Les différents discours culturels concernant le climat :le climat comme jugement; le climat comme pathologie; le climat comme catastrophe; dissolution du climat catastrophe.
Amérique du Nord ; Analyse spatiale ; Climat ; Climat local ; Climat régional ; Echelle spatiale ; Région climatique
Climate ; Climatic region ; Local climate ; North America ; Regional climate ; Spatial analysis ; Spatial scale
Trois types de climats ont été mis en évidence à l'intérieur du domaine tempéré oriental de l'Amérique du Nord : un climat intérieur, un climat maritime (échelle régionale) et un climat strictement côtier (échelle locale). - (JPB)
Classification ; Climat ; Climat maritime ; Climat océanique ; France ; France de l'Ouest
Classification ; Climate ; France ; Oceanic climate ; Western France
Tentative d'affinement de la définition et de l'emboîtement des climats océanisés, marimites et littoraux, à travers l'exemple de la France de l'Ouest. - (JPB)
Cartographie ; Changement climatique ; Climat ; Climatologie ; Concept ; Europe ; Région climatique
Cartography ; Climate ; Climatic change ; Climatic region ; Climatology ; Concept ; Europe
Sous un titre plus restrictif que le contenu, présentation abondamment illustrée en couleurs des notions fondamentales de climatologie générale (pp. 7-33), des climats du monde (pp. 34-55) et, enfin, des climats du continent européen (pp. 56-81). La
conclusion aborde brièvement la question de l'évolution du climat. - (JPB)
Regional climate prediction is not an insoluble problem, but it is a problem characterized by inherent uncertainty. There are 2 sources of this uncertainty : the unpredictability of the climatic and global systems. So this review considers
the implications of climatic and global system unpredictability for regional climate prediction. Consequently the AA. regard regional climate prediction as a cascade of uncertainty. They understand regional climate change in terms of changes in the general
Numerous studies of traditional agricultural communities have shown that farmers already often manage climatic risk through traditional methods of climate prediction and ritual. This local knowledge may or may not accurately predict climatic events
, but it characterizes the demand for climate information and indicates how new climate forecasts might be received. Based on ethnographic data, this paper describes traditional climate prediction methods of farmers in Tlaxcala, Mexico to illustrate the relevance
of local climate knowledge for seasonal forecasting.
Comme toutes les grandes villes, Berlin possède un climat urbain spécifique. Il dépend en partie d'une localisation de la ville au centre d'une grande vallée constituée de dépôts morainiques. Pour mesurer l'influence du climat urbain sur la faune et
Assessing climate change in the contiguous United States using a modified Thornthwaite climate classification scheme
Analyse multivariée ; Années 1895-2005 ; Changement climatique ; Classification des climats ; Climat ; Etats-Unis ; Humidité ; Température
Climate ; Climate classification ; Climatic change ; Moisture ; Multivariate analysis ; Temperature ; United States of America
This new approach allows both moisture and thermal conditions to be examined simultaneously for a better assessment of multivariate climate change. Changes in area of different climate types over time is determined using the climate year approach
and the spatial nature of climate change is examined by computing climate types based on averages from three thirty-year periods over the twentieth century. Over the study period from 1895 to 2005, statistically significant changes in areal coverage of different
climate types have occurred : changes to moister climate categories and positive temperature trends.
Atmospheric circulation ; Climate ; Climate oscillation ; Climatic change ; Climatic data ; Climatic trend ; Climatic warming ; Ireland ; Model ; Ocean atmosphere interaction ; Precipitation ; Synoptic climatology ; Temperature ; Twentieth Century
This paper presents an assessment of indicators of climate change in Ireland over the past century. Trends are examined in order to determine the magnitude and direction of ongoing climate change. Although detection of a trend is difficult due
to the influence of the North Atlantic Ocean, it is concluded that Irish climate is following similar trajectories to those predicted by global climate models. Climatic variables investigated included the key temperature and precipitation data series from the Irish
synoptic station network. Secondary climate indicators such as frequency of hot and cold days were found to reveal more variable trends.
The multi-annual variability of thermal, solar and cloudiness conditions in Cracow was examined from the point of view of the impact of natural and anthropogenic factors on the climate change. The analysis concerned the annual air temperature range
(RAT) and daily ranges of air temperature (DAT) in january and july. Special attention has been paid to the climatic trends and changes of climatic continuity. Long-term changes of RAT reflect the impact of the circulation factors, these of DAT
Classics in physical geography revisited. Thornthwaite, C.W. 1948: an approach toward a rational classification of climate. The Geographical Review 38, 55-94
Thornthwaite's 1948 climatic classification system was fundamentally different from all its predecessors: climates are defined rationally and boundaries are determined objectively by the meteorological data; vegetation, soils, hydrology, etc
., are then to be determined from the prevailing climatic type.
The atmosphere exchanges heat, moisture and momentum with other climate subsystems. This paper describes some applications of climate models in agriculture and puts forward the argument, that recent climate models are very close to numerical weather
prediction models. The physical parameterization approach implemented first in climate models, is now applied in a useful way to everyday agricultural management.
Le climat de la péninsule armoricaine: conditions générales et sécheresse de 1976
(1976) ; Bretagne ; Climat ; Climat océanique ; France ; Géographie de l'Europe ; Régionalisation ; Sécheresse
Sur un fond général océanique, le climat armoricain est divisé en quatre sous-climats: le climat océanique typique, le climat océanique dégradé vers la vallée de la Loire, le climat océanique collinéen propre aux reliefs ouest-armoricains, le climat
océanique de type aquitanien dégradé ou climat océanique sec sur le littoral sud-armoricain. La sécheresse de1976 est analysée dans le temps et dans l'espace.
Using mountain regions from around the world, the A. discusses controls of mountain climate and scales of climate features, and evaluates evidence of past climatic conditions.―(DWG)
The article suggests that a multiscalar and interdisciplinary construct is required to analyse climate justice as an appraisal of the distribution of climate finance for adaptation. Current approaches to climate justice lack in empirical research
This paper will present global maps of all 4 components of the 1948 Thornwaite climate classification, a long-time wish of J.R. Mather, to whom this paper is dedicated. In addition, a revised Thornwaite-type climate classification is presented
with the intent of providing a more rational climate classification for everyday use in a classroom setting. This classification uses an amended version of the Thornthwaite moisture index.