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New research, November 30, 2015

Posted by Ari Jokimäki on November 30, 2015

Some new papers from last few days:

The contribution of Paris to limit global warming to 2 °C (open access)
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/125002/meta

How increasing CO2 leads to an increased negative greenhouse effect in Antarctica
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL066749/abstract

Early Warning Signals for Abrupt Change Raise False Alarms During Sea Ice Loss
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL066297/abstract

Variability and evolution of global land surface phenology over the past three decades (1982-2012)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13168/abstract

Top ten European heatwaves since 1950 and their occurrence in the coming decades (open access)
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/124003/meta

Anthropogenic aerosol deposition reduces the sensitivity of oceanic productivity to warming
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL066753/abstract

Obliquity-driven expansion of North Atlantic sea ice during the last glacial
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL066344/abstract

On the enigmatic similarity in Greenland δ18O between the Oldest and Younger Dryas
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL066042/abstract

Revealing glacier flow and surge dynamics from animated satellite image sequences: examples from the Karakoram (open access)
http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/2201/2015/tc-9-2201-2015.html

Transitivity of the climate–vegetation system in a warm climate (open access)
http://www.clim-past.net/11/1563/2015/cp-11-1563-2015.html

Does GOSAT capture the true seasonal cycle of carbon dioxide? (open access)
http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/15/13023/2015/acp-15-13023-2015.html

Hurricane Names: A Bunch of Hot Air? (open access)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094715300517

Bite without Bark: How The socioeconomic context of the 1950s U.S. drought minimized responses to a multiyear extreme climate event (open access)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094715300530

Glaciomorphological Map of the Russian Federation
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618215008927

Drought stress impacts of climate change on rainfed rice in South Asia
http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-015-1487-y

Temperature, extreme precipitation, and diurnal rainfall changes in the urbanized Jakarta city during the past 130 years
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.4548/abstract

Climate-induced mortality of spruce stands in Belarus (open access)
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/125006/meta

Land use patterns and related carbon losses following deforestation in South America (open access)
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/124004/meta

Potential emissions of CO2 and methane from proved reserves of fossil fuels: An alternative analysis
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378015300637

Sensitivity of carbon budgets to permafrost carbon feedbacks and non-CO2 forcings (open access)
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/125003/meta

Changes in the 1963–2013 shallow ground thermal regime in Russian permafrost regions (open access)
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/125005/meta

Energy use, blue water footprint, and greenhouse gas emissions for current food consumption patterns and dietary recommendations in the US
http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10669-015-9577-y

Switching from fossil fuel to renewables in residential heating systems: An empirical study of homeowners’ decisions in Germany
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421515301968

Freshwater biota and rising pCO2?
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.12549/abstract

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New research, November 24, 2015

Posted by Ari Jokimäki on November 24, 2015

Some new papers from last few days:

Global impacts of the 1980s regime shift (open access)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13106/abstract

Climate change as a migration driver from rural and urban Mexico (open access)
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/10/11/114023/meta

Potential impacts of climate change on vegetation dynamics in Central Asia
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JD023618/abstract

A New method for identifying possible causal relationships between CO2, total solar irradiance and global temperature change
http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00704-015-1675-8

Fast and slow climate responses to CO2 and solar forcing: A linear multivariate regression model characterizing transient climate change
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JD023901/abstract

Predicting the maximum amplitude of solar cycle 25 and its timing
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364682615300511

Evidence of a decadal solar signal in the Amazon River: 1903 to 2013
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL066089/abstract

Decadal variability of upper ocean heat content in the Pacific: Responding to the 11-year solar cycle
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364682615300778

Long-term variations in global sea level extremes
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JC011173/abstract

Ocean versus atmosphere control on western European wintertime temperature variability
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00382-015-2558-5

Spectral characteristics of instrumental and climate model surface temperatures
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0457.1

Preaching to different choirs: How to motivate dismissive, uncommitted, and alarmed audiences to adapt to climate change?
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378015300662

Integrated radar and lidar analysis reveals extensive loss of remaining intact forest on Sumatra 2007–2010 (open access)
http://www.biogeosciences.net/12/6637/2015/bg-12-6637-2015.html

Global weather and local butterflies: variable responses to a large-scale climate pattern along an elevational gradient
http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/15-0661.1

Temperature changes derived from phenological and natural evidence in South Central China from 1850 to 2008 (open access)
http://www.clim-past.net/11/1553/2015/cp-11-1553-2015.html

Indications for a North Atlantic ocean circulation regime shift at the onset of the Little Ice Age
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00382-015-2561-x

Air pollution and climate response to aerosol direct radiative effects: a modeling study of decadal trends across the northern hemisphere
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JD023933/abstract

Assessing the role of precursor cyclones on the formation of extreme Greenland blocking episodes and their impact on summer melting across the Greenland ice sheet
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JD023945/abstract

OMI total column ozone: extending the long-term data record (open access)
http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/8/4845/2015/amt-8-4845-2015.html

The changing ozone depletion potential of N2O in a future climate
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL065702/abstract

