Search Results - "Pierce, D. W"

Bias correction can modify climate model simulated precipitation changes without adverse effect on the ensemble mean by Maurer, E. P, Pierce, D. W

“…When applied to remove climate model biases in precipitation, quantile mapping can in some settings modify the simulated difference in mean precipitation…”
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Characterization of two classes of small molecule inhibitors of Arp2/3 complex by Pollard, T. D, Nolen, B. J, Tomasevic, N, Russell, A, Pierce, D. W, Jia, Z, McCormick, C. D, Hartman, J, Sakowicz, R

“…Polymerization of actin filaments directed by the actin-related protein (Arp)2/3 complex supports many types of cellular movements. However, questions remain…”
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Detection and Attribution of Streamflow Timing Changes to Climate Change in the Western United States by Hidalgo, H. G., Das, T., Dettinger, M. D., Cayan, D. R., Pierce, D. W., Barnett, T. P., Bala, G., Mirin, A., Wood, A. W., Bonfils, C., Santer, B. D., Nozawa, T.

“…This article applies formal detection and attribution techniques to investigate the nature of observed shifts in the timing of streamflow in the western United…”
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Downscaling humidity with Localized Constructed Analogs (LOCA) over the conterminous United States by Pierce, D. W., Cayan, D. R.

“…Humidity is important to climate impacts in hydrology, agriculture, ecology, energy demand, and human health and comfort. Nonetheless humidity is not available…”
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Future humidity trends over the western United States in the CMIP5 global climate models and variable infiltration capacity hydrological modeling system by Pierce, D. W, Westerling, A. L, Oyler, J

“…Global climate models predict relative humidity (RH) in the western US will decrease at a rate of about 0.1–0.6 percentage points per decade, albeit with…”
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Identification of human-induced changes in atmospheric moisture content by Santer, B.D, Mears, C, Wentz, F.J, Taylor, K.E, Gleckler, P.J, Wigley, T.M.L, Barnett, T.P, Boyle, J.S, Brüggemann, W, Gillett, N.P, Klein, S.A, Meehl, G.A, Nozawa, T, Pierce, D.W, Stott, P.A, Washington, W.M, Wehner, M.F

“…Data from the satellite-based Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) show that the total atmospheric moisture content over oceans has increased by 0.41 kg/m²…”
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Incorporating model quality information in climate change detection and attribution studies by Santer, B.D, Taylor, K.E, Gleckler, P.J, Bonfils, C, Barnett, T.P, Pierce, D.W, Wigley, T.M.L, Mears, C, Wentz, F.J, Brüggemann, W, Gillett, N.P, Klein, S.A, Solomon, S, Stott, P.A, Wehner, M.F

“…In a recent multimodel detection and attribution (D''A) study using the pooled results from 22 different climate models, the simulated "fingerprint" pattern of…”
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ADAM12 is a circulating marker for stromal activation in pancreatic cancer and predicts response to chemotherapy by Veenstra, V. L., Damhofer, H., Waasdorp, C., van Rijssen, L. B., van de Vijver, M. J., Dijk, F., Wilmink, H. W., Besselink, M. G., Busch, O. R., Chang, D. K., Bailey, P. J., Biankin, A. V., Kocher, H. M., Medema, J. P., Li, J. S., Jiang, R., Pierce, D. W., van Laarhoven, H. W. M., Bijlsma, M. F.

“…Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterized by abundant stroma that harbors tumor-promoting properties. No good biomarkers exist to monitor the…”
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Detection of Anthropogenic Climate Change in the World's Oceans by Barnett, Tim P., Pierce, David W., Schnur, Reiner

“…Large-scale increases in the heat content of the world's oceans have been observed to occur over the last 45 years. The horizontal and temporal character of…”
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Structure and Detectability of Trends in Hydrological Measures over the Western United States by Das, T., Hidalgo, H. G., Dettinger, M. D., Cayan, D. R., Pierce, D. W., Bonfils, C., Barnett, T. P., Bala, G., Mirin, A.

“…This study examines the geographic structure of observed trends in key hydrologically relevant variables across the western United States at 1/8° spatial…”
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The role of ocean dynamics in producing decadal climate variability in the North Pacific by PIERCE, D. W, BARNETT, T. P, SCHNEIDER, N, SARAVANAN, R, DOMMENGET, D, LATIF, M

“…Decadal time scale climate variability in the North Pacific has implications for climate both locally and over North America. A crucial question is the degree…”
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Variability of ocean heat uptake: Reconciling observations and models by AchutaRao, K. M., Santer, B. D., Gleckler, P. J., Taylor, K. E., Pierce, D. W., Barnett, T. P., Wigley, T. M. L.

“…This study examines the temporal variability of ocean heat uptake in observations and in climate models. Previous work suggests that coupled Atmosphere‐Ocean…”
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Simulated and observed variability in ocean temperature and heat content by AchutaRao, K.M, Ishii, M, Santer, B.D, Gleckler, P.J, Taylor, K.E, Barnett, T.P, Pierce, D.W, Stouffer, R.J, Wigley, T.M.L

“…Observations show both a pronounced increase in ocean heat content (OHC) over the second half of the 20th century and substantial OHC variability on…”
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Evolution and obesity: resistance of obese-prone rats to a challenge of food restriction and wheel running by Pierce, W.D, Diane, A, Heth, C.D, Russell, J.C, Proctor, S.D

“…The adaptive hypothesis that an obese-prone genotype confers a fitness advantage when challenged with food restriction and food-related locomotion was tested…”
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Connections between the Pacific Ocean Tropics and Midlatitudes on Decadal Timescales by Pierce, David W., Barnett, Tim P., Latif, Mojib

“…Connections between the tropical and midlatitude Pacific on decadal timescales are examined using a 137-yr run of a fully coupled ocean–atmosphere general…”
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Interdecadal interactions between the tropics and midlatitudes in the Pacific Basin by Barnett, Tim P., Pierce, David W., Latif, Mojib, Dommenget, Dietmar, Saravanan, R.

“…Analysis of global climate model simulations and observations suggest decadal, midlatitude changes in and over the North Pacific cause decadal modulation of…”
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Preference for Sucrose following Wheel Running: Effect of Immediacy of Reinforcement by Belke, T. W., Pierce, W. D., Poloz, J.

“…Why don’t rats prefer a longer opportunity to run? The current study addressed this question by having rats respond on concurrent fixed ratio (FR) 1 fixed…”
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Responses of Unimpaired Flows, Storage, and Managed Flows to Scenarios of Climate Change in the San Francisco Bay‐Delta Watershed by Knowles, N., Cronkite‐Ratcliff, C., Pierce, D. W., Cayan, D. R.

“…Projections of meteorology downscaled from global climate model runs were used to drive a model of unimpaired hydrology of the Sacramento/San Joaquin…”
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Human-induced global ocean warming on multidecadal timescales by Gleckler, P. J., Santer, B. D., Domingues, C. M., Pierce, D. W., Barnett, T. P., Church, J. A., Taylor, K. E., AchutaRao, K. M., Boyer, T. P., Ishii, M., Caldwell, P. M.

“…The possibility of anthropogenic ocean warming has led to a range of concerns, from impacts on fisheries and ocean acidification to rising sea level and…”
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