Climate Change 1994: Radiative Forcing of Climate Change and an Evaluation of the IPCC 1992 IS92 Emission Scenarios - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521559626 ISBN 13: 9780521559621

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

The United Nations Environment Program and the World Meterological Organization set up the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1988 to provide an authoritative international consensus of scientific opinion on climate change. This report, prepared by IPCC Working Groups I and II, reviews the latest scientific evidence on the following key topics: radiative forcing of climate change; the latest values of global warming potential (used to compare the potential effect on future climate of different anthropogenic factors); the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere; and an evaluation of scenarios of future greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers in climatology and environmental science, as well as environmental and science policy, will benefit from this book.

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Book Description

This report reviews the latest scientific evidence on radiative forcing of climate change; the latest values of global warming potential; the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere; scenarios of future greenhouse gas emissions.

Review

"Essential reading for interested citizens and useful for senior undergraduates and graduates." J.T. Andrews, Choice

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0521559626
• ISBN 13: 9780521559621
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 347
• Editor: Houghton John T., Filho L. G. Meira, Bruce James P., Lee Hoesung, Callander Bruce A., Haites E. F.