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Climate Change in Canada - Impacts and Adaptation

Entry ID: Canada_GSC_ClimateChangeCdn

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Summary

Abstract: Climate change affects all aspects of the Canadian economy and
Canadian society as a whole. The Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
Program provides funding for research and activities to improve our
knowledge of Canada's vulnerability to climate change, to better
assess the risks and benefits posed by climate change and to build the
foundation upon which ...

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Lori Perkins

Dataset Title: Global Temperature Anomalies present during 2007Five-Year Average Global Temperature Anomalies from 1880 to 2011

Dataset Series Name: Global Temperature Trends: 2007 Summation

Dataset Release Date: Jan. 18, 2012

Dataset Release Place: Greenbelt, MD

Dataset Publisher: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Online Resource: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003900/a003901/index.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1880-01-01

Stop Date: 2011-12-31

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Science Keywords

LAND SURFACE > LAND TEMPERATURE > LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE

CLIMATE INDICATORS > PALEOCLIMATE INDICATORS > PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS > AIR TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION

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GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

GROUND STATIONS

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

SHIPS

Instrument

TEMPERATURE SENSORS

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Ancillary Keywords

Climate Diagnostics

Surface Temperature

Data Center

Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://www.giss.nasa.gov/
Dataset ID: Global Temperature Anomalies present during 2007

Data Center Personnel
Name: DR. JAMES E. HANSEN Phone: (212) 678-5500 Email: James.E.Hansen at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies 2880 Broadway City: New York Province or State: New York Postal Code: 10025 Country: USA

Data Center Personnel
Name: LORI PERKINS Email: lori.k.perkins at nasa.gov Contact Address: GSFC, Code 610.3 City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Publications/References

Hansen, J., Mki. Sato, R. Ruedy, P. Kharecha, A. Lacis, R.L. Miller, L. Nazarenko, K. Lo, G.A. Schmidt, G. Russell, I. Aleinov, S. Bauer, E. Baum, B. Cairns, V. Canuto, M. Chandler, Y. Cheng, A. Cohen, A. Del Genio, G. Faluvegi, E. Fleming, A. Friend, T. Hall, C. Jackman, J. Jonas, M. Kelley, N.Y. Kiang, D. Koch, G. Labow, J. ... Lerner, S. Menon, T. Novakov, V. Oinas, Ja. Perlwitz, Ju. Perlwitz, D. Rind, A. Romanou, R. Schmunk, D. Shindell, P. Stone, S. Sun, D. Streets, N. Tausnev, D. Thresher, N. Unger, M. Yao, and S. Zhang, 2007: Dangerous human-made interference with climate: A GISS modelE study. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 2287-2312.

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2012-01-25

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-01-22

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