Climate change 1992 : the supplementary report to the IPCC scientific assessment / edited by J. T. Houghton, B. A. Callander and S. K. Varney.
Contributor(s): Houghton, J. T. (John Theodore)
| Callander, B. A | Varney, S. K | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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BookPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1992Description: xii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0521438292.Subject(s): Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | United Nations Environment Programme | Climatic changes -- Environmental aspectsDDC classification: 551.6 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 551.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00060439 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This report is a Supplement to the 1990 Report of the Scientific Assessment Working Group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC was set up jointly by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme in 1988 to provide an authoritative international consensus of scientific opinion on global warming. This Supplement reviews the key conclusions of the 1990 Report in the light of new evidence, focussing on five main areas: * sources and sinks of greenhouse gases and the precursors of tropospheric ozone * radiative forcing of the atmosphere, with emphasis on the concept of Global Warming Potential * updated scenarios for emission of greenhouse gases up to the end of the 21st century (as the basis for climate modelling studies) * new developments in climate modelling and model validation * recent observational data on climate variability and change. Several hundred international scientists participated in the preparation and review of this assessment, thus continuing the approach which gained such widespread acceptance and authority for the 1990 IPCC report. It represents the continuing effort of the international scientific community to communicate to policymakers, at both national and international levels, the very latest scientific knowledge and understanding of the complex issues surrounding climate and climate change. The original report, Climate Change The IPCC Scientific Assessment, is still available from Cambridge University Press.
"Published for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.".
Includes bibliographical references.
1992 Supplement -- Greenhouse gases / R. T. Watson (Coordinator) -- Sources and sinks / R. T. Watson, L. G. Meira Filho, E. Sanhueza & A. Janetos -- Radiative forcing of climate / I. S. A. Isaksen, V. Ramaswamy, H. Rodhe & T. M. L. Wigley -- Emissions scenarios for IPCC: an update / J. Leggett, W. J. Pepper & R. J. Swart -- Climate modelling, climate prediction and model validation / W. L. Gates, J. F. B. Mitchell, G. J. Boer, U. Cubasch & V. P. Meleshko -- Observed climate variability and change / C. K. Folland, T. R. Karl, N. Nicholls, B. S. Nyenzi, D. E. Parker & K. Ya. Vinnikov.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1992 Supplement
- A Greenhouse gases
- A1 Sources and sinks
- A2 Radiative forcing of climate
- A3 Emissions scenarios for IPCC: an update
- B Climate modelling, climate prediction and model validation
- C Observed climate variability and change
- Annex
- Appendices
- Sponsored jointly by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations
- Environment Programme