The impact of weather and climate on transport in the UK
Climat ; Impact ; Prévision ; Royaume-Uni ; Technologie ; Transport ; Type de temps
Climate ; Forecast;Prediction ; Impact ; Technology ; Transport ; United Kingdom ; Weather type
An attempt is made to classify the impact of weather and climate upon air, rail, road and water transport by considering for each : climatic design and required levels of maintenance; weather sensitivity and thresholds; weather forecasting and new
Possible impact of climatic change on forested landscapes in Central Europe: a review
Greenhouse impact on cold-climate ecosystems and landscapes
Central Europe ; Climatic variability ; Climatic variation ; Climatic warming ; Ecosystem ; Europe ; Forest ; Forestry ; Impact ; Landscape ; Palynology
Ecosystème ; Europe ; Europe centrale ; Foresterie ; Forêt ; Impact ; Palynologie ; Paysage ; Réchauffement climatique ; Variabilité climatique ; Variation climatique
This paper briefly reviews and tentatively discusses 1) former climatic changes and their impact on forests, 2) the impact of climatic warming on the genetic constitution of forest trees, their physiological processes, and the possible alteration
The impact of climate on the discharge of the River Rhine
Bilan hydrologique ; Climat ; Cours d'eau ; Débit ; Europe ; Impact ; Modèle ; Rhin ; Variabilité climatique
Climate ; Climatic variability ; Discharge ; Europe ; Impact ; Model ; Rhine ; Stream ; Water balance
In this book a first attempt has been made to provide a more detailed, quantitative assessment of the sensitivity of the River Rhine discharge to climate change. The attempt indicates the order of magnitude of the effect of a climatic change
Le choix d'une destination touristique n'est quasiment pas influencé par le climat habituellement subi, encore que les habitants des pays les plus chauds se montrent souvent les plus exigeants. Les critères de choix (beau temps ensoleillé, sans
This review of the recent scientific literature on climate change focuses on one aspect of the issue which has come to the fore over the last three years, the role of atmospheric aerosols in contemporary cimate change. The emergence
of these particulates as a significant modifier of the atmospheric and climatic environment has, at the same time, offered new opportunities for detecting human-induced climate change in the observed record and also complicated the prediction of future climate change
and its impacts.
[b1] Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Royaume-Uni
Bioclimatology ; Climate ; Climatic variability ; Health ; Human bioclimatology ; Impact ; Man-environment relations ; United States of America
This paper presents a review of 4 infectious diseases found in the southwestern USA that are impacted by climate conditions. Hantavirus and plague are spread by rodents, dengue is transmitted through the bite of the Aedes mosquito
and coccidioidomycosis is caused by a soil dwelling fungus. For each disease, an introductory section briefly outlines the importance of the illness within the Southwest, and a review of climateimpacts on the disease follows. Finally, future research needs, to more
clearly understand the relationship between climate and incidence, are described.
Bioclimatology ; Climate ; Health ; Human bioclimatology ; Impact ; Scale
Après avoir rappelé les différents modes d'action du climat sur l'homme (effets thermiques, effets biochimiques, échanges gazeux, effets de l'électricité atmosphérique), l'A. analyse le climat à différents niveaux scalaires, de l'échelle régionale
au microclimat, avant de jeter les bases d'une évaluation objective des effets du climat sur la santé humaine. - (JPB).
On relationships between climate variability and change, and societies
Climates and societies. A climatological perspective
Adaptation ; Changement social ; Climat ; Impact ; Modélisation ; Prévision ; Société ; Variabilité climatique ; Variation climatique
Adaptation ; Climate ; Climatic variability ; Climatic variation ; Forecast ; Impact ; Modelling ; Social change ; Society
variabilité du climat, afin d'estimer son impact sur les sociétés. - (JPB)
Après s'être interrogée sur le rôle du climat dans la structuration de l'espace et dans l'organisation spatio-temporelle des sociétés, l'A. détaille les principales méthodes et techniques de recherche utilisées pour mesurer, modéliser et prévoir la
nombre d'intervenants. Sont aussi abordés l'impact du climat sur les ressources naturelles et les risques climatiques qui pèsent sur ces ressources en ville comme à la campagne. - (JPB)
Recueil de résumés étendus de cinq conférences et d'une centaine de communications. Si les relations entre climat, tourisme et environnement constituent le thème dominant, la variabilité du climat et les changements climatiques ont également retenu
Le réchauffement récent du climat en France et ses conséquences pour l'agriculture
Les relations Climat-Homme-Climat
Agriculture ; Agroclimatologie ; Climat ; France ; Impact ; Modèle ; Production agricole ; Réchauffement climatique
Agricultural production ; Agriculture ; Agroclimatology ; Climate ; Climatic warming ; France ; Impact ; Model
Past studies about the impacts of climate change in agriculture have mainly considered the possible effects of future climate scenarios for the end of the century. However, the last fifteen years have shown a significant increase of temperature
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
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.
Climate ; Climatic variation ; Climatic warming ; Economic impact ; Forecast;Prediction ; Greenhouse effect ; Heating;Warming ; Impact study ; Model ; Opportunity cost ; Research programme ; Scenario
L'A. considère les stratégies possibles visant à faire face à l'inévitable réchauffement global du climat. Un diagnostic réaliste révèle qu'il y aura entre les nations une inégale répartition des risques, des coûts et des profits. Peu de pays
Tools for assessing the impact of climate change on freshwater fish populations
Biogeography ; Climatic variation ; Ecosystem ; Fish ; Fresh water ; Model ; North America ; Temperature
The AA. examine the use of bioenergetic models to predict the impact of climate change on the growth of individual fish and the use of thermal habitat models to assess the impact of climate change on population abundance. They examine also the use
of life cycle models to assess the impact of climate change on the zoogeographic distribution of species. Finally, they identify new research required to further develop these methods.
Tree-line response to climatic changes and technogenic impact in the Kola subarctic
Arctique ; Climat ; Forêt ; Kola presqu'île ; Limite de l'arbre ; Russie d'Europe ; Réchauffement climatique ; Température
Arctic Region ; Climate ; Climatic warming ; European part of Russia ; Forest ; Kola Peninsula ; Temperature
En s'appuyant sur l'exemple de la péninsule de Kola, les AA. étudient l'évolution de la limite de la forêt. Le réchauffement climatique global et les impacts technogéniques comptent parmi les principaux facteurs.
The impact of climate and weather on the activities of the building and construction industry in South Africa.
This study represents a quantitative survey of the impact of the climate and weather on the activities of the building and construction industry in South Africa. - (AJC)