New research – July 2014

My New research stream in Twitter and in Facebook was on a break during July. Below are papers published during July, which would have been included to the stream. There are 186 papers, which makes it 6 papers per day.

CLIMATE SCIENCE

The international surface temperature initiative global land surface databank: monthly temperature data release description and methods (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Drivers of decadal hiatus periods in the 20th and 21st Centuries [ABSTRACT]

Contributions of developed and developing countries to global climate forcing and surface temperature change (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Analysis and estimation of the effects of missing values on the calculation of monthly temperature indices [ABSTRACT]

Arctic warming in ERA-Interim and other analyses [ABSTRACT]

Observed cold season changes in a Fennoscandian fell area over the past three decades [ABSTRACT]

Radiative forcing and temperature change at Potsdam between 1893 and 2012 [ABSTRACT]

Modelling the influence of urbanization on the 20th century temperature record of weather station De Bilt (The Netherlands) [ABSTRACT]

Comparison of near–surface air temperatures and MODIS ice–surface temperatures at Summit, Greenland (2008–2013) [ABSTRACT]

U.S. daily temperatures: the meaning of extremes in the context of non-normality [ABSTRACT]

Analysis of surface air temperature warming rate of China in the last 50 years (1962–2011) using k-means clustering [ABSTRACT]

Changes in global net radiative imbalance 1985-2012 [ABSTRACT]

Upper atmosphere cooling over the past 33 years [ABSTRACT]

The downward influence of stratospheric sudden warmings [ABSTRACT]

Attributing the increase in Northern Hemisphere hot summers since the late 20th century [ABSTRACT]

Top-of-Atmosphere Radiative Contribution to Unforced Decadal Global Temperature Variability in Climate Models [ABSTRACT]

Global observations of quasi-zonal bands in microwave sea surface temperature [ABSTRACT]

Joint occurrence of daily temperature and precipitation extreme events over Canada [ABSTRACT]

Spatial and temporal changes in indices of extreme precipitation and temperature for Alaska [ABSTRACT]

Projected Changes in Temperature and Precipitation Extremes in China by the CMIP5 Multi-model Ensembles [ABSTRACT]

Observed changes in southwest monsoon rainfall over India during 1901–2011 [ABSTRACT]

Changes in extreme rainfall in the Philippines (1911–2010) linked to global mean temperature and ENSO [ABSTRACT]

Regional rainfall decline in Australia attributed to anthropogenic greenhouse gases and ozone levels [ABSTRACT]

The 30-year TAMSAT African Rainfall Climatology And Time-series (TARCAT) Dataset [ABSTRACT]

Understanding Recent Eastern Horn of Africa Rainfall Variability and Change [ABSTRACT]

Global trends and patterns of drought from space [ABSTRACT]

The impracticality of a universal drought definition [ABSTRACT]

Global meteorological drought – Part 1: Probabilistic monitoring (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Multiscale analysis of three consecutive years of anomalous flooding in Pakistan [ABSTRACT]

Assessment of Bias Assumptions for Climate Models [ABSTRACT]

Do seasonal to decadal climate predictions underestimate the predictability of the real world? [ABSTRACT]

A posteriori adjustment of near-term climate predictions: Accounting for the drift dependence on the initial conditions [ABSTRACT]

Sensitivity of simulated regional Arctic climate to the choice of coupled model domain (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Can a Climate Model Reproduce Extreme Regional Precipitation Events over England and Wales? [ABSTRACT]

Climate change hotspots over South America: from CMIP3 to CMIP5 multi-model datasets [ABSTRACT]

Climatic variations in Central America: further exploration [ABSTRACT]

Long-term variations of ultraviolet radiation in Tibetan Plateau from observation and estimation [ABSTRACT]

Generating Global LAnd Surface Satellite incident shortwave radiation and photosynthetically active radiation products from multiple satellite data [ABSTRACT]

Solar cycle dependence of middle atmosphere temperatures [ABSTRACT]

New evidence on the dimming/brightening phenomenon and decreasing diurnal temperature range in Iran (1961–2009) [ABSTRACT]

Cloud radiative forcing intercomparison between fully coupled CMIP5 models and CERES satellite data (open access) [ABSTRACT]

The diurnal cycle of marine cloud feedback in climate models [ABSTRACT]

Changes in atmospheric aerosol loading retrieved from space-based measurements during the past decade (open access) [ABSTRACT]

The complex response of Arctic aerosol to sea-ice retreat (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Contribution of anthropogenic sulfate aerosols to the changing Euro-Mediterranean climate since 1980 [ABSTRACT]

Aerosol radiative forcing from the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruptions [ABSTRACT]

Trends in stratospheric ozone derived from merged SAGE II and Odin-OSIRIS satellite observations (open access) [ABSTRACT]

