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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... important processes - such as radiation , convection , and water vapor - that affect the climate . However , the extent to which they incorporate and accurately represent these processes and their interactions varies and can affect the ...
... important processes - such as radiation , convection , and water vapor - that affect the climate . However , the extent to which they incorporate and accurately represent these processes and their interactions varies and can affect the ...
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... important result is still sensitive to model assumptions . Increased tropical storm intensities : uncertain . A warmer , wetter atmosphere could indeed lead to increased intensities of tropical storms , such as hurricanes . Presently ...
... important result is still sensitive to model assumptions . Increased tropical storm intensities : uncertain . A warmer , wetter atmosphere could indeed lead to increased intensities of tropical storms , such as hurricanes . Presently ...
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... important 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 ...
... important 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 ...
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... important document . He stated that he would be contacting IPCC , but the important data never appeared . I specifically requested the data required to review this model in other correspondence , making five separate inquiries to IPCC ...
... important document . He stated that he would be contacting IPCC , but the important data never appeared . I specifically requested the data required to review this model in other correspondence , making five separate inquiries to IPCC ...
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... important . What is obviously more important is regional climate change , particularly because the projected warming is more likely to be night / winter / high latitude than anything else . There are plenty of regional changes within ...
... important . What is obviously more important is regional climate change , particularly because the projected warming is more likely to be night / winter / high latitude than anything else . There are plenty of regional changes within ...
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