Our Changing Planet: The FY 1991 Research Plan of the U.S. Global Change Research Program : a Report |
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Introduction | 1 |
DEVELOPMENT OF THE U S GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM | 9 |
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agencies albedo areas assessment Biogeochemical Dynamics biological biosphere budget carbon cycle carbon dioxide CEES Change Research Program chemical Climate and Hydrologic climate change climate models climate system cloud coastal contribute data base Data Management data sets distribution ecological systems effects emissions energy environment environmental feedback fluxes FY 1991 Research GCMs Global Change Research global climate global warming greenhouse gases human activities hydrologic cycle Hydrologic Systems ice sheets impact improved increase interactions land surface long-term marine measurements mechanisms methane monitoring NASA national and international natural needed NOAA nutrient ocean circulation ozone depletion permafrost Policy Significance predictions productivity radiation radiative regional remote sensing response role SAN DIEGO satellite scales science element scientific sea level change sea level rise soil solar Solid Earth Processes spatial species stratospheric studies temperature troposphere U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Global Change USDA variability vegetation volcanic