Global Warming and Other Environmental Consequences of Energy Strategies: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Environmental Protection of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, March 13, 20, and April 26, 1991U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 - 332 pages |
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... models have a high credibility in terms of global average warming , they are not yet smart enough — that is , they do not include all relevant processes or have a sufficient amount of computer power - to predict the actual climate ...
... models have a high credibility in terms of global average warming , they are not yet smart enough — that is , they do not include all relevant processes or have a sufficient amount of computer power - to predict the actual climate ...
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... models do not have the ability to predict the climate of a particular region or climate of a given year . " Mr. ALBRITTON . Right . Senator CHAFEE . In other words , there will be ups and downs in this . Mr. ALBRITTON . Yes . Senator ...
... models do not have the ability to predict the climate of a particular region or climate of a given year . " Mr. ALBRITTON . Right . Senator CHAFEE . In other words , there will be ups and downs in this . Mr. ALBRITTON . Yes . Senator ...
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... model runs that have nice color photos in the IPCC report indicate that over the northeast part of the United States temperatures could warm anywhere from four to twelve degrees Centigrade - that is from about seven to twenty - two ...
... model runs that have nice color photos in the IPCC report indicate that over the northeast part of the United States temperatures could warm anywhere from four to twelve degrees Centigrade - that is from about seven to twenty - two ...
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... modeling on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases . They are looking at a variety of tax or incentive proposals and a range of regulatory options to see what each costs and how they break out over the long term and what they do to ...
... modeling on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases . They are looking at a variety of tax or incentive proposals and a range of regulatory options to see what each costs and how they break out over the long term and what they do to ...
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... model formulation , tests of climate models , predictions of past and future climate , and physical and biological responses to climate change . individual chapters are : ( 3 ) Greenhouse Gases and Aerosols Relative Importance of ...
... model formulation , tests of climate models , predictions of past and future climate , and physical and biological responses to climate change . individual chapters are : ( 3 ) Greenhouse Gases and Aerosols Relative Importance of ...
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