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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... assumptions about inadequately understood matters , such as the role of clouds in global warming , to predict fu- ture climate . The forum participants felt certain some of these predictions were more probable than others . For example ...
... assumptions about inadequately understood matters , such as the role of clouds in global warming , to predict fu- ture climate . The forum participants felt certain some of these predictions were more probable than others . For example ...
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... assumptions that deliberately simplify some operations in order to free computer time for other , more critical operations . These simplifications can affect the accuracy of the models ' esti- mates . -To improve the accuracy of general ...
... assumptions that deliberately simplify some operations in order to free computer time for other , more critical operations . These simplifications can affect the accuracy of the models ' esti- mates . -To improve the accuracy of general ...
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... 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 temperature of the lower ...
... 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 temperature of the lower ...
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... assumptions about CFCs are guaranteed to inflate forcing . Note that concentrations are already levelling off . 3.15 This is inconsistent with the policymakers summary . It should say ( see my earlier text ) less than .08 ° C / decade ...
... assumptions about CFCs are guaranteed to inflate forcing . Note that concentrations are already levelling off . 3.15 This is inconsistent with the policymakers summary . It should say ( see my earlier text ) less than .08 ° C / decade ...
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... assumption , you are saying it does not work anyway - if you make that assumption and track the CO2 increase in the model versus the northern hemisphere temperature , you get a difference of about 1.2 degrees between today's temperature ...
... assumption , you are saying it does not work anyway - if you make that assumption and track the CO2 increase in the model versus the northern hemisphere temperature , you get a difference of about 1.2 degrees between today's temperature ...
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