available data for crop modelling and applications using EcoCrop. Second training in Climate vulnerability analysis using the EcoCrop model, organized by Mozambique Institute of Agricultural Research (IIAM) and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Speaker and mentor. August – September 2014, Maputo-Mozambique.
This document discusses mapping areas that are vulnerable to increased food insecurity due to climate change across the global tropics. It outlines three components of vulnerability: exposure, sensitivity, and coping capacity. Nine exposure thresholds related to changes in temperature and precipitation are identified. Sensitivity is defined by dependence on crop agriculture. Coping capacity is proxied by chronic food insecurity. The three components are combined into eight vulnerability domains. Key conclusions are that climate hotspots show reductions in growing periods, increases in temperature extremes, and changes in dryness/rainfall intensity. Food security hotspots have stagnant food production, more poverty, and undernourishment. Next steps proposed include refining the analysis with additional coping capacity indicators and reducing the number
Climate Change Impact on Yield and Irrigation Water Requirement, MyanmarNaw May Mya Thin
This document examines the impacts of climate change on rice production in Myanmar. It analyzes future temperature and precipitation patterns using statistical downscaling models and climate change scenarios from two general circulation models. The AquaCrop model is then used to simulate future rice yields and irrigation needs. Results show temperature decreasing slightly while precipitation increases. Rice yields are projected to increase with higher rainfall while irrigation needs decrease. Adapting sowing dates and irrigation practices can help optimize production and water use under climate change.
Estimating soil organic carbon changes: is it feasible?ExternalEvents
This presentation was presented during the Plenary 1, GSOC17 – Setting the scientific scene for GSOC17 of the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon that took place in Rome 21-23 March 2017. The presentation was made by Ms. Eleanor Milne from Colorado State University - USA, in FAO Hq, Rome
This document provides an overview of climate modeling and its applications. It describes the basic types of climate models, from simple energy balance models to more complex global climate models (GCMs). GCMs simulate the climate system using mathematical equations and incorporate components like solar radiation, dynamics, surface processes, chemistry, and resolution. The document outlines the process GCMs use, including inputs like greenhouse gas concentrations and outputs like temperature, precipitation and ocean changes. It also discusses regional climate models and their added value over GCMs. The document reviews projected climate changes from GCMs and their applications, as well as current limitations and challenges with climate modeling.
Land cover and land use change driven change of regional soil organic carbon ...ExternalEvents
This presentation was presented during the 2 Parallel session on Theme 3.2, Managing SOC in: Grasslands and livestock production systems, of the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon that took place in Rome 21-23 March 2017. The presentation was made by Ms. Gabriela Barančíková , from National Agricultural and Food Centre – Slovakia, in FAO Hq, Rome
Presentation made by Andy Jarvis in Bellagio, Italy at the Second Strategic Meeting of the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century on the 2nd November, 2010.
Climate Change Scenarios for Tourist Destinations in Jamaica: Montego Bay and...intasave-caribsavegroup
This document summarizes Dr. Carol McSweeney's presentation on climate trends and projections for Jamaica. It outlines that observed and model data indicate increases in average temperature, more hot days, and decreases in annual rainfall. Regional climate models provide higher resolution projections of changes in extremes like heavy rainfall. Sea level rise projections range from 0.13-0.56 meters by 2090, and hurricanes may increase in frequency or intensity, though models have coarse resolution. The impacts assessed include effects on health, agriculture, fisheries, biodiversity, flooding and coastal erosion.
Monitoring, reporting, and verification of soil carbon sequestration on the c...ExternalEvents
This presentation was presented during the 3 Parallel session on Theme 1, Monitoring, mapping, measuring, reporting and verification (MRV) of SOC, of the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon that took place in Rome 21-23 March 2017. The presentation was made by Mr. Brian McConkey, from Agriculture and Agrifood – Canada, in FAO Hq, Rome
Update on Canada’s Contribution to the Global Soil Organic Carbon MapExternalEvents
This presentation was presented during the 3 Parallel session on Theme 1, Monitoring, mapping, measuring, reporting and verification (MRV) of SOC, of the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon that took place in Rome 21-23 March 2017. The presentation was made by Mr. Bert Vanden Bygaart from Agricultural and Agrifood - Canada, in FAO Hq, Rome
Climate Change Impacts on Brazilian Agriculture to 2030 CIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation by Erik C.M. Fernandes was given at a session titled "Knowledge products and tools for sustainable landscape management in a post-2015 development agenda" at the Global Landscapes Forum in Lima, Peru, on December 6, 2014.
The forum discussed the role of knowledge products and tools and how they are used by relevant stakeholders in achieving a more sustainable management of forests and forest resources at the landscape scale and within the framework of the post-2015 agenda.
