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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... regional distribution of future climatic changes . These limitations stem from scientists ' imperfect under- standing of the climate system and computers ' insufficient capacity to perform the detailed calculations needed to make more ...
... regional distribution of future climatic changes . These limitations stem from scientists ' imperfect under- standing of the climate system and computers ' insufficient capacity to perform the detailed calculations needed to make more ...
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... regional scale . In an effort to overcome these limitations , modelers introduce assumptions into their models that ... regional effects in relatively large , homogeneous re- gions , they do not allow modelers to incorporate detailed ...
... regional scale . In an effort to overcome these limitations , modelers introduce assumptions into their models that ... regional effects in relatively large , homogeneous re- gions , they do not allow modelers to incorporate detailed ...
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... regional climate change predictions . Regional and temporal details of the next 25 years : uncertain . The predicted warming up to now is not yet large compared to nat- ural climate fluctuations . On these shorter time scales , the ...
... regional climate change predictions . Regional and temporal details of the next 25 years : uncertain . The predicted warming up to now is not yet large compared to nat- ural climate fluctuations . On these shorter time scales , the ...
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... regional climate change predictions . Regional and Temporal Details of the Next 25 Years ( uncertain ) I have described calculated changes averaged over decades in the middle of the next century . The predicted warming up to now is not ...
... regional climate change predictions . Regional and Temporal Details of the Next 25 Years ( uncertain ) I have described calculated changes averaged over decades in the middle of the next century . The predicted warming up to now is not ...
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... 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 this magnitude range in the 20th century ...
... 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 this magnitude range in the 20th century ...
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