First surface velocity maps for glaciers of Monte Tronador, North Patagonian Andes, derived from sequential Pléiades satellite images
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/igsoc/jog/2015/00000061/00000229/art00008

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New research, November 19, 2015

Posted by Ari Jokimäki on November 19, 2015

Some new papers from last few days:

Regional dependence in the timing of onset of rapid decline in Arctic sea ice concentration
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JC011187/abstract

Can we map the interannual variability of the whole upper Southern Ocean with the current database of hydrographic observations?
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JC011115/abstract

An impulse response function for the ‘long tail’ of excess atmospheric CO2 in an Earth system model
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014GB005074/abstract

The relationship between inter-annual and long-term cloud feedbacks
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL066698/abstract

Clouds and the atmospheric circulation response to warming
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0394.1

The impact of the North Atlantic Oscillation on climate through its influence on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0396.1

Changes in climate extremes and catastrophic events in the Mongolian Plateau from 1951 to 2012
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0282.1

An Initial Study on Climate Change Fingerprinting Using The Reflected Solar Spectra
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0297.1

Antarctic sea ice response to weather and climate modes of variability
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0301.1

Estimation of continuous anthropogenic CO2: model-based evaluation of CO2, CO, δ13C(CO2) and Δ14C(CO2) tracer methods (open access)
http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/15/12705/2015/acp-15-12705-2015.html

Radiative forcing and climate response to projected 21st century aerosol decreases (open access)
http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/15/12681/2015/acp-15-12681-2015.html

Climate response to Amazon forest replacement by heterogeneous crop cover (open access)
http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/19/4547/2015/hess-19-4547-2015.html

The effects of global change upon United States air quality (open access)
http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/15/12645/2015/acp-15-12645-2015.html

Timing of rice maturity in China is affected more by transplanting date than by climate change
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168192315007522

Impacts, risks, and governance of climate engineering (open access)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674927815000830

Review: Potential catastrophic reduction of sea ice in the western Arctic Ocean: Its impact on biogeochemical cycles and marine ecosystems
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818115301247

The Transient Response to Cumulative CO2 Emissions: a Review (open access)
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs40641-015-0030-6

Farmer’s intended and actual adoption of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies (open access)
http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-015-1558-0

Improving the estimation of the true mean monthly and true mean annual air temperatures in Greece (open access)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asl.592/abstract

Heat content of the Arabian Sea Mini Warm Pool is increasing (open access)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asl.596/abstract

Projections for the duration and degree days of the thermal growing season in Europe derived from CMIP5 model output
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.4535/abstract

Global energy budgets and “Trenberth diagrams” for the climates of terrestrial and gas giant planets
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/qj.2704/abstract

Recent changes in Arctic temperature extremes: warm and cold spells during winter and summer (open access)
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/10/11/114020/meta

Why Finance Ministers Favor Carbon Taxes, Even If They Do Not Take Climate Change into Account
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10640-015-9982-1

A probabilistic analysis of cumulative carbon emissions and long-term planetary warming (open access)
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/10/11/115007/meta

Nitrogen deposition and its effect on carbon storage in Chinese forests during 1981–2010
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231015304970

Environmental impacts of German food consumption and food losses
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11367-015-0983-7

Between redeemer and work of the devil: The transnational Brazilian biofuel discourse
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082615001015

Temperature driven changes in the diet preference of omnivorous copepods: no more meat when it’s hot?
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.12541/abstract

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New research, November 13, 2015

Posted by Ari Jokimäki on November 13, 2015

Some new papers from last few days:

Distinct energy budgets for anthropogenic and natural changes during global warming hiatus
http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2581.html

Conceptual model analysis of the influence of temperature feedbacks on polar amplification
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL065889/abstract

On Anomalous Ocean Heat Transport toward the Arctic and Associated Climate Predictability
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0448.1

Differences Between Conservatives and Liberals in Information Seeking Behavior and Perceived Risks Associated with Climate-driven Changes to Local Forest Conditions
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/WCAS-D-15-0046.1

Does the NMME Capture a Recent Decadal Shift Toward Increasing Drought Occurrence in the Southwestern US?
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0311.1

The transient and equilibrium climate response to rapid summertime sea ice loss in CCSM4
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0284.1

The global land shortwave cryosphere radiative effect during the MODIS era (open access)
http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/2057/2015/tc-9-2057-2015.html

Reducing uncertainties in projections of Antarctic ice mass loss (open access)
http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/2043/2015/tc-9-2043-2015.html

Putting the clouds back in aerosol–cloud interactions (open access)
http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/15/12397/2015/acp-15-12397-2015.html

Coastal lagoons and rising sea level: A review
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825215300684

Land surface phenology of China’s temperate ecosystems over 1999–2013: Spatial–temporal patterns, interaction effects, covariation with climate and implications for productivity
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168192315007509

Is there a transition of solar radiation from dimming to brightening over India?
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809515003300

Re-estimation of glacier mass loss in Greenland from GRACE with correction of land-ocean leakage effects
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818115301168

Approaches to Observe Anthropogenic Aerosol-Cloud Interactions (open access)
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs40641-015-0028-0

