| Descript |
336p. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 1. Climatic change and variability -- past, present, and future -- Ch. 2. The climate system and climatic change -- Ch. 3. The physics of the greenhouse effect, radiative forcing, and climate sensitivity -- Ch. 4. Factors driving anthropogenic emissions to the atmosphere -- Ch. 5. Observed changes in the climate system and sea level during the recent past -- pt. 2. Climatic Change: From emissions to climate system response -- Ch. 6. Models used in projecting future climatic change and sea level rise -- Ch. 7. Computation of direct and indirect radiative forcings associated with changes in the concentration of greenhouse gases and aerosols -- Ch. 8. Response of the carbon cycle and other biogeochemical cycles: translating emissions of GHGs and aerosols into concentrations and radiative forcing -- Ch. 9. Climate sensitivity -- Ch. 10. The regional equilibrium response to a doubling of the atmospheric concentration of CO[subscript 2] -- Ch. 11. The transient climatic response and the detection of anthropogenic effects on climate -- Ch. 12. Sea level rise -- pt. 3. The Science-Policy Interface -- Ch. 13. Scenarios of future climatic change -- Ch. 14. The prospects for surprises. |
| ISBN |
0582381673 |
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