This document outlines a study on narrowing uncertainty in projections of climate change impacts on crop yields, specifically the uncertainty associated with the effects of increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations. It discusses direct and indirect effects of CO2 on crops, summarizes evidence of climate impacts on agriculture, and presents a case study using an ensemble of crop model simulations to design adaptation strategies for Indian groundnut under climate change. The study finds that better quantification of CO2 response parameter uncertainty is needed and that developing frameworks to assess projection robustness and partition uncertainties can help determine how to reduce risks and uncertainties.
This document summarizes a study on the sustainability of global pig production systems from 1970 to 2050. It describes three main pig production systems (backyard, intermediate, intensive), and models their development over time using the IMAGE 3.1 model. The model considers parameters like production levels, carcass weights, growth rates, litter sizes, rations, and excretion of nitrogen and phosphorus. It then uses Shared Socioeconomic Pathways scenarios to model different pathways for pig production out to 2050, varying parameters like ration compositions and productivity. The goals are to understand past trends, calibrate the model, and explore scenarios for future sustainability of global pig production systems.
Decision Support Tools for Sustainable and Climate Resilient Agriculture: the...CIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation by Rodrigo Lima was given at a session titled "Knowledge products and tools for sustainable landscape management in a post-2015 development agenda" at the Global Landscapes Forum in Lima, Peru, on December 6, 2014.
The forum discussed the role of knowledge products and tools and how they are used by relevant stakeholders in achieving a more sustainable management of forests and forest resources at the landscape scale and within the framework of the post-2015 agenda.
This document summarizes a project that used regional climate models and crop models to assess the potential impacts of climate change on agriculture in the Southwestern US and Korean Peninsula. The project utilized multiple regional climate models and crop models to simulate yields under historical and future climate scenarios. The results showed that maize yields in both regions could decrease significantly by 2050 under climate change without adaptation. However, shifting to earlier optimal planting dates by around 20 days helped maintain similar yield levels to historical periods in the Korean Peninsula by avoiding frost and extreme heat stresses.
Climate change is projected to impact drastically in southern African during the 21st century
under low mitigation futures (Niang et al., 2014). African temperatures are projected to rise
rapidly, in the subtropics at least at 1.5 times the global rate of temperature increase (James
and Washington, 2013; Engelbrecht et al., 2015). Moreover, the southern African region is
projected to become generally drier under enhanced anthropogenic forcing (Christensen et
al., 2007; Engelbrecht et al., 2009; James and Washington, 2013; Niang et al., 2014). These
changes in temperature and rainfall patterns will plausibly have a range of impacts in South
Africa, including impacts on energy demand (in terms of achieving human comfort within
buildings and factories), agriculture (e.g. reductions of yield in the maize crop under higher
temperatures and reduced soil moisture), livestock production (e.g. higher cattle mortality as
a result of oppressive temperatures) and water security (through reduced rainfall and
enhanced evapotranspiration) (Engelbrecht et al., 2015).
Lecture 10 climate change projections, with particular reference to hong kongpolylsgiedx
Climate models are mathematical representations of the Earth's climate system based on physical principles. They are our primary tool for projecting future climate changes. Projections using climate models under different emission scenarios suggest that Hong Kong will experience increasing temperatures, more extreme heat days, heavier rainfall and rain events, rising sea levels, and increased risk of storm surge by the late 21st century. However, there are uncertainties in projections due to limitations in modeling the full climate system and uncertainties over future human activities and emissions.
Topic related to the Physical Science Basis of Climate Change ipcc-media
The document summarizes key findings from the IPCC's Physical Science Basis report. It discusses how human activities have unequivocally warmed the climate system and that limiting future warming requires substantial emissions reductions. Specifically, it notes that human influence has clearly warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. If emissions continue, the IPCC projects further warming and changes to all parts of the climate system. The document also summarizes regional projections for West Asia, showing increased temperatures and altered precipitation patterns under different emissions scenarios.
Day 2 akm saiful islam, institute of water and flood management, arrcc-cariss...ICIMOD
This document summarizes a presentation on high-end climate change scenarios for flooding, drought, cyclones and storm surges in Bangladesh. It outlines recent extreme weather events in Bangladesh and projections from regional climate models showing increases in temperature, heavy rainfall, floods, droughts and coastal inundation by sea level rise. Crop modeling projects decreases in rice yields of 10-20% by 2100. The presentation concludes that extreme rainfall, floods, landslides, droughts and coastal vulnerability will increase in Bangladesh due to climate change impacts.
Key messages from the AR5 WGI with focus on Saudi Arabia and the regionJesbin Baidya
The document discusses future climate change in Southeast Asia and extreme events according to the IPCC. It notes that human influences on the climate system are clear based on multiple lines of evidence. If greenhouse gas emissions continue, warming and changes will affect all parts of the climate system. Limiting climate change will require substantial reductions in emissions. The region will likely see increased warming, changes in precipitation patterns including more variable rainfall, and more frequent extreme weather events.
