Climatic Research Unit

Publications


A list of CRU papers and publications is available:

A few PhD theses are available.

There are some posters available online for viewing as PDF files.


ECLAT-2 Workshop Report on Uncertainties in Climate Scenarios

The first of a series of four Workshop Reports has been published by CRU as part of the ECLAT-2 Concerted Action Initiative funded by DG-Research in Brussels. This first Workshop was held in Helsinki in April 1999 and was concerned with the representation of uncertainties in climate scenarios.

Published October 1999. Available from CRU and online. PDF

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CRU/WWF Global, Regional and National Climate Change Scenarios

A series of 15 regional/national climate change scenario brochures have been prepared for the World Wide Fund for Nature and published by CRU. The list of brochures is as follows (in English unless stated):

Global, Argentina (Spanish), Australia, Brazil (Portugeuse), Canada, China (Chinese), Countries of the Northern Andes (Spanish), Germany (German), Iberia (Spanish), Indonesia, Japan (Japanese), Mesoamerica, Mesoamerica (Spanish), Philippines, Russia (Russian), USA, Zimbabwe

The CRU/WWF scenarios describe a range of future climate outcomes that the world is likely to experience during the twenty-first century and they draw attention to possible changes in future climate that have particular relevance for various biodiversity concerns.

Published October 1999. Available from CRU and online.

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Indicators of Climate Change in the UK

This report sets out the results of a search for appropriate indicators of climate change in the UK, following the criteria outlined in the Introduction. The first 4 indicators are measures of our climate. The other 30 indicators (5-34) are various environmental and economic factors, which are affected by climate. The latter indicators cover many aspects of life in Britain.

Published 1999. Available from CRU.

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Climate Change Scenarios for the United Kingdom: UKCIP Technical Report No. 1

Describes how the climate of the United Kingdom has changed in the recent past and presents our understanding of how it may change during the next century in response to the build up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Both the full Scientific Report and a shorter Summary Report are available.

Published November 1998. Available from CRU and online.

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The Climate Impacts LINK Project

Applying results from the Hadley Centre's climate change experiments for climate change impacts assessments

Published December 1997. Available from CRU.

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Autobiography of Hubert Lamb

"Through all the Changing Scenes of Life - A Meteorologist's Tale"

H.H. Lamb was regarded as the greatest climatologist of his time. He completed his autobiography weeks before his death on 28 June 1997.

Published October 1997.

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Climates of the British Isles: present, past and future

A volume to commemorate twenty-five years of the Climatic Research Unit, 1972 to 1997.

Published April 1997.

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Climate change and Southern Africa

An exploration of some potential impacts and implications in the Southern African Development Community.

Published June 1996. Available from CRU.

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Last updated: May 2004