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The Special Issue

A Multi-disciplinary assessment of the Southeastern United States Climate. The Special Issue. The Southeast Climate Consortium Florida Climate Institute Water Institute (UF). Features. 15 Articles 46 Authors

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The Special Issue

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  1. A Multi-disciplinary assessment of the Southeastern United States Climate The Special Issue The Southeast Climate Consortium Florida Climate Institute Water Institute (UF)

  2. Features • 15 Articles • 46 Authors • Articles in Ecology, Climatology, Hydrology, Social Science, Economy, and Crop Science • Covers time scales of seasonal to interannual, decadal, climate change, and weather extremes • Involves authors from academia, government, industry and 3 graduate students as lead authors

  3. Features (behind the scene) • Involved 36 peer reviewers across the world spanning 5 continents! • One year from start to published journal (started on July 1, 2012 and published online 30 July, 2013) • Generous monetary support from SECC, FCI and WI, which realized the publication as a supplemental issue

  4. Downscaling Methodology

  5. Assessment of dynamically downscaled climate data

  6. Examining CMIP5 fidelity/relevance to the southeastern US

  7. Projections based on CMIP3 for the Southeastern US

  8. Introspection of climate information in the Southeastern US

  9. The SLR issue

  10. Conclusions The Special Issue has shown • We are the first regional multi-disciplinary organization in the climate arena to embark on this successful endeavor---WE DID IT!!!! • Local climate information has to be generated “organically”, scientifically, and pass the test of peer review.

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