This document provides an overview of climate variability and climate change impacts on agriculture in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. It discusses observed changes in temperature and precipitation trends based on historical data. Climate models project further increases in temperatures and changes in precipitation patterns, which could impact agriculture through changes in climate suitability and more frequent extreme weather events. The document emphasizes understanding historical climate variability and using downscaled climate projections to better assess impacts and develop adaptation strategies for agricultural systems in the region.
The document discusses downscaling of climate model data to provide higher resolution inputs for agricultural and conservation planning. It describes how global climate models (GCMs) are downscaled using statistical and dynamical methods, and bias corrected, to produce climate projections at regional and local scales. The CCAFS-Climate database houses downscaled, bias corrected climate data from multiple sources to provide high-resolution climate inputs through its web portal for use in crop modeling, vulnerability assessments, and other applications.
CIAT has experience modeling climate and providing downscaled climate data. They have empirically and dynamically downscaled over 20 global climate models to produce high resolution climate projections for South America and globally at resolutions from 1km to 20km. Downscaling is a computationally intensive process that can take 5-6 years to complete for a single global climate model run through multiple emission scenarios. CIAT is focused on validating downscaled data against observations, continuously improving methods, quantifying uncertainties, and making climate data freely available through their online portal to support impact assessments.
Seasonal climate forecasts in colombia apr widescreen2_no_animationCIAT
This document outlines a study evaluating seasonal climate forecasting skill in Colombia. It discusses using global climate models and statistical modeling to generate probabilistic forecasts of precipitation and temperature up to 6 months in advance. The forecasts are verified against observations at 4 sites, showing some skill at 1-month leads but declining skill at longer leads. Areas for improving the forecasts are identified, such as incorporating additional climate predictors like the tropical Atlantic. Collaboration with Colombia's climate agency IDEAM is recommended to coordinate research efforts on understanding climate drivers in Colombia.
Summary of key findings of "Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis, Working Group I contribution to the IPCC 5th Assessment Report" by Matt Collins, University of Exeter, UK
SICCME open session, 17 September 2014, ICES Annual Science Conference, A Coruña, Spain
Presentation made by Andy Jarvis in Bellagio, Italy at the Second Strategic Meeting of the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century on the 2nd November, 2010.
Climate Change Scenarios for Tourist Destinations in Jamaica: Montego Bay and...intasave-caribsavegroup
This document summarizes Dr. Carol McSweeney's presentation on climate trends and projections for Jamaica. It outlines that observed and model data indicate increases in average temperature, more hot days, and decreases in annual rainfall. Regional climate models provide higher resolution projections of changes in extremes like heavy rainfall. Sea level rise projections range from 0.13-0.56 meters by 2090, and hurricanes may increase in frequency or intensity, though models have coarse resolution. The impacts assessed include effects on health, agriculture, fisheries, biodiversity, flooding and coastal erosion.
Monitoring, reporting, and verification of soil carbon sequestration on the c...ExternalEvents
This presentation was presented during the 3 Parallel session on Theme 1, Monitoring, mapping, measuring, reporting and verification (MRV) of SOC, of the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon that took place in Rome 21-23 March 2017. The presentation was made by Mr. Brian McConkey, from Agriculture and Agrifood – Canada, in FAO Hq, Rome
Update on Canada’s Contribution to the Global Soil Organic Carbon MapExternalEvents
This presentation was presented during the 3 Parallel session on Theme 1, Monitoring, mapping, measuring, reporting and verification (MRV) of SOC, of the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon that took place in Rome 21-23 March 2017. The presentation was made by Mr. Bert Vanden Bygaart from Agricultural and Agrifood - Canada, in FAO Hq, Rome
Climate Change Impacts on Brazilian Agriculture to 2030 CIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation by Erik C.M. Fernandes was given at a session titled "Knowledge products and tools for sustainable landscape management in a post-2015 development agenda" at the Global Landscapes Forum in Lima, Peru, on December 6, 2014.
The forum discussed the role of knowledge products and tools and how they are used by relevant stakeholders in achieving a more sustainable management of forests and forest resources at the landscape scale and within the framework of the post-2015 agenda.
This document outlines a study on narrowing uncertainty in projections of climate change impacts on crop yields, specifically the uncertainty associated with the effects of increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations. It discusses direct and indirect effects of CO2 on crops, summarizes evidence of climate impacts on agriculture, and presents a case study using an ensemble of crop model simulations to design adaptation strategies for Indian groundnut under climate change. The study finds that better quantification of CO2 response parameter uncertainty is needed and that developing frameworks to assess projection robustness and partition uncertainties can help determine how to reduce risks and uncertainties.
