The IPCC (1995) scientific assessment of climate change: Observed climate variability and change
- National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC (United States)
The IPCC (1995) scientific assessment of climate change shows that human activities have increased the concentrations and changed the distributions of greenhouse gases and aerosols during the 19th and 20th Centuries. Questions arise regarding the magnitude and significance of observed changes and variations of temperature, precipitation (and related hydrologic variables), and other important weather events as the atmospheric composition has changed. This assessment addresses the following broad questions: (1) has the climate warmed? (2) has the climate become wetter? (3) has the atmospheric/oceanic circulation changed? (4) has the climate become more variable or extreme? and (5) is the 20th Century warming unusual? Research addressing those questions is briefly summarized. 16 refs., 1 fig.
- OSTI ID:
- 535141
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960146-; TRN: 97:005075-0002
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 7. American Meteorological Society (AMS) symposium on global change studies, Atlanta, GA (United States), 28 Jan - 2 Feb 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Seventh symposium on global change studies; PB: 205 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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