Studies of climatic variability during the period of instrumental records: Second annual report

Technical Report · Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6907777

Goodess, C M; Bradley, R S; Kelly, P M; Jones, P D; Diaz, H F

The aim was to analyze the Department of Energy long-term climatic data bank to investigate the carbon dioxide-climate question. In the second year of the study, the focus was on: (1) analysis of long-term precipitation for Northern Hemisphere land areas; (2) evaluation of the influence of various forcing factors on the temperature and precipitation record of the last 130 years; (3) analysis of the Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (COADS) and merging with the DOE land data set; and (4) analysis of the effects of the E1 Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon on the temperature and precipitation variability of the Northern Hemisphere land areas.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Univ., Amherst (USA); East Anglia Univ. (UK). Climatic Research Unit; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO (USA). Environmental Research Labs.
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-85ER60316
• OSTI ID: 6907777
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/60316-T1; ON: DE87003694
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CARBON DIOXIDE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
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AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
DATA ANALYSIS
FORCING FUNCTIONS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SOUTHERN OSCILLATION
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
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