Understanding climate change : climate variability, predictability, and change in the midwestern United States /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Pryor, S. C., 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Climate variability, predictability, and change : an introduction
  • Overview : thermal regimes
  • Global climate change impact on the midwestern USA--a summer cooling trend
  • Historical and projected changes in the length of the frost-free season
  • Long-term midwestern USA summer equivalent temperature variability
  • Estimating changes in temperature variability in a future climate
  • Wisconsin's changing climate : temperature
  • Overview : hydrologic regimes
  • Did precipitation regimes change during the twentieth century?
  • Climate change and streamflow in the upper Mississippi River Basin
  • The influence of land cover type on surface hydrology in Michigan
  • Wisconsin's changing climate : hydrologic cycle
  • Spatial and temporal dimensions of extreme rainfall in the Twin Cities metropolitan area
  • Overview : North American atmospheric circulation effects on midwestern USA climate
  • Historical trends in near-surface wind speeds
  • Variability of wind speed regimes in Minnesota
  • Teleconnections and circulation patterns in the midwestern USA
  • Regional synoptic classification : a midwestern USA example
  • Overview : climate hazards
  • Severe storms in the midwestern USA
  • Climate sensitivity of Great Lakes-generated weather systems
  • Severe weather hazards in the Twin Cities metropolitan area
  • Where is climate science in the midwestern USA going?