This document summarizes a study on the sustainability of global pig production systems from 1970 to 2050. It describes three main pig production systems (backyard, intermediate, intensive), and models their development over time using the IMAGE 3.1 model. The model considers parameters like production levels, carcass weights, growth rates, litter sizes, rations, and excretion of nitrogen and phosphorus. It then uses Shared Socioeconomic Pathways scenarios to model different pathways for pig production out to 2050, varying parameters like ration compositions and productivity. The goals are to understand past trends, calibrate the model, and explore scenarios for future sustainability of global pig production systems.
Decision Support Tools for Sustainable and Climate Resilient Agriculture: the...CIFOR-ICRAF
This presentation by Rodrigo Lima was given at a session titled "Knowledge products and tools for sustainable landscape management in a post-2015 development agenda" at the Global Landscapes Forum in Lima, Peru, on December 6, 2014.
The forum discussed the role of knowledge products and tools and how they are used by relevant stakeholders in achieving a more sustainable management of forests and forest resources at the landscape scale and within the framework of the post-2015 agenda.
This document summarizes a project that used regional climate models and crop models to assess the potential impacts of climate change on agriculture in the Southwestern US and Korean Peninsula. The project utilized multiple regional climate models and crop models to simulate yields under historical and future climate scenarios. The results showed that maize yields in both regions could decrease significantly by 2050 under climate change without adaptation. However, shifting to earlier optimal planting dates by around 20 days helped maintain similar yield levels to historical periods in the Korean Peninsula by avoiding frost and extreme heat stresses.
Climate change is projected to impact drastically in southern African during the 21st century
under low mitigation futures (Niang et al., 2014). African temperatures are projected to rise
rapidly, in the subtropics at least at 1.5 times the global rate of temperature increase (James
and Washington, 2013; Engelbrecht et al., 2015). Moreover, the southern African region is
projected to become generally drier under enhanced anthropogenic forcing (Christensen et
al., 2007; Engelbrecht et al., 2009; James and Washington, 2013; Niang et al., 2014). These
changes in temperature and rainfall patterns will plausibly have a range of impacts in South
Africa, including impacts on energy demand (in terms of achieving human comfort within
buildings and factories), agriculture (e.g. reductions of yield in the maize crop under higher
temperatures and reduced soil moisture), livestock production (e.g. higher cattle mortality as
a result of oppressive temperatures) and water security (through reduced rainfall and
enhanced evapotranspiration) (Engelbrecht et al., 2015).
Lecture 10 climate change projections, with particular reference to hong kongpolylsgiedx
Climate models are mathematical representations of the Earth's climate system based on physical principles. They are our primary tool for projecting future climate changes. Projections using climate models under different emission scenarios suggest that Hong Kong will experience increasing temperatures, more extreme heat days, heavier rainfall and rain events, rising sea levels, and increased risk of storm surge by the late 21st century. However, there are uncertainties in projections due to limitations in modeling the full climate system and uncertainties over future human activities and emissions.
Topic related to the Physical Science Basis of Climate Change ipcc-media
The document summarizes key findings from the IPCC's Physical Science Basis report. It discusses how human activities have unequivocally warmed the climate system and that limiting future warming requires substantial emissions reductions. Specifically, it notes that human influence has clearly warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. If emissions continue, the IPCC projects further warming and changes to all parts of the climate system. The document also summarizes regional projections for West Asia, showing increased temperatures and altered precipitation patterns under different emissions scenarios.
Day 2 akm saiful islam, institute of water and flood management, arrcc-cariss...ICIMOD
This document summarizes a presentation on high-end climate change scenarios for flooding, drought, cyclones and storm surges in Bangladesh. It outlines recent extreme weather events in Bangladesh and projections from regional climate models showing increases in temperature, heavy rainfall, floods, droughts and coastal inundation by sea level rise. Crop modeling projects decreases in rice yields of 10-20% by 2100. The presentation concludes that extreme rainfall, floods, landslides, droughts and coastal vulnerability will increase in Bangladesh due to climate change impacts.
Key messages from the AR5 WGI with focus on Saudi Arabia and the regionJesbin Baidya
The document discusses future climate change in Southeast Asia and extreme events according to the IPCC. It notes that human influences on the climate system are clear based on multiple lines of evidence. If greenhouse gas emissions continue, warming and changes will affect all parts of the climate system. Limiting climate change will require substantial reductions in emissions. The region will likely see increased warming, changes in precipitation patterns including more variable rainfall, and more frequent extreme weather events.
This document provides an overview of climate variability and climate change impacts on agriculture in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. It discusses observed changes in temperature and precipitation trends based on historical data. Climate models project further increases in temperatures and changes in precipitation patterns, which could impact agriculture through changes in climate suitability and more frequent extreme weather events. The document emphasizes understanding historical climate variability and using downscaled climate projections to better assess impacts and develop adaptation strategies for agricultural systems in the region.