The surface impacts of Arctic stratospheric ozone anomalies (open access) [ABSTRACT]

An analysis of aeolian dust in climate models [ABSTRACT]

Effects of biomass burning on climate, accounting for heat and moisture fluxes, black and brown carbon, and cloud absorption effects [ABSTRACT]

A mechanism for future changes in Hadley circulation strength in CMIP5 climate change simulations [ABSTRACT]

Role of changes in mean temperatures vs. temperature gradients in the recent widening of the Hadley circulation [ABSTRACT]

Role of Climate Feedback in El Niño-like SST Response to Global Warming [ABSTRACT]

Role of the western tropical Pacific in the North Pacific regime shift in the winter of 1998/1999 [ABSTRACT]

The anomalous merging of the African and North Atlantic jet streams during Northern Hemisphere winter of 2010 [ABSTRACT]

Poleward shift in Indian summer monsoon low level jetstream under global warming [ABSTRACT]

Robust Forced Response in South Asian Summer Monsoon in a Future Climate [ABSTRACT]

An in situ-satellite blended analysis of global sea surface salinity [ABSTRACT]

Urban climatology: History, status and prospects [ABSTRACT]

Climatology for city planning in historical perspective (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Surfing wave climate variability [ABSTRACT]

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS

The pattern of anthropogenic signal emergence in Greenland Ice Sheet surface mass balance [ABSTRACT]

Sustained seismic tremors and icequakes detected in the ablation zone of the Greenland ice sheet [ABSTRACT]

MODIS observed increase in duration and spatial extent of sediment plumes in Greenland fjords (open access) [ABSTRACT]

High-resolution modelling of the seasonal evolution of surface water storage on the Greenland Ice Sheet (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Interannual changes of the floating ice shelf of Petermann Gletscher, North Greenland, from 2000 to 2012 (open access) [ABSTRACT]

GOCE’s view below the ice of Antarctica: Satellite gravimetry confirms improvements in Bedmap2 bedrock knowledge [ABSTRACT]

A high-resolution bedrock map for the Antarctic Peninsula (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Tidal modulation of ice-shelf flow: a viscous model of the Ross Ice Shelf [ABSTRACT]

Constraining past accumulation in the central Pine Island Glacier basin, West Antarctica, using radio-echo sounding [ABSTRACT]

Basal terraces on melting ice shelves [ABSTRACT]

The Randolph Glacier Inventory: a globally complete inventory of glaciers (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Recent changes of two selected glaciers in Hami Prefecture of eastern Xinjiang and their impact on water resources [ABSTRACT]

Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers, New Zealand: Historic length records [ABSTRACT]

Climatic sensitivity of the non-glaciated mountains cryosphere (Tatra Mts., Poland and Slovakia) [ABSTRACT]

The importance of spring atmospheric conditions for predictions of the Arctic summer sea-ice extent [ABSTRACT]

Importance of initial conditions in seasonal predictions of Arctic sea ice extent [ABSTRACT]

Modeled Arctic sea ice evolution through 2300 in CMIP5 extended RCPs (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Recent sea ice increase and temperature decrease in the Bering Sea area, Alaska (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Sea ice climatology in the Canadian Western Arctic: thermodynamic versus dynamic controls [ABSTRACT]

Is weaker Arctic sea ice changing the Atlantic water circulation? [ABSTRACT]

The influence of the large scale atmospheric circulation on Antarctic sea ice during ice advance and retreat seasons [ABSTRACT]

Variability of sea-ice in the northern Weddell Sea during the 20th century [ABSTRACT]

Changes in ice phenology characteristics of two Central European steppe lakes from 1926 to 2012 – influences of local weather and large scale oscillation patterns [ABSTRACT]

A record-breaking low ice cover over the Great Lakes during winter 2011/2012: combined effects of a strong positive NAO and La Niña [ABSTRACT]

The temporal and spatial variability in submeter scale surface roughness of seasonal snow in Sodankylä Finnish Lapland in 2009-2010 [ABSTRACT]

Radiocarbon age-offsets in an arctic lake reveal the long-term response of permafrost carbon to climate change [ABSTRACT]

Differential response of carbon fluxes to climate in three peatland ecosystems that vary in the presence and stability of permafrost [ABSTRACT]

Multiple time scale characteristics of permafrost temperature variations along the Qinghai–Xizang Highway [ABSTRACT]

Increasing Summer Drying in North American Ecosystems in Response to Longer Non-frozen Periods [ABSTRACT]

Species distributions shift downward across western North America [ABSTRACT]

Treeline dynamics with climate change at the central Nepal Himalaya (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Northward migration under a changing climate: a case study of blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica) [ABSTRACT]

Tree leaf out response to temperature: comparing field observations, remote sensing, and a warming experiment [ABSTRACT]

