Countdown to Kyoto, Parts I-III: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, October 7, 9, and November 6, 1997, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998 - 2418 pages |
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... Aerosols in GCMs Conservation of Energy in GCMs Human Influence on Global Climate Climate Data and Observations Extreme Weather Events ..... Role of Aerosols Theoretical Limits of the Predictability of Global Climate Relative Impact of ...
... Aerosols in GCMs Conservation of Energy in GCMs Human Influence on Global Climate Climate Data and Observations Extreme Weather Events ..... Role of Aerosols Theoretical Limits of the Predictability of Global Climate Relative Impact of ...
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... Aerosols Global Warming and the Possibility of a New Ice Age Temperature and CO2 Record Relative Impact of Various Greenhouse Gases Deforestation Dr. Aristides A. Patrinos , Associate Director of Energy Research and Director , Office of ...
... Aerosols Global Warming and the Possibility of a New Ice Age Temperature and CO2 Record Relative Impact of Various Greenhouse Gases Deforestation Dr. Aristides A. Patrinos , Associate Director of Energy Research and Director , Office of ...
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... aerosols . Aerosols are dust particles , pollutant particles in the troposphere that block out some of the sunlight , reflecting it back to space and cooling the surface . So this calculation , which includes the warming effect of CO2 ...
... aerosols . Aerosols are dust particles , pollutant particles in the troposphere that block out some of the sunlight , reflecting it back to space and cooling the surface . So this calculation , which includes the warming effect of CO2 ...
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... aerosols which cause the change the reflectivity of clouds to change ; or the effect of carbon aerosols which would produce warming . But , based on the latest re- sult just published this year by Haywood et . al . , this makes me think ...
... aerosols which cause the change the reflectivity of clouds to change ; or the effect of carbon aerosols which would produce warming . But , based on the latest re- sult just published this year by Haywood et . al . , this makes me think ...
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... aerosols ( haze ) , their simulation almost exactly matches the past climate change ( Figure 2 ) . The enhanced industrialization following World War II rapidly increased aerosol and CO2 output . But the average aerosol lifetime is only ...
... aerosols ( haze ) , their simulation almost exactly matches the past climate change ( Figure 2 ) . The enhanced industrialization following World War II rapidly increased aerosol and CO2 output . But the average aerosol lifetime is only ...
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Page 558 - Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
Page 571 - the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate...
Page 589 - Affirming that responses to climate change should be coordinated with social and economic development in an integrated manner with a view to avoiding adverse impacts on the latter, taking into full account the legitimate priority needs of developing countries for the achievement of sustained economic growth and the eradication of poverty...
Page 45 - J. Antsaklis received his Diploma in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece in 1972 and his M.Sc and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Brown University, Providence, RI in 1974 and 1977, respectively.
Page 595 - Our ability to quantify the human influence on global climate is currently limited because the expected signal is still emerging from the noise of natural variability, and because there are uncertainties in key factors. These include the magnitude and patterns of...
Page 581 - desertification' means land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities...
Page 6 - Nevertheless, the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate.
Page 596 - IPCC scenario (IS92e) combined with a "high" value of climate sensitivity gives a warming of about 3.5°C. In all cases the average rate of warming would probably be greater than any seen in the last 10,000 years, but the actual annual to decadal changes would include considerable natural variability. Regional temperature changes could differ substantially from the global mean value. Because of the thermal inertia of the oceans, only 50-90% of the eventual equilibrium temperature change would have...
Page 162 - Economic studies have found that there are many potential policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for which the total benefits outweigh the total costs. For the United States in particular, sound economic analysis shows that there are policy options that would slow climate change without...
Page 581 - CO2 equilibrium conditions, a substantial fraction (a global average of one-third, varying by region from one-seventh to twothirds) of the existing forested area of the world will undergo major changes in broad vegetation types — with...