The document discusses downscaling of climate model data to provide higher resolution inputs for agricultural and conservation planning. It describes how global climate models (GCMs) are downscaled using statistical and dynamical methods, and bias corrected, to produce climate projections at regional and local scales. The CCAFS-Climate database houses downscaled, bias corrected climate data from multiple sources to provide high-resolution climate inputs through its web portal for use in crop modeling, vulnerability assessments, and other applications.
CIAT has experience modeling climate and providing downscaled climate data. They have empirically and dynamically downscaled over 20 global climate models to produce high resolution climate projections for South America and globally at resolutions from 1km to 20km. Downscaling is a computationally intensive process that can take 5-6 years to complete for a single global climate model run through multiple emission scenarios. CIAT is focused on validating downscaled data against observations, continuously improving methods, quantifying uncertainties, and making climate data freely available through their online portal to support impact assessments.
Seasonal climate forecasts in colombia apr widescreen2_no_animationCIAT
This document outlines a study evaluating seasonal climate forecasting skill in Colombia. It discusses using global climate models and statistical modeling to generate probabilistic forecasts of precipitation and temperature up to 6 months in advance. The forecasts are verified against observations at 4 sites, showing some skill at 1-month leads but declining skill at longer leads. Areas for improving the forecasts are identified, such as incorporating additional climate predictors like the tropical Atlantic. Collaboration with Colombia's climate agency IDEAM is recommended to coordinate research efforts on understanding climate drivers in Colombia.
Summary of key findings of "Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis, Working Group I contribution to the IPCC 5th Assessment Report" by Matt Collins, University of Exeter, UK
SICCME open session, 17 September 2014, ICES Annual Science Conference, A Coruña, Spain
This document discusses downscaling of global climate model (GCM) data to provide higher resolution climate change projections relevant for adaptation planning. It describes two main downscaling methods: dynamic downscaling using regional climate models, and statistical/empirical downscaling using statistical relationships between large-scale predictors and local predictands. Both methods have pros and cons related to computational expense, dependence on GCM outputs, and ability to represent local weather phenomena. The document emphasizes that downscaled climate projections have uncertainties and limitations but provide the best available scientific information for decision-making around climate change impacts and adaptation.
General circulation models (GCMs) are computer models that simulate the operation of the climate system. GCMs take into account factors like greenhouse gases, landforms, ocean currents, and their interactions. GCMs are used to both identify possible causes of climate change and predict future climate. Contemporary GCMs are complex, three-dimensional models with thousands of individual cells that simulate atmospheric and oceanic processes globally. GCMs are the best tools available for determining the potential impacts of climate change and informing conservation and policy responses.
Beranova, Kysely: Links between the NAO Index and temperatures in Europe in c...Jiří Šmída
The document analyzes the relationship between the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index and temperature extremes in Europe based on observed data and climate model simulations. It finds that the NAO index explains a significant amount of variability in winter temperature extremes, particularly cold extremes, across large parts of Europe. Differences between high and low NAO index days exceed 5°C for some cold extremes in northern Europe. While climate models generally reproduce this relationship, they perform better for mean temperatures than extremes. The study also finds similar NAO impacts on temperatures in future climate simulations.
2nd CSP Training series : solar resource assessment (2/2)Leonardo ENERGY
Fifth session of the 2nd Concentrated Solar Power Training dedicated to solar resource assessment.
DNI Variability, Frequency Distributions
Typical Meteorological Years
DNI measurements: broadband vs. spectral, and their limitations
What is circumsolar radiation and why should we care in CSP/CPV?
How much diffuse irradiance can be used in concentrators?
How to measure and model the circumsolar irradiance?
Spectral irradiance standards and their use for PV/CPV rating
The AM1.5 direct standard spectrum: Why did it change? Why AM1.5?
Use of the SMARTS radiative code to evaluate clear-sky spectral irradiances
Sources of measured spectral irradiance data
Spectral effects on silicon and multijunction cells and their dependence on climate
1) The 2018 drought in Europe had a significant impact on net ecosystem exchange (NEE) over Europe.
2) Atmospheric CO2 observations and transport models estimated that annual NEE over Temperate Europe was 0.09±0.06 PgC/y higher than the 2009-2018 average, making the region nearly carbon neutral.
3) Decreased carbon uptake was especially pronounced in summer, likely due to soil water deficits caused by the drought.
"Pattern scaling using ClimGen: users needs, changing precipitation variability, and interaction between global/regional responses" presentation by Tim Osborn and Craig Wallace, NCAR, April 2014
Fortalecimiento de capacidades para la producción, traducción, diseminación y uso efectivo de datos y perspectivas climáticas en el sector agropecuario en la región SICA.
Carlos Navarro-Racines
Evento de socialización de los logros alcanzados por CCAFS en Centroamérica en el marco de la gira del Grupo Técnico de Cambio Climático y Gestión Integral del Riesgo (GTCCGIR) del CAC.
