Generalization of a statistical downscaling model to provide local climate change projections for Australia

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Timbal ◽  
E. Fernandez ◽  
Z. Li
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Statistical Downscaling ◽  
Statistical Downscaling Model ◽  
Climate Change Projections ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Local Climate Change

scholarly journals Heatwaves and Summer Urban Heat Islands: A Daily Cycle Approach to Unveil the Urban Thermal Signal Changes in Lisbon, Portugal

Atmosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Oliveira ◽  
António Lopes ◽  
Ezequiel Correia ◽  
Samuel Niza ◽  
Amílcar Soares
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Wind Direction ◽  
Urban Heat Islands ◽  
Daily Cycle ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Thermal Signal ◽  
Air Temperatures ◽  
Local Climate Change ◽  
Urban Heat

Lisbon is a European Mediterranean city, greatly exposed to heatwaves (HW), according to recent trends and climate change prospects. Considering the Atlantic influence, air temperature observations from Lisbon’s mesoscale network are used to investigate the interactions between background weather and the urban thermal signal (UTS) in summer. Days are classified according to the prevailing regional wind direction, and hourly UTS is compared between HW and non-HW conditions. Northern-wind days predominate, revealing greater maximum air temperatures (up to 40 °C) and greater thermal amplitudes (approximately 10 °C), and account for 37 out of 49 HW days; southern-wind days have milder temperatures, and no HWs occur. Results show that the wind direction groups are significantly different. While southern-wind days have minor UTS variations, northern-wind days have a consistent UTS daily cycle: a diurnal urban cooling island (UCI) (often lower than –1.0 °C), a late afternoon peak urban heat island (UHI) (occasionally surpassing 4.0 °C), and a stable nocturnal UHI (1.5 °C median intensity). UHI/UCI intensities are not significantly different between HW and non-HW conditions, although the synoptic influence is noted. Results indicate that, in Lisbon, the UHI intensity does not increase during HW events, although it is significantly affected by wind. As such, local climate change adaptation strategies must be based on scenarios that account for the synergies between potential changes in regional air temperature and wind.

scholarly journals Local climate change signals and changes in climate extremes in a typical Sahel catchment: the case of Dano catchment, Burkina Faso

2021 ◽  
pp. 100285
Author(s):  
Gloria C. Okafor ◽  
Isaac Larbi ◽  
Emmanuel C. Chukwuma ◽  
Clement Nyamekye ◽  
Andrew Manoba Limantol ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Climate Extremes ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Local Climate Change

A framework for facilitating dialogue between policy planners and local climate change adaptation professionals: Cases from Sweden, Canada and Indonesia

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 12-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasmus Kløcker Larsen ◽  
Åsa Gerger Swartling ◽  
Neil Powell ◽  
Brad May ◽  
Ryan Plummer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Local Climate Change

Community Organizing for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Kalikatir Village, Gondang Sub District, Mojokerto Regency

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 227-242
Author(s):  
Maufidah Nazilatul Habibah ◽  
Mohammad Ansori
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Community Organizing ◽  
Learning Center ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Local Climate Change ◽  
Rural Appraisal ◽  
Planning Action ◽  
Adaptation And Mitigation

This research focused on the following things; a) How are the problems resulting from climate change to the quality of the environment and people in Kalikatir village? b) How are strategies in solving the problem of climate change through adaptation and mitigation efforts? c). What was the meaning of da’wah in this community organizing? Researchers used the Participatory Action Research (PAR) method along with Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) techniques for data mining. The dynamics of community organizing included inculturation, knowing, understanding, planning, action, monev, reflection, and report. The results of the research showed that the local climate change presents various problems in the disaster of natural resources, food resistance, economy, and health sectors. Community organizing of people produced a "Farmer Group Learning Center", and also facilitated some access to the information, knowledge, and experience about climate change. Da’wah activities showed in this community organizing on the form of tathwir and tamkin which transformed the teaching of Islam through empowering the community of their human, social, economic, and environmental resources.

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