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CGD Climate Highlights

Why do we believe the climate is changing?

  • Climate Change
  • Surface Temperture
  • Extreme Events
  • Hurricanes
  • Land & Sea Ice
  • Attribution

What do we know about past climate variability?

  • Climate Variability
  • Arctic Warmth
  • Earth's Deep Past
  • Sahel Rainfall
  • Past Centuries and Millenia
  • Abrupt Change

What types of models are used in CGD research?

  • Modeling in CGD
  • CAM
  • CCSM
  • CLM
  • CSIM
  • WACCM
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Laboratories & Programs

The Climate & Global Dynamics Division (CGD) of the NCAR Earth Systems Laboratory (NESL).

Climate FAQs

  • Human Impacts
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