Guatemala, diciembre 1, 2021
1) El documento describe los Servicios Integrados Participativos de Clima para la Agricultura (PICSA), un enfoque para empoderar a los agricultores con información climática y herramientas de toma de decisiones.
2) PICSA se ha implementado en varios países de América Latina con el objetivo de mejorar la resiliencia climática y la seguridad alimentaria.
3) El documento propone fortalecer la cadena de servicios climáticos en Guatemala mediante la capacitación de técnicos, la implementación de PIC
El documento discute los desafíos y oportunidades del cambio climático para la agricultura en Centroamérica. La variabilidad climática afecta entre un 32-39% de la productividad de los cultivos y los sistemas no son resilientes. Se requiere adaptación a diferentes escalas de tiempo, desde días hasta décadas. Existe una brecha entre la información climática y su uso por los agricultores. Los servicios climáticos buscan cerrar esta brecha mediante mejoras en predicciones, empoderamiento e instituciones. Enfoques como las
Servicios climáticos para la agricultura: Incorporando información agroclimática local en la toma de decisiones.
Feria Internacional del Medio Ambiente (FIMA)
Servicios climáticos para la agricultura: Incorporando información agroclimática local en la toma de decisiones
Webinar: Recursos De Información Para El Sector Agrícola En La Región De America Latina Y El Caribe.
Plataforma de Acción Climática en Agricultura de Latinoamérica y el Caribe (PLACA)
Presentación del Módulo 2 "El cambio climático, retos y desafíos para el desarrollo sostenible" del diplomado “El cambio climático y el sector agropecuario: desafíos y oportunidades para un desarrollo resiliente, con bajas emisiones y adaptado al clima en Centroamérica y República Dominicana.
Instituto Centroamericano de Administración Pública (ICAP)
En el marco del LXIV Foro del Clima de América Central y
el XLII Foro de Aplicaciones de los Pronósticos Climáticos
a la Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional
Academia Nacional de Servicios Climáticos - Guatemala
Diplomado en Ciencias del Clima y Servicios Climáticos del Sistema Guatemalteco de Ciencias del Cambio Climatico (SGCCC)
https://sgccc.org.gt/el-sgccc-es-el-anfitrion-del-diplomado-en-ciencias-del-clima-y-servicios-climaticos/
Navarro, C. Modelación climática; Cambio climático y agricultura
Clase para Curso de climatología de la Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales (UDCA)
Abril 2021
Este documento describe los servicios climáticos y su importancia para los agricultores. Explica que los agricultores necesitan información climática para tomar decisiones, pero a menudo no pueden acceder a ella o comprenderla. Los servicios climáticos buscan cerrar esta brecha mediante la producción, traducción y transferencia de conocimientos climáticos para apoyar la toma de decisiones. También describe las Mesas Técnicas Agroclimáticas, que reúnen a actores locales para discutir las mejores prácticas de adaptación y
Webinario: Modelación de cultivos para generar servicios
agroclimáticos (AquaCrop v.6)
LXI Foro del Clima de América Central
Jeferson Rodriguez Espinoza
Alejandra Esquivel
Carlos Navarro-Racines
J. Ramírez , D. Martínez, A. Martínez, J. Martínez, D. Giraldo, A. Muller, C. Bouroncle
Diplomado el enfoque territorios sostenibles adaptados al clima (TeSAC) en el corredor seco del oriente de Guatemala
Módulo 2 – Bloque 2 – Sesión 3
Carlos Navarro-Racines
E. Tünnermann, J. Ramírez, A. Martínez, J. Martínez
Diplomado “Inventario de Emisiones de Gases de Efecto Invernadero”, Universidad Nacional Agraria (UNA)
Módulo I Introducción. Procesos nacionales (políticas y convenios nacionales e internacionales)
Sesión 1 Introducción a la problemática del cambio climático global y observación de cambios
Este documento describe el uso de servicios climáticos para mejorar la agricultura en América Latina. Presenta las Mesas Técnicas Agroclimáticas y los Servicios Integrados Participativos de Clima para la Agricultura como enfoques para proporcionar información climática relevante a los agricultores de manera que puedan tomar mejores decisiones. También describe cómo estos enfoques han ayudado a los agricultores a adaptarse al cambio climático y reducir las pérdidas debido a la variabilidad climática.
Importancia de los pronósticos aplicados al sector durante la crisis actual del COVID-19
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Ecological health, diversity and productivity and maximize resource recovery through the participatory approach.
Goals:
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Build new environmentally sound infrastructure and systems for safe disposal of residual waste and replacing current dumpsites which should be commissioned.
Current solid waste management situation:
The status.
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collection efficiently is at about 50%.
Actors i.e. city authorities, CBO’s , private firms and self-disposal
Current SWM Situation in Nairobi City:
Solid waste generation – collection – dumping
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• Open dumpsite dandora dump site through public education on source separation of waste, of which the situation can be reversed.
