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Animations

Contacts

• GFDL scientist contacts for this topic:
  Thomas Delworth, NOAA/GFDL
  Ronald Stouffer, NOAA/GFDL
  Mike Winton, NOAA/GFDL
  
• GFDL Communications Officer: Maria Setzer, NOAA/GFDL
  
• Animations and graphics developed by: Keith Dixon, NOAA/GFDL
  

Up to date contact information (email, phone numbers) can be found for these people by entering their names into the NOAA Staff Directory.

The materials presented here help illustrate some of the key research results that GFDL scientists have reported on recently. These graphics are considered to be in the public domain, and thus can be downloaded freely. We do request that if these images are used in publications or media broadcasts credit be given to "NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory" or at least "NOAA GFDL".

2-D Graphics

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Projected change in annual mean surface air temperature from the late 20th century (1971-2000 average) to the middle 21st century (2051-2060 average). The change is in response to increasing greenhouse gases and aerosols based on a "middle of the road" estimate of future emissions. This scenario is denoted as IPCC SRES A1B; for details see IPCC [2000] reference on summary PDF. Warming is larger over continents than oceans, and is largest at high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. These results are from the GFDL CM2.1 model, but are consistent with a broad consensus of modeling results.

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GFDL CM2.1 model-simulated change in seasonal mean surface air temperature from the late 20th century (1971-2000 average) to the middle 21st century (2051-2060). The left panel shows changes for June July August (JJA) seasonal averages, and the right panel shows changes for December January February (DJF). The simulated surface air temperature changes are in response to increasing greenhouse gases and aerosols based on a "middle of the road" estimate of future emissions This scenario is denoted as IPCC SRES A1B; for details see IPCC [2000] reference on summary PDF. Warming is projected to be larger over continents than oceans, and is largest at high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere during Northern Hemisphere winter (DJF).

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Same as for picture with black background above.

Animations

Animations of the type indicated by the picture above are available in two different sizes.
Select an icon below to access the animation described to its right. We provide multiple versions of this animation, including versions using the mpg-4 format (well-suited for Windows Media Player viewing) and others in .mov format that is well-suited for viewing with QuickTime viewer. (Clicking the picture above will direct you to the smallest animation in mpg-4 format.)

720 x 480 resolution, 30fps mpg-4 format, 1971-2100,1305 frames total, 43.5 seconds at 30 fps [12.0MB]
720 x 480 resolution, 6fps .mov format, 1971-2100,1305 frames total, 43.3 seconds at 30 fps [8.1MB]

1280 x 720 resolution, 30fps mpg-4 format, 1971-2100, 1305 frames total, 43.5 seconds at 30 fps [27.3MB]
1280 x 720 resolution, 6fps .mov format,1971-2100 1305 frames total, 43.5 seconds at 30 fps [17.7MB]

animation description

This animation depicts the time evolution of annual mean surface air temperature changes as projected by the NOAA GFDL CM2.1 climate model. The animations show the time period 1970 to 2100. For each time level shown, the temperature differences (or anomalies) were calculated by subtracting the model-simulated average for the years 1971 to 2000 from the time varying 21st century model-projected temperatures. The changes depicted in the animation are in response to increasing greenhouse gases and aerosols based on a "middle of the road" estimate of future emissions. This scenario is denoted as IPCC SRES A1B; for details see IPCC [2000] reference on summary PDF.

These animations were produced using the output of the CM2.1 "H2" historical experiment for the 20th century time period and the CM2.1 SRES A1B run for the 2001-2100 period.

For more details about the computer modeling studies that produced the information displayed in these animations, please refer to the Patterns of Greenhouse Warming summary in PDF form.