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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... areas . Given the complexity of the climate processes that need to be in- corporated in the models , scientists believe that significant reductions of the uncer- tainties in projecting changes and trends in the climate will require ...
... areas . Given the complexity of the climate processes that need to be in- corporated in the models , scientists believe that significant reductions of the uncer- tainties in projecting changes and trends in the climate will require ...
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... areas . These are the most widely accepted statements ever on climate change . A new IPCC Assessment will be completed in the next few months . I expect only small changes in its major conclusions , mainly concerning some increases in ...
... areas . These are the most widely accepted statements ever on climate change . A new IPCC Assessment will be completed in the next few months . I expect only small changes in its major conclusions , mainly concerning some increases in ...
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... areas of considerable inconsistency between sulfate - greenhouse models and observations ; these areas are the same regions where these models predict the largest warmings " . This , of course , refers to the polar regions , especially ...
... areas of considerable inconsistency between sulfate - greenhouse models and observations ; these areas are the same regions where these models predict the largest warmings " . This , of course , refers to the polar regions , especially ...
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... areas , the policy areas and the sci- entific research areas , and that the kind of debate that we are hav- ing today , and it ought to be lively debate and it ought to be on- going is a very healthy thing , so that more attention will ...
... areas , the policy areas and the sci- entific research areas , and that the kind of debate that we are hav- ing today , and it ought to be lively debate and it ought to be on- going is a very healthy thing , so that more attention will ...
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... areas . And that when the modelers try to estimate impacts on future cli- mates , they take that uncertainty into ... area rec har WEE me miz : ronment . And the word environment to me means balance . 58.
... areas . And that when the modelers try to estimate impacts on future cli- mates , they take that uncertainty into ... area rec har WEE me miz : ronment . And the word environment to me means balance . 58.
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