What shapes perceptions of climate change? New research since 2010
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.377/abstract

Tropical cyclones and climate change
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.371/abstract

Climate change and larval-transport in the ocean: Fractional effects from physical and physiological factors
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13159/abstract

On assessment of the relationship between changes of sea ice extent and climate in the Arctic
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.4550/abstract

Multi-decadal shoreline changes in response to sea level rise in the Marshall Islands
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213305415300199

Metropolitan foodsheds: a resilient response to the climate change challenge?
http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13412-015-0349-2

Mediterranean climate future: an insightful look into the Basin’s precipitation response to greenhouse gas forcing (open access)
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/10/11/111001/meta

Biogenic acidification reduces sea urchin gonad growth and increases susceptibility of aquaculture to ocean acidification
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141113615300672

Comparing future patterns of energy system change in 2 °C scenarios with historically observed rates of change
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095937801530056X

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New research, November 7, 2015

Posted by Ari Jokimäki on November 7, 2015

Some new papers from last few days:

Changing Amazon biomass and the role of atmospheric CO2 concentration, climate and land use
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GB005135/abstract

Loitering of the retreating sea ice edge in the Arctic Seas
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JC011182/abstract

Climatology and trends of tropical cyclone high wind in mainland China: 1959–2011
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JD024031/abstract

The relative contribution of orbital forcing and greenhouse gases to the North American deglaciation
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL066005/abstract

How did ocean warming affect Australian rainfall extremes during the 2010/11 La Niña event?
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL065948/abstract

Early Cenomanian “hot greenhouse” revealed by oxygen isotope record of exceptionally well-preserved foraminifera from Tanzania
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015PA002854/abstract

Twentieth century increase in snowfall in coastal West Antarctica (open access)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL065750/abstract

Seasonal and interannual variability of fast ice extent in the southeastern Laptev Sea between 1999 and 2013
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JC011135/abstract

Atmospheric energy transport to the Arctic 1979-2012 (open access)
http://www.tellusa.net/index.php/tellusa/article/view/25482

Mass balance of the Sør Rondane glacial system, East Antarctica
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/igsoc/agl/2015/00000056/00000070/art00008

Large-scale reconstruction of accumulation rates in northern Greenland from radar data
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/igsoc/agl/2015/00000056/00000070/art00009

Sensitivities of glacier mass balance and runoff to climate perturbations in Norway
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/igsoc/agl/2015/00000056/00000070/art00010

Temperature distribution and thermal anomalies along a flowline of the Greenland ice sheet
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/igsoc/agl/2015/00000056/00000070/art00012

Greenland high-elevation mass balance: inference and implication of reference period (1961–90) imbalance
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/igsoc/agl/2015/00000056/00000070/art00013

Climate change implications for tropical islands: Interpolating and interpreting statistically downscaled GCM projections for management and planning
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JAMC-D-15-0182.1

Characterizing the Hadley circulation response through regional climate feedbacks
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0424.1

Elevation change of the Greenland Ice Sheet due to surface mass balance and firn processes, 1960–2014 (open access)
http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/2009/2015/tc-9-2009-2015.html

Conclusion to the special issue: Observed and projected changes in weather and climate extremes (open access)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094715300463

An Overview of Weather and Climate Extremes – Products and Trends (open access)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094715300451

Chemical weathering and consumption of atmospheric carbon dioxide in the Alpine region
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818115301053

Intercomparison of the temperature contrast between the arctic and equator in the pre- and post periods of the 1976/1977 regime shift
http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00704-015-1663-z

Climate change impacts on ecosystems and ecosystem services in the United States: process and prospects for sustained assessment
http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-015-1547-3

Temporal evolution of Hudson Bay Sea Ice (1971–2011)
http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00704-015-1666-9

Mapping current and future potential snakebite risk in the new world
http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-015-1544-6

Detection and attribution of the effects of climate change on bat distributions over the last 50 years
http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-015-1543-7

Recent Developments in Bayesian Estimation of Climate Sensitivity
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs40641-015-0023-5

Canopy leaf area of a mature evergreen Eucalyptus woodland does not respond to elevated atmospheric [CO2] but tracks water availability
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13151/abstract

Local indicators of climate change: the potential contribution of local knowledge to climate research
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.374/abstract

Reconstruction and homogenization of the longest instrumental precipitation series in the Iberian Peninsula (Barcelona, 1786–2014)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.4537/abstract

Novel wildlife in the Arctic: the influence of changing riparian ecosystems and shrub habitat expansion on snowshoe hares
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13058/abstract

Decadal changes in radiative fluxes at land and ocean surfaces and their relevance for global warming (open access)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.372/abstract

Detection and attribution of regional CO2 concentration anomalies using surface observations
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231015304180

Life cycle assessment of energy generation in Poland (open access)
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11367-015-0979-3

Leave before it’s too late: Anthropogenic and environmental triggers of autumn migration in a hunted ungulate population
http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/15-1191.1

Contrasting synchrony in root and leaf phenology across multiple sub-Arctic plant communities
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.12506/abstract

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