Global Warming: Physics and Facts

Conference · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:10141155

Levi, B G ^[1]; Hafemeister, D ^[2]; Scribner, R ^[3]

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1. Physics Today, New York, NY (United States)
2. Committee on Foreign Relations (U.S. Senate), Washington, DC (United States)
3. Georgetown Univ., Washington, DC (United States); eds.

This report contains papers on: A tutorial on global atmospheric energetics and the greenhouse effect; global climate models: what and how; comparison of general circulation models; climate and the earth`s radiation budget; temperature and sea level change; short-term climate variability and predictions; the great ocean conveyor; trace gases in the atmosphere: temporal and spatial trends; the geochemical carbon cycle and the uptake of fossil fuel CO{sub 2}; forestry and global warming; the physical and policy linkages; policy implications of greenhouse warming; options for lowering US carbon dioxide emissions; options for reducing carbon dioxide emissions; and science and diplomacy: a new partnership to protect the environment.

• Sponsoring Organization: American Inst. of Physics, New York, NY (United States)
• OSTI ID: 10141155
• Report Number(s): CONF-9104324--; ON: UN92013675; ISBN 0-88318-932-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
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CARBON DIOXIDE
CLIMATE MODELS
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
LEADING ABSTRACT
MEETINGS
OTHER ASPECTS OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE