Carbon dioxide and climate: Summaries of research in FY 1989
Scientific and public interest in greenhouse gases, climate warming, and global change has virtually exploded in 1989. The Department's focused research on Co{sub 2} contributed sound and timely scientific information to the myriad of questions produced by the groundswell of interest and concern. Research projects summarized in this document provided the data base that made timely responses possible, and the contributions from participating scientists are genuinely appreciated. The nation's interest has been well served. In the past year, the core CO{sub 2} research has continued to improve the scientific knowledge needed to project future atmospheric CO{sub 2} concentrations, to estimate climate sensitivity, and to assess the responses of vegetation to rising concentrations of CO{sub 2} and climate change. The Carbon Dioxide Research Program's goal is to develop sound scientific information for policy formation and governmental action in response to changes of atmospheric CO{sub 2}. During this year, the Program was moved into the Office of Health and Environmental Research and was combined with other atmospheric research activities. The work is now administered by the Atmosphere and Climate Research Division (ACRD). In addition to supporting core CO{sub 2} research and developing a program around the new initiatives, ACRD is responsible for atmospheric science and climate. Its scope includes atmospheric chemistry, numerical modeling, laboratory studies, and field experiments. This Program Summary describes projects funded by the Carbon Dioxide Research Program during FY 1989 and gives a brief overview of the objectives, organization, and accomplishments of that research.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Health and Environmental Research
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/ER
- OSTI ID:
- 5475141
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER-0425; ON: DE90001791
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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