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• Through the network, it should expect to benefit from expertise of the different actors in the network in terms of applicable technologies and practices in reducing the short-lived climate pollutants.
Good practices:
Despite the dismal collection of solid waste in Nairobi city, there are practices and activities of informal actors (CBOs, CBO-SACCOs and yard shop operators) and other formal industrial actors on solid waste collection, recycling and waste reduction.
Practices and activities of these actor groups are viewed as innovations with the potential to change the way solid waste is handled.
CHALLENGES:
• Resource Allocation.
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4. IPCC CMIP5 Transition to a new scenarios….
• Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs)
• More and more robust models (i.e. higher resolution).
R. Knutti, J. Sedlácek, 2012
Global temperature change and
uncertainty (mean and one
standard deviation as shading)
relative to 1986–2005
5. GCMs are one of the few tools we
can predict the future climate.
Simulate all relevant parts and
processes of the climate system.
GCM “Global Climate Model”
Model Historical RCP 2.6 RCP 4.5 RCP 6.0 RCP 8.5
BCC-CSM1.1 O O O O O
BCC-CSM1.1(m) O O O O O
BNU-ESM O O O X O
CCCMA-CanESM2 O O O X O
CESM1-BGC O X O X O
CESM1-CAM5 O O O O O
CSIRO-ACCESS1.0 O X O X O
CSIRO-ACCESS1.3 O X O X O
CSIRO-Mk3.6.0 O O O O O
CNRM-CM5 O O O X O
EC-EARTH O X X X O
FIO-ESM O O O O O
GFDL-CM3 O O O O O
GFLD-ESM2G O O O O O
GFLD-ESM2M O O O O O
GISS-E2H O O X O O
GISS-E2HCC O X O X X
GISS-E2R O O O O O
GISS-E2RCC O X O X X
INM-CM4 O X O X O
IPSL-CM5A-LR O O O O O
IPSL-CM5A-MR O O O X O
IPSL-CM5B-LR O X X X O
LASG-FGOALS-G2 O O O X O
MIROC-ESM O O O O O
MIROC-ESM-CHEM O O O O O
MIROC-MIROC5 O O O O O
MOHC-HadGEM2-CC O X O X O
MOHC-HadGEM2-ES O O O O O
MPI-ESM-LR O O O X O
MPI-ESM-MR O O X X O
MRI-CGCM3 O O O O O
NCAR-CCSM4 O O O O O
NCC-NorESM1-M O O O O O
NIMR-HADGEM2-AO O O O O O
Total 35 26 31 19 33
6. • Research and dissemination, aims to contribute to a
better understanding of the general effect of climate
change on production and productivity of key crops in
the region to guide decision makers and the Bank in
the identification, design and execution of alternatives
to adapt to these impacts and minimize vulnerability.
• Specifically this project will use climate change
projections to analyze impacts on key crops, perform
field experiments to determine the effect of soil
temperature on crop production and disseminate
findings as well as the methodology employed.
7. Model Country
BCC-CSM1.1 China
BNU-ESM China
CCCMA-CanESM2 Canada
GFLD-ESM2G United States
INM-CM4 Russia
IPSL-CM5A-LR France
MIROC-MIROC5 Japan
MPI-ESM-MR Germany
NCC-NorESM1-M Norway
• Growth in food demand is expected to be faster
before 2050 than after because of decelerating
global population growth after 2050
• Uncertainties in emission scenarios beyond the
2050s are far greater than those of the next few
decades.
• The food security impacts of climate change in
the next few decades may be severe in some
locations.
8. Hawkins, 2012
Global scale
Regional or local scale
Resolutions
• Horizontal resolution 100
to 300 km
• 18 and 56 vertical levels
Related Biases
It’s important to make
bias corrections and
downscale the raw
climate model outputs
in order to produce
more realistic
predictions
9. Water and Global
Change (WATCH)
Forcing Data (0.5
deg)
Future GCM
daily outputs
(raw
resolution)
Historical GCM
daily outputs
(resampled 0.5
deg)
Historical GCM
daily outputs (raw
resolution)
Future GCM
daily outputs
(resampled
0.5 deg)
Historical GCM daily
outputs (calibrated
0.5 deg)
Future GCM daily
outputs (calibrated
0.5 deg)
Water and Global
Change (WATCH)
Forcing Data (0.5
deg)
Resampling Calibration
1971 to 2000
10. OREF
TREF
TBC
TRAW
Δ correction
𝑇𝐵𝐶 𝑡 = 𝑂 𝑅𝐸𝐹 +
𝜎 𝑜,𝑅𝐸𝐹
𝜎 𝑇,𝑅𝐸𝐹
𝑇𝑅𝐴𝑊 𝑡 − 𝑇𝑅𝐸𝐹
Oref = observations in the historical reference period
Tref = GCM output from the historical reference period
Traw = raw GCM output for the historical or future period
TBC = bias-corrected GCM output)
Temperature – Simple Bias Correction Precipitation – Solar Radiation
Quantile Mapping Bias Correction
Hawkins et al. (2012)
Qmap
1950–2000 training period
Applied to
1971–2000 (current period)
2020-2049 (future period)
BC uses raw model output for the future period, and
corrects it using the differences (Δ) between historical
reference data from the model and observations.
