Our changing planet: the FY 1993 U. S. Global Change Research Program. A report by the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences. A supplement to the U. S. President's Fiscal Year 1993 Budget

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:5410508

The USGCRP was established as a Presidential initiative in the FY 1990 Budget to help develop sound national and international policies related to global environmental issues, particularly global climate change. The USGCRP is implemented through a priority-driven scientific research agenda that is designed to be integrated, comprehensive, and multidisciplinary. It is designed explicitly to address scientific uncertainties in such areas as climate change, ozone depletion, changes in terrestrial and marine productivity, global water and energy cycles, sea level changes, the impact of global changes on human health and activities, and the impact of anthropogenic activities on the Earth system. The USGCRP addresses three parallel but interconnected streams of activity: documenting global change (observations); enhancing understanding of key processes (process research); and predicting global and regional environmental change (integrated modeling and prediction).

• Research Organization: Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology, Washington, DC (United States). Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
• OSTI ID: 5410508
• Report Number(s): PB-92-156892/XAB
• Resource Relation: Other Information: See also report for FY 1992, PB91-145805
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
CLIMATIC CHANGE
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FORECASTING
GLOBAL ASPECTS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
OZONE LAYER
PUBLIC HEALTH
SEA LEVEL
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
ECOSYSTEMS
LAYERS
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290301 - Energy Planning & Policy- Environment
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& Safety- Regional & Global Environmental Aspects- (1992-)