Scientific Integrity and Public Trust: The Science Behind Federal Policies and Mandates : Case Study 2--climate Models and Projections of Potential Impacts of Global Climate Change : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, November 16, 1995, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1996 - 1190 pages |
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... ( Figure 1 ) . The only assumptions used in calculating this difference are that the climate model is correctly estimating the temperature before the greenhouse effect had changed , and that the satellite is correctly measuring the ...
... ( Figure 1 ) . The only assumptions used in calculating this difference are that the climate model is correctly estimating the temperature before the greenhouse effect had changed , and that the satellite is correctly measuring the ...
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... figure , Mitchell et al . stated that it was " significantly different from the observed climate of the last quarter century " -in other words , it was predicting too much warming . They did find that model " B " , which appears to ...
... figure , Mitchell et al . stated that it was " significantly different from the observed climate of the last quarter century " -in other words , it was predicting too much warming . They did find that model " B " , which appears to ...
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... ( Figure 3.22 ) is at its highest value ; it clearly is not , and the highest values were reached in the 1930s with the big rise between the 19 - teens and the 20s ; look at the figure . For accuracy , the text should read , " Composite ...
... ( Figure 3.22 ) is at its highest value ; it clearly is not , and the highest values were reached in the 1930s with the big rise between the 19 - teens and the 20s ; look at the figure . For accuracy , the text should read , " Composite ...
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... figure 3.22 carefully . Lines 25-26 . The last sentence , while it may be true , surely is there to convey the impression that this is important . What is obviously more important is regional climate change , particularly because the ...
... figure 3.22 carefully . Lines 25-26 . The last sentence , while it may be true , surely is there to convey the impression that this is important . What is obviously more important is regional climate change , particularly because the ...
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... Figure 3.22 is very interesting and deserves comment . The text should be altered to state , as I noted in an earlier comment , " Composite indicators of summer temperature indicate that a rapid rise occurred around 1920 , and that made ...
... Figure 3.22 is very interesting and deserves comment . The text should be altered to state , as I noted in an earlier comment , " Composite indicators of summer temperature indicate that a rapid rise occurred around 1920 , and that made ...
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