Correct the “drizzle problem”
Remove the systematic bias in the
GCM simulations
11. • We use the Köppen climate classification in order to see differences between regions with
particular climate (Rubel and Kottek, 2010)
• 18 climate classifications within South America
Type Description
Af Equatorial rainforest and fully humid
Am Equatorial monsoon
As Equatorial savannah with dry summer
Aw Equatorial savannah with dry winter
BWk Desert climate cold steppe/desert
BWh Desert climate hot steppe/desert
BSh Steppe climate hot steppe/desert
Cfa Warm temperate climate with fully humid and hot summer
Cfb Warm temperate climate with fully humid and warm
summer
Cfc Warm temperate climate with fully humid, cool summer and
cold winter
Csa Warm temperate climate with dry and hot summer
Csb Warm temperate climate with dry and warm summer
Csc Warm temperate climate with dry and cool summer, and
cold winter
Cwa Warm temperate climate with dry winter and hot summer
Cwb Warm temperate climate with dry winter and warm summer
Cwc Warm temperate climate with dry and cold winter, and cool
summer
Et Tundra climate
- Apart of del CC change we have to put the face to the growing population
- We moved 1 7 billions!
+ 2-3 billions more 2050 (~9000 millones)
Producir 60 a 70%
Harder agriculture
Misma tierra, + producción
How we could preparr for the future?
These represent our capacity of answer (mitigation) and technical development
It is not predict the climate, is more like understand the uncertainties and alternative futures.
Growing population and energy consumption.
Emision scenarios give conditions to the Global Climate Models.
They divide the world in grids and seek the relations between atmosphere, ocean and land.
A lot of set of these models..
In terms of variables and timesteps are oriented to that goal
Many features visible in the observations are not seen in the AOGCMs, e.g. the cooler temperatures over the Alps.
AOGCMs show a wide range of temperatures for the same location, differing by more than 6 ◦C in some places,
All have larger grid cells than the observational data available.
GCM : 20 models RCP 4.5
WFD : based on the 40-year ECMWF Re-Analysis (ERA-40)
Temperatures…
Not only the mean values, also the inteannual variability.
QMAP: technique remove the systematic bias in the GCM simulations and has the benefit of accounting for GCM biases in all statistical moments
tropical wet (Am), dry and semiarid (BWk), subtropical (Csb)
GCM-Raw overstimate the amount of precipitation in dry climates and understimate in wet climates.
Sometimes, When the difference is not significative between GCM-Raw and observations not represent very well the frecuency
It’s necessary not only correct the intensity of precipitation is also important correct rain frequency.
Quantile mapping effectively improved the magnitude and the frequency of the precipitation for all zones.
GCM-BC better significatively in most months and places of low and medium precipitation amount.
Solves the “drizzle problem”.
GCM-Raw como GCM-BC could not represent very well the interannual variation paterns
In wet zones like in Am climate, variability is higher than in the observations
But, the performance improve in climate with lower precipitation
BC more realistic GCM-Raw,
Dispersion between GCM is lower in hot climates and medium in tropical zones.
Temperatura has lower uncertatinties than precipitation
In medium-hotter climates maximum temperature are underestimate by GCM raw
Both effects has solution in the bias correction method chose.
Hot days were not well represented by the GCM-Raw
GCM-BC produce enough hot days on average in all zones and are confident and realistic.
It’s not an easy variable for modeling.
But also the bias correction method chose solve this problem
The skill of this model is better in tropical climates.
Projected change in rainfall are varied and complex, ranging from -30 to +20%,
High decreases in the East at the second part of the year
Increases in Pacific coast of South America along the year
Precipitation is likely to become heavier in magnitude and frequency.
Over Mexico and the Caribbean region are projected reductions in rainfall at the peak of the rainy season (MAM and JJA). The greatest increases in maximum temperature and decreases in precipitation are shown in JJA and SON which probably will cause droughts, the possibility of delays in the start of the rainy season and desertification, mainly in the Caribbean, Venezuela, Northeast Brazil and the most of the part of the Amazonia. Changes in radiation solar are directly correlated with the increases of the maximum and minimum temperature. Important decreases of solar radiation are evident to the Southern Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina which can severely affect negatively the productivity of these regions.
Overall, seasonal maximum temperatures are predicted to increase by 1–4°C and minimum temperatures by 1-3°C
At mid-to-high latitudes the projections shows warmer temperatures than the high latitudes.
Hablar un poco acerca de las limitaciones, pero los alcances logrados.