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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... understanding of climate processes and feedback mechanisms , limited computing power , and the neces- sity of using ... understanding of key processes , such as cloud feedback . Approximately a third of the U.S. Global Change Research ...
... understanding of climate processes and feedback mechanisms , limited computing power , and the neces- sity of using ... understanding of key processes , such as cloud feedback . Approximately a third of the U.S. Global Change Research ...
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... understanding of the issues . One such major issue that should be considered when discussing the implications of global warming and the appropriate actions to control greenhouse gas emissions , is the range of projected temperature ...
... understanding of the issues . One such major issue that should be considered when discussing the implications of global warming and the appropriate actions to control greenhouse gas emissions , is the range of projected temperature ...
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... understanding of the interactions between atmospheric and oceanic variables . Although today's general circulation models include many of the most important feedback mechanisms ( e.g. , water vapor and clouds ) they do not yet ...
... understanding of the interactions between atmospheric and oceanic variables . Although today's general circulation models include many of the most important feedback mechanisms ( e.g. , water vapor and clouds ) they do not yet ...
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... understanding , and modeling the earth's climate . Today's models can simulate many aspects of climate and its changes . More efforts are needed worldwide to provide a better long - term climate measuring system . STATEMENT OF DR ...
... understanding , and modeling the earth's climate . Today's models can simulate many aspects of climate and its changes . More efforts are needed worldwide to provide a better long - term climate measuring system . STATEMENT OF DR ...
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... understanding , as well as in our computer power . However , I expect significant progress over the next decade . However , let me say at the outset none of the uncertainties I will discuss here can make current concerns about ...
... understanding , as well as in our computer power . However , I expect significant progress over the next decade . However , let me say at the outset none of the uncertainties I will discuss here can make current concerns about ...
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Page 705 - The ultimate objective of the FCCC, as expressed in Article 2 is: "... stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
Page 374 - Climate change' means a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods.
Page 374 - To achieve this, such policies and measures should take into account different socio-economic contexts, be comprehensive, cover all relevant sources, sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases and adaptation, and comprise all economic sectors. Efforts to address climate change may be carried out cooperatively by interested Parties.
Page 351 - Our ability to quantify the human influence on global climate is currently limited because the expected signal is still emerging from the noise of natural variability, and because there are uncertainties in key factors. These include the magnitude and patterns of longterm...
Page 725 - Affirming that responses to climate change should be coordinated with social and economic development in an integrated manner with a view to avoiding adverse impacts on the latter, taking into full account the legitimate priority needs of developing countries for the achievement of sustained economic growth and the eradication of poverty...
Page 711 - desertification' means land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities...
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Page 175 - State; the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the...
Page 351 - Nevertheless, the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate
Page 708 - In all cases the average rate of warming would probably be greater than any seen in the last 10,000 years, but the actual annual to decadal changes would include considerable natural variability. Regional temperature changes could differ substantially from the global mean value.