New research, September 5, 2015

Some new papers from last few days:

Dramatically increased rate of observed hot record-breaking in recent Australian temperatures
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL065793/abstract

Ice thickness in the Northwest Passage
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL065704/abstract

Positive tropical marine low-cloud cover feedback inferred from cloud-controlling factors
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL065627/abstract

Evidence for Weakening of the Walker Circulation from Cloud Observations
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL065463/abstract

Positive feedback in climate: stabilization or runaway, illustrated by a simple experiment
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00022.1

Need for Caution in Interpreting Extreme Weather Statistics
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0020.1

Quantifying the resolution level where the GRACE satellites can separate Greenland’s glacial mass balance from surface mass balance (open access)
http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/1761/2015/tc-9-1761-2015.html

Complementing thermosteric sea level rise estimates (open access)
http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/8/2723/2015/gmd-8-2723-2015.html

Is there a solar signal in lower stratospheric water vapour? (open access)
http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/15/9851/2015/acp-15-9851-2015.html

Ocean heat content variability and change in an ensemble of ocean reanalyses (open access)
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00382-015-2801-0

Irreducible uncertainty in near-term climate projections (open access)
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00382-015-2806-8

Using historical climate observations to understand future climate change crop yield impacts in the Southeastern US
http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-015-1497-9

Scientific advocacy, environmental interest groups, and climate change: are climate skeptic portrayals of climate scientists as biased accurate?
http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-015-1477-0

Impacts of climate change on the hydrology of two Natura 2000 sites in Northern Greece
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10113-015-0857-3

Exploring the economic case for climate action in cities
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378015300169

Permafrost hydrology in changing climatic conditions: seasonal variability of stable isotope composition in rivers in discontinuous permafrost (open access)
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/10/9/095003/meta

Climate change impacts on US agriculture and forestry: benefits of global climate stabilization (open access)
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/10/9/095004/meta