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Global and North American Meteorology
A global map showing the projected change in surface temperature for June, July, August (JJA) and December, January, February (DJF) produced by the model known as the 1st generation Coupled Global Climate Model (CGCM1) of the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis (CCCma) (Flato et al.).
Global Temperature Change from 1975-95 for GHG+Aerosols (551 KB jpg image) sml ver. (68 KB jpg image)
Source: Boer, G.J., G. Flato and D. Ramsden, 2000: A transient climate change simulation with greenhouse gas and aerosol forcing: projected change for the 21st century. Climate Dynamics, in press.Decoding the Forecast - Glossary of common weather terms (459 KB jpg image) sml ver. (66 KB jpg image)
Source: Raikhel, E. and L. Grace, 2000. The perils of prediction - Decoding the forecast. Scientific American, May 24, 2000, 1-31 pp.Meteorological forces in North America
Source: Phillips, David, 1990. The Climates of Canada. Canadian Government Services, Canada, 176pp.Flato, G.M., G.J. Boer, W. Lee, M. McFarlane, D. Ramsden, M. Reader and A. Weaver, 2000: The CCCma global coupled climate model and its climate. Climate Dynamics, in press.