Welcome to CCR's Climate Change Prediction
CCP Research
The Climate Change and Prediction group primary focus is on the second of the five key global change issues outlined by the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) and U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) documents:
(1) seasonal to interannual climate variability
(2) climate change over decades to centuries
(3) changes in ozone, ultraviolet radiation, and atmospheric chemistry
(4) changes in land cover and in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and
(5) the role of aerosols.
In addition, we continue to conduct centuries long simulations and ensembles that address all five key global change issues.
Global Climate Change Simulation: 1870 - 2000
This animation depicts surface warming as simulated by CCSM3. It shows the temperature anomaly relative to the end of the 19th century, both over the entire globe and as a global average. Several major volcanic eruptions are noted.
The data were derived from 5 separate experiments of the period 1870 to 2000, and which were averaged. The future period depicted uses the A1B (mid-range) climate change scenario.
