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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... Suggest you look at Michaels et al . , ( 1994 ; Technology 331A , 123- 133 ) . Sulfate aerosols are not a sufficient explanation for the known pattern mismatch between nonsulfate greenhouse GCMs and observations . SPM 22 , 38-39 . Add ...
... Suggest you look at Michaels et al . , ( 1994 ; Technology 331A , 123- 133 ) . Sulfate aerosols are not a sufficient explanation for the known pattern mismatch between nonsulfate greenhouse GCMs and observations . SPM 22 , 38-39 . Add ...
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... suggest that our understanding will continue to improve . Our ability to model will continue to improve , but despite those improvements , we will never have a hundred percent certainty in this area . The models will never produce that ...
... suggest that our understanding will continue to improve . Our ability to model will continue to improve , but despite those improvements , we will never have a hundred percent certainty in this area . The models will never produce that ...
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... suggested that ? Or am I incorrect in that ? Dr. MAHLMAN . I think Dr. Michaels and I would have a different ... suggesting now that you ranged your estimates in 1991 that global warming would be between two degrees and eight degrees ...
... suggested that ? Or am I incorrect in that ? Dr. MAHLMAN . I think Dr. Michaels and I would have a different ... suggesting now that you ranged your estimates in 1991 that global warming would be between two degrees and eight degrees ...
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... suggest 2. I suggested 3 , or 4 , or 5 ; but even if you cut it in 3 you would get a very different sort of a- Dr. MICHAELS . Yes , you would . But the point in the argument is — and this is , by the way , not really too much of a ...
... suggest 2. I suggested 3 , or 4 , or 5 ; but even if you cut it in 3 you would get a very different sort of a- Dr. MICHAELS . Yes , you would . But the point in the argument is — and this is , by the way , not really too much of a ...
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... suggest that abrupt climatic changes can occur if freshwater influx from the movement and melting of sea ice or ice sheets significantly weakens global thermohaline circulation . 3.2 . Hydrology and Water Resources Management Climate ...
... suggest that abrupt climatic changes can occur if freshwater influx from the movement and melting of sea ice or ice sheets significantly weakens global thermohaline circulation . 3.2 . Hydrology and Water Resources Management Climate ...
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