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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... range of 2 to 6 ° fahrenheit . The largest uncertainty is due to the effects of clouds . My own opinion is the warming is more likely to be in the lower half of this range , mainly due to cooling offsets from sulfate aerosols and ozone ...
... range of 2 to 6 ° fahrenheit . The largest uncertainty is due to the effects of clouds . My own opinion is the warming is more likely to be in the lower half of this range , mainly due to cooling offsets from sulfate aerosols and ozone ...
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... range is not right . According to figure 7 , the range with aerosols is 0.8 to 2.4 ° In reality , it should be somewhat less than 0.8 because the lower limit in the aerosol and non aerosol models cannot logically be the same . Therefore ...
... range is not right . According to figure 7 , the range with aerosols is 0.8 to 2.4 ° In reality , it should be somewhat less than 0.8 because the lower limit in the aerosol and non aerosol models cannot logically be the same . Therefore ...
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... range does embody that . Now hopefully over time , we will see is that range becoming more narrow as we gain further knowledge and information , but there is still a large degree of uncertainty that will always be there , and that you ...
... range does embody that . Now hopefully over time , we will see is that range becoming more narrow as we gain further knowledge and information , but there is still a large degree of uncertainty that will always be there , and that you ...
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... range . When scientists talk about a global surface temperature range by the year 2050 of one to 3.5 degrees Fahrenheit embodied in that range is the sense that it could be on this side , it could be on the low side or on the high side ...
... range . When scientists talk about a global surface temperature range by the year 2050 of one to 3.5 degrees Fahrenheit embodied in that range is the sense that it could be on this side , it could be on the low side or on the high side ...
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... / databased arguments , that are coming out in the literature put you in the one to one - and - a- half degree range for effective CO2 doubling after all is said and done . You know , the problem is that the bottom number 69.
... / databased arguments , that are coming out in the literature put you in the one to one - and - a- half degree range for effective CO2 doubling after all is said and done . You know , the problem is that the bottom number 69.
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