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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... ocean and the atmos- phere . They are also developing larger and faster computers that could process data for smaller areas . Given the complexity of the climate processes that need to be in- corporated in the models , scientists ...
... ocean and the atmos- phere . They are also developing larger and faster computers that could process data for smaller areas . Given the complexity of the climate processes that need to be in- corporated in the models , scientists ...
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... ocean , including the patterns of principal currents . Coupled models , though still prone to small scale errors , have simulated the current climate on a large scale as well as portrayed at- mospheric and oceanic behavior over large ...
... ocean , including the patterns of principal currents . Coupled models , though still prone to small scale errors , have simulated the current climate on a large scale as well as portrayed at- mospheric and oceanic behavior over large ...
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... oceans did not absorb greenhouse gas emissions before 1985. As a result , these models do not adequately account for the ... ocean and the atmosphere . Sci- entists are also developing larger and faster computers to manipulate data for ...
... oceans did not absorb greenhouse gas emissions before 1985. As a result , these models do not adequately account for the ... ocean and the atmosphere . Sci- entists are also developing larger and faster computers to manipulate data for ...
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... power . However , significant progress is expected over the next 10 years . The uncertainty in such areas as ocean circulation , cloud processes , and regional effects will gradually diminish . However , let me say at the outset : None 3 ...
... power . However , significant progress is expected over the next 10 years . The uncertainty in such areas as ocean circulation , cloud processes , and regional effects will gradually diminish . However , let me say at the outset : None 3 ...
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... ocean models calculate a resistance to climate change at high Southern Hemisphere latitudes . Thus , little change in sea - ice cover may occur there over the next century . Rise in Global Mean Sea Level ( Very Probable ) 6 20.
... ocean models calculate a resistance to climate change at high Southern Hemisphere latitudes . Thus , little change in sea - ice cover may occur there over the next century . Rise in Global Mean Sea Level ( Very Probable ) 6 20.
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