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PAPERBACK price:$44.00 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources PDF Report Brief PDF SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Implementing Climate and Global Change Research:A Review of the Final U.S. Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan Planning Climate and Global Change Research: A Review of the Draft U.S. Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan Other Related Titles Analysis of Global Change Assessments: Lessons Learned (2007) Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "Appendix F Acronyms." Analysis of Global Change Assessments: Lessons Learned. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2007. Please select a format: Page 181   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. F Acronyms ACIA Arctic Climate Impact Assessment CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CCRI Climate Change Research Initiative CCSP U.S. Climate Change Science Program CENR Committee on Environment and Natural Resources CFC Chlorofluorocarbon CIAP Climatic Impact Assessment Program EESC Effective equivalent stratospheric chlorine EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FACA Federal Advisory Committee Act FCCSET Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology GBA Global Biodiversity Assessment GCM General circulation model GCRA Global Change Research Act GCRP Global Change Research Program GEA Global Environmental Assessment IASC International Arctic Science Committee IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Page 181 Front Matter (R1-R14) Summary (1-12) 1 Introduction (13-26) 2 Diversity of Assessments and Their Potential Contributions (27-38) 3 Major Challenges to Achieving an Effective Assessment Process (39-62) 4 Case Studies of Global Change Assessments (63-98) 5 Advice for Effective Assessments (99-130) References (131-140) Appendix A Statement of Task (141-144) Appendix B U.S. Global Change Research Act of 1990 Public Law 101-606 [S.169] (145-158) Appendix C Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Products (159-162) Appendix D Climate Change Science Program Guidelines for Producing Its Synthesis and Assessment Products (163-172) Appendix E Biographical Sketches of Committee Members (173-180) Appendix F Acronyms (181-182)

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Analysis of Global Change Assessments Lessons Learned F Acronyms ACIA Arctic Climate Impact Assessment CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CCRI Climate Change Research Initiative CCSP U.S. Climate Change Science Program CENR Committee on Environment and Natural Resources CFC Chlorofluorocarbon CIAP Climatic Impact Assessment Program EESC Effective equivalent stratospheric chlorine EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FACA Federal Advisory Committee Act FCCSET Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology GBA Global Biodiversity Assessment GCM General circulation model GCRA Global Change Research Act GCRP Global Change Research Program GEA Global Environmental Assessment IASC International Arctic Science Committee IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

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Analysis of Global Change Assessments Lessons Learned IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IWG Interagency Working Group MA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment MSU Microwave Sounding Unit NACCI National Assessment of Climate Change Impacts NAS National Academy of Sciences NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NAST National Assessment Synthesis Team NGOs Nongovernmental organizations NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NRC National Research Council NSTC National Science and Technology Committee OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy OTA Office of Technology Assessment TEAP Technology and Economic Assessment Panel UN United Nations UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UV Ultraviolet WG Working Group WMO World Meteorological Organization

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