Climate change effect on Betula (birch) and Quercus (oak) pollen seasons in the United States [ABSTRACT]

Fifteen-year phenological plant species and meteorological trends in central Italy [ABSTRACT]

Responses of alpine grassland on Qinghai–Tibetan plateau to climate warming and permafrost degradation: a modeling perspective (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Applying a framework for landscape planning under climate change for the conservation of biodiversity in the Finnish boreal forest [ABSTRACT]

CO2-Induced Sahel Greening in Three CMIP5 Earth System Models [ABSTRACT]

Phenology and its role in carbon dioxide exchange processes in northern peatlands [ABSTRACT]

Does the temporal mismatch hypothesis match in boreal populations? [ABSTRACT]

Phenological differences among selected residents and long-distance migrant bird species in central Europe [ABSTRACT]

The effects of changing climate on faunal depth distributions determine winners and losers (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Sap-feeding insects on forest trees along latitudinal gradients in northern Europe: a climate-driven patterns [ABSTRACT]

Climatic niche shifts between species’ native and naturalized ranges raise concern for ecological forecasts during invasions and climate change [ABSTRACT]

Multidecadal time series of satellite-detected accumulations of cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Effects of climate variability and climate change on the fishing conditions for grey mullet (Mugil cephalus L.) in the Taiwan Strait (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Clues from the recent past to assess recruitment of Mediterranean small pelagic fishes under sea warming scenarios [ABSTRACT]

Spatial and body-size dependent response of marine pelagic communities to projected global climate change [ABSTRACT]

Early development of congeneric sea urchins (Heliocidaris) with contrasting life history modes in a warming and high CO2 ocean [ABSTRACT]

Time of emergence of trends in ocean biogeochemistry (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Variability of oceanic carbon cycle in the North Pacific from seasonal to decadal scales [ABSTRACT]

Ecosystem function and services provided by the deep sea (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Quantifying the impact of ocean acidification on our future climate (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Scaling up experimental ocean acidification and warming research: from individuals to the ecosystem [ABSTRACT]

Enhanced acidification of global coral reefs driven by regional biogeochemical feedbacks [ABSTRACT]

Relationships between the history of thermal stress and the relative risk of diseases of Caribbean corals [ABSTRACT]

The cumulative impact of annual coral bleaching can turn some coral species winners into losers [ABSTRACT]

Accelerated flooding along the U. S. East Coast: On the impact of sea level rise, tides, storms, the Gulf Stream and NAO (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Sea-level anomalies exacerbate beach erosion [ABSTRACT]

Evidence for long-term memory in sea level [ABSTRACT]

Long-term sea level trends: natural or anthropogenic? [ABSTRACT]

Time and tide: analysis of sea level time series [ABSTRACT]

Assessing the uncertainty in projecting local mean sea level from global temperature [ABSTRACT]

Sea level extremes in the Caribbean Sea [ABSTRACT]

Forecast cooling of the Atlantic subpolar gyre and associated impacts [ABSTRACT]

Increasing Mississippi river discharge throughout the 21st century influenced by changes in climate, land use, and atmospheric CO2 [ABSTRACT]

Climate change impacts on wildfires in a Mediterranean environment [ABSTRACT]

Consequence of altered nitrogen cycles in the coupled human and ecological system under changing climate: The need for long-term and site-based research [ABSTRACT]

Getting caught with our plants down: the risks of a global crop yield slowdown from climate trends in the next two decades (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Temporal-spatial characteristics of severe drought events and their impact on agriculture on a global scale [ABSTRACT]

Maize growing duration was prolonged across China in the past three decades under the combined effects of temperature, agronomic management and cultivar shift [ABSTRACT]

Reductions in India’s crop yield due to ozone [ABSTRACT]

Winter crop sensitivity to inter-annual climate variability in central India [ABSTRACT]

Integrated assessment of China’s agricultural vulnerability to climate change: a multi-indicator approach [ABSTRACT]

On the relation between weather-related disaster impacts, vulnerability and climate change (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Spatio-temporal modelling of heat stress and climate change implications for the Murray dairy region, Australia [ABSTRACT]

Does diurnal temperature range influence seasonal suicide mortality? Assessment of daily data of the Helsinki metropolitan area from 1973 to 2010 [ABSTRACT]

Shifts in the seasonal distribution of deaths in Australia, 1968–2007 [ABSTRACT]

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION

A new evaluation of the uncertainty associated with CDIAC estimates of fossil fuel carbon dioxide emission (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Current systematic carbon-cycle observations and the need for implementing a policy-relevant carbon observing system (open access) [ABSTRACT]

The declining uptake rate of atmospheric CO2 by land and ocean sinks (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Data-driven diagnostics of terrestrial carbon dynamics over North America [ABSTRACT]

