Climate Terms (S)

Salt-Water Intrusion/Encroachment :

Displacement of fresh surface water or groundwater by the advance of salt w ...

Scenario :

A plausible description of how the future may develop based on a coherent a ...

Sea Level Change :

Sea level can change, both globally and locally due to (1) changes in the s ...

Sea Surface Temperature :

The sea surface temperature is the subsurface bulk temperature in the top f ...

semi-arid zone :

Areas where vegetation growth is constrained by limited water availability, ...

sensitivity :

The degree to which a system or species is affected, either adversely or be ...

Significant Wave Height :

The average trough-to-crest height of the highest one-third of the wave hei ...

sink :

Any process, activity, or mechanism that removes a greenhouse gas, an aeros ...

Social Cost of Carbon :

The net present value of climate damages (with harmful damagesexpressed as ...

Social protection :

In the context of development aid and climate policy, social protection usu ...

Socioeconomic Scenario :

A scenario that describes a possible future in terms of population, gross d ...

Southern Annular Mode :

The leading mode of variability of Southern Hemisphere geopotential height, ...

Species Distribution Modeling :

Simulation of ecological effects of climate change. Species distribution mo ...

SRES Scenarios :

SRES scenarios are emission scenarios developed by Nakicenovic and Swart (2 ...

storm surge :

The temporary increase, at a particular locality, in the height of the sea ...

Storm Tracks :

Originally, a term referring to the tracks of individual cyclonic weather s ...

stratosphere :

The highly stratified region of the atmosphere above the troposphere extend ...

Stressors :

Events and trends, often not climate-related, that have an important effect ...

Subsistence Agriculture :

Farming and associated activities that together form a livelihood strategy ...

Surface Temperature :

See Global mean surface temperature, Land surface air temperature, and Sea ...

Sustainability :

A dynamic process that guarantees the persistence of natural and human syst ...

sustainable development :

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ab ...