Climate change impacts on wind power generation

SC Pryor, RJ Barthelmie, MS Bukovsky… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
Wind energy is a virtually carbon-free and pollution-free electricity source, with global wind
resources greatly exceeding electricity demand. Accordingly, the installed capacity of wind …

Unraveling the influence of atmospheric evaporative demand on drought and its response to climate change

SM Vicente‐Serrano, TR McVicar… - Wiley …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This review examines the role of the atmospheric evaporative demand (AED) in drought.
AED is a complex concept and here we discuss possible AED definitions, the subsequent …

A reversal in global terrestrial stilling and its implications for wind energy production

Z Zeng, AD Ziegler, T Searchinger, L Yang… - Nature Climate …, 2019 - nature.com
Wind power, a rapidly growing alternative energy source, has been threatened by
reductions in global average surface wind speed, which have been occurring over land …

Contribution of anthropogenic warming to California drought during 2012–2014

AP Williams, R Seager, JT Abatzoglou… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A suite of climate data sets and multiple representations of atmospheric moisture demand
are used to calculate many estimates of the self‐calibrated Palmer Drought Severity Index, a …

Record-setting algal bloom in Lake Erie caused by agricultural and meteorological trends consistent with expected future conditions

AM Michalak, EJ Anderson… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
In 2011, Lake Erie experienced the largest harmful algal bloom in its recorded history, with a
peak intensity over three times greater than any previously observed bloom. Here we show …

WCRP coordinated regional downscaling experiment (CORDEX): a diagnostic MIP for CMIP6

WJ Gutowski Jr, F Giorgi, B Timbal, A Frigon, D Jacob… - 2016 - gmd.copernicus.org
The Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) is a Diagnostic MIP in
CMIP6. CORDEX builds on a foundation of previous downscaling intercomparison projects …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing and addressing the re-eutrophication of Lake Erie: Central basin hypoxia

D Scavia, JD Allan, KK Arend, S Bartell… - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2014 - Elsevier
Relieving phosphorus loading is a key management tool for controlling Lake Erie
eutrophication. During the 1960s and 1970s, increased phosphorus inputs degraded water …

Global review and synthesis of trends in observed terrestrial near-surface wind speeds: Implications for evaporation

TR McVicar, ML Roderick, RJ Donohue, LT Li… - Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
In a globally warming climate, observed rates of atmospheric evaporative demand have
declined over recent decades. Several recent studies have shown that declining rates of …

Regional climate trends and scenarios for the US National Climate Assessment: Part 2. Climate of the Southeast US

KE Kunkel, LE Stevens, SE Stevens, L Sun, E Janssen… - 2013 - repository.library.noaa.gov
This document has two main sections: one on historical conditions and trends, and the other
on future conditions as simulated by climate models. The historical section concentrates on …

State of the climate in 2015

J Blunden, DS Arndt - Bulletin of the American Meteorological …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2015 Page 1 Special Supplement to the Bulletin of the American
Meteorological Society Vol. 97, No. 8, August 2016 STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2015 Brought …