Quantifying the biophysical climate change mitigation potential of Canada’s forest sector (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Considerable methane uptake by alpine grasslands despite the cold climate: In situ measurements on the central Tibetan Plateau, 2008–2013 [ABSTRACT]

Can a bog drained for forestry be a stronger carbon sink than a natural bog forest? (open access) [ABSTRACT]

History of land use in India during 1880–2010: Large-scale land transformations reconstructed from satellite data and historical archives (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Synthesis and Review: Advancing agricultural greenhouse gas quantification (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Global and regional trends in greenhouse gas emissions from livestock [ABSTRACT]

Greenhouse gas emissions from dairy manure management: a review of field-based studies [ABSTRACT]

A bibliometric investigation of life cycle assessment research in the web of science databases [ABSTRACT]

Life cycle carbon footprint of the packaging and transport of New Zealand kiwifruit [ABSTRACT]

How to quantify uncertainty and variability in life cycle assessment: the case of greenhouse gas emissions of gas power generation in the US [ABSTRACT]

New perspectives on nuclear power—Generation IV nuclear energy systems to strengthen nuclear non-proliferation and support nuclear disarmament [ABSTRACT]

The global technical potential of bio-energy in 2050 considering sustainability constraints (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Where, when and how much wind is available? A provincial-scale wind resource assessment for China [ABSTRACT]

Market risk in carbon market: an empirical analysis of the EUA and sCER [ABSTRACT]

‘Maintaining planetary systems’ or ‘concentrating global power?’ High stakes in contending framings of climate geoengineering [ABSTRACT]

A multi-model assessment of regional climate disparities caused by solar geoengineering (open access) [ABSTRACT]

The politics of Amazonian deforestation: environmental policy and climate change knowledge [ABSTRACT]

Do weather fluctuations cause people to seek information about climate change? [ABSTRACT]

Should the moral core of climate issues be emphasized or downplayed in public discourse? Three ways to successfully manage the double-edged sword of moral communication [ABSTRACT]

Public views on the dangers and importance of climate change: predicting climate change beliefs in the United States through income moderated by party identification [ABSTRACT]

How to communicate the scientific consensus on climate change: plain facts, pie charts or metaphors? [ABSTRACT]

The IPCC and treatment of uncertainties: topics and sources of dissensus [ABSTRACT]

The role of social norms on preferences towards climate change policies: A meta-analysis [ABSTRACT]

Motivating mitigation: when health matters more than climate change (open access) [ABSTRACT]

The effect of health benefits on climate change mitigation policies [ABSTRACT]

The Cultural Theory of Risk for Climate Change Adaptation [ABSTRACT]

Climate change adaptation strategies for smallholder farmers in the Brazilian Sertão (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Climate change impacts and adaptation in South Africa (open access) [ABSTRACT]

PALAEOCLIMATE

Andean elevation control on tropical Pacific climate and ENSO [ABSTRACT]

Recent Ice Ages on Mars: The Role of Radiatively Active Clouds and Cloud Microphysics [ABSTRACT]

Earliest Holocene south Greenland ice-sheet retreat within its late-Holocene extent [ABSTRACT]

Radiocarbon dating of glacial dust layers and soils at Kilimanjaro’s Northern Ice Field [ABSTRACT]

Simulating last interglacial climate with NorESM: role of insolation and greenhouse gases in the timing of peak warmth (open access) [ABSTRACT]

February–June temperature variability in western Himalaya, India, since AD 1455 [ABSTRACT]

A quantitative midge-based reconstruction of mean July air temperature from a high-elevation site in central Colorado, USA, for MIS 6 and 5 [ABSTRACT]

John Hardcastle looks at the Timaru loess: Climatic signals are observed, and fragipans [ABSTRACT]

Relative sea-level changes in the Basque coast (northern Spain, Bay of Biscay) during the Holocene and Anthropocene: The Urdaibai estuary case [ABSTRACT]

A 2000-yr reconstruction of air temperature in the Great Basin of the United States with specific reference to the Medieval Climatic Anomaly [ABSTRACT]

The Rautuvaara section, western Finnish Lapland, revisited – new age constraints indicate a complex Scandinavian Ice Sheet history in northern Fennoscandia during the Weichselian Stage [ABSTRACT]

Straight lines or eccentric eggs? A comparison of radial and spatial ring width measurements and its implications for climate transfer functions [ABSTRACT]

Modelling the evolution of the Antarctic ice sheet since the last interglacial (open access) [ABSTRACT]

Summer air temperaturea, reconstructions from the last glacial stage based on rodents from the site Taillis-des-Coteaux (Vienne), Western France [ABSTRACT]

OTHERS

Is there an isotopic signature of the Anthropocene? [ABSTRACT]