climate change impacts
The effects of long-term warming on hydrological processes, including changes in snowpack dynamics, growing season length, and water demand by vegetation
climate change projections
Future climate scenarios based on different greenhouse gas emission pathways, specifically RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 scenarios
surface energy balance
The balance of vertical radiative, conductive, and turbulent energy transfer across the infinitely thin plane of the surface
Köppen climate classes
Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage 2
climate zonation
Spatial classification of areas based on climatic characteristics and water balance parameters
RCP 4.5
SPLASH
atmospheric radiation measurement
DOE's user facility providing comprehensive atmospheric measurements across diverse climatic regions
climate isolines
Lines of equivalent climate conditions that shift upslope with climate change
climate space
A physiological niche accounting for radiation, air temperature, wind, and humidity in which an animal can survive
design-magnitude avalanche
A statistically-defined avalanche size (typically 100-300 year return period) used for engineering and land-use planning