Member’s Top Three Potential Indicators
Initiated on the December 12, 2007 Climate Change Conference Call, each subcommittee member is putting forth their opinion on the “top 3” potential climate change indicators.
| Indicator (ABC Order) |
Number of Votes as #1 |
Number of Votes as #2 |
Number of Votes as #3 |
If could vote on a 4th | Comments |
| Depth-averaged temperature anomaly trends | 1
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| Ice out times across a range of lakes | 2
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2
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| Index of storm events | 1
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1
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1
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| Precipitation anomaly trends | 2
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3
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2
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Patty King did not rank her top 3 – therefore each considered #1 vote | |
| Relative sea level rise | 4
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1
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3
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Would be good to include public via photos (Perrin)Boston, Portland, St. John, and Boothbay records quite good (Larsen)
Patty King did not rank her top 3 – therefore each considered #1 vote |
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| Sea bottom temperature | 1
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If anomalies and trends used, potentially could lose fine-grained details (Perrin) | |||
| Sea Surface Temperature – SST (anomalies and trends) | 3
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2
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1
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If anomalies and trends used, potentially could lose fine-grained details (Perrin)DMR has sea surface temperature records from 1905 on (Larsen) | |
| Trends in air temperature anomalies | 3
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Patty King did not rank her top 3 – therefore each considered #1 vote |