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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... period . Thus model " B " is only projecting an additional warming of 1.3 ° C ( 1.7-0.4 ° ) for doubled CO2 , which is exactly the value estimated by the " minority " scientists over the last decade . Nonetheless , I have reason to ...
... period . Thus model " B " is only projecting an additional warming of 1.3 ° C ( 1.7-0.4 ° ) for doubled CO2 , which is exactly the value estimated by the " minority " scientists over the last decade . Nonetheless , I have reason to ...
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... period . The statement about the behavior between 1990-95 must therefore be deleted ; leaving it in will compromise the scientific credibility of the document because critics will point to the similarity between the two periods ( in ...
... period . The statement about the behavior between 1990-95 must therefore be deleted ; leaving it in will compromise the scientific credibility of the document because critics will point to the similarity between the two periods ( in ...
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... period " referred to by Schlesinger and Ramankutty is based upon one ( 1 ) very noisy cycle length . Errors in hemispheric temperature projections by Schlesinger's GCM bear little resemblance to this pattern . Thus the text should be ...
... period " referred to by Schlesinger and Ramankutty is based upon one ( 1 ) very noisy cycle length . Errors in hemispheric temperature projections by Schlesinger's GCM bear little resemblance to this pattern . Thus the text should be ...
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... period . The statement about the behavior between 1990-95 must therefore be deleted ; leaving it in will compromise the scientific credibility of the document because critics will point to the similarity between the two periods ( in ...
... period . The statement about the behavior between 1990-95 must therefore be deleted ; leaving it in will compromise the scientific credibility of the document because critics will point to the similarity between the two periods ( in ...
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... period that some people refer to as the end of the little ice age . And so when we look at the temperature history , say of the northern hemisphere which is supposed to be most responsive to greenhouse gases , you see a warming that ...
... period that some people refer to as the end of the little ice age . And so when we look at the temperature history , say of the northern hemisphere which is supposed to be most responsive to greenhouse gases , you see a warming that ...
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