Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Change : Summary for Policymakers Approved by Working Group 1 of the IPCC and Accepted by the IPCC and Technical Summary of the Working Group 1 Report Accepted by the IPCC. |
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aerosol effects anthropogenic CO2 emissions assessment best estimate carbon cycle carbon cycle model century CFCs CLIMATE CHANGE 1995 climate models climate sensitivity climate system clouds CO2 concentration concentrations of greenhouse coupled atmosphere-ocean models decades decrease effects of aerosols El Niño-Southern Oscillation feedback fossil fuel future climate change gases and aerosols GCMs global mean surface global mean temperature global temperature global warming globally averaged greenhouse gas concentrations greenhouse gases GtC/yr GWPS halocarbons HCFCs human activities human-induced IPCC IS92 emission scenarios IS92 scenarios methane Montreal Protocol natural variability negative radiative forcing nitrous oxide ppbv ppmv pre-industrial precipitation projections of future radiation radiative forcing due regional scale Science of Climate sea level rise soil moisture solar spatial stratospheric stratospheric ozone sulphate aerosols Summary for Policymakers surface air temperature surface temperature temperature and sea temperature change thermohaline circulation time-scales tropical tropospheric aerosols tropospheric ozone uncertainties variations water vapour