Figure 33.20: projected-annually-averaged-temperature-change
Projected Annually-Averaged Temperature C hange
Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment
This figure appears in chapter Appendix 3: Climate Science Supplement of the Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment report.
Projected change in surface air temperature at the end of this century (2071-2099) relative to the end of the last century (1970-1999). The older generation of models (CMIP3) and SRES emissions scenarios are on the left side; the new models (CMIP5) and scenarios are on the right side. The scenarios are described under Supplemental Message 5 and in Figure 19. Differences between the old and new projections are mostly a result of the differences in the scenarios of the emission of heat-trapping gases rather than the increased complexity of the new models. None of the new scenarios are exactly the same as the old ones, although at the end of the century SRES B1 and RCP 4.5 are roughly comparable, as are SRES A1B and RCP 6.0. (Figure source: NOAA NCDC / CICS-NC).
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Created Date: Wed Nov 20 2013 20:58:25 GMT+0900 (Japan Standard Time)
