Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade

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Table of Contents
Front Matter R1-R18
1 Introduction and Background 1-18
2 Changes to the Biology and Biochemistry of Ecosystems 19-86
3 Changes in the Climate System on Seasonal to Interannual Timescales 87-126
4 Changes in the Climate System on Decade-to-Century Timescales 127-190
5 Changes in the Chemistry of the Atmosphere 191-236
6 Paleoclimate Overview 237-292
7 Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change 293-376
8 Observations 377-434
9 Processing and Distributing Earth Observations and Information 435-444
10 Modeling 445-516
11 Findings and Recommendations 517-536
Annex 1 - A Short History of EOSDIS, 1986 to 1995 537-541
Annex 2 - The EOS Information Federation 542-543
Annex 3 - Producing Trustworthy Scientific Information in the EOS Information Federation 544-550
Appendix A - Public Law 101-606 [S. 169]; November 16, 1990 Global Change Research Act of 1990 551-562
Appendix B - Acronyms 563-568
Appendix C - Biographical Sketches of Committee Members 569-574
Index 575-595
Color Plates 1-8 596-603

FIGURE 4.9 (a) Global residual SST pattern from which the linearly related ENSO variability has been removed. (b) Time series of the pattern displayed in (a), which indicates that the ENSO-like pattern primarily shows decadal- to century-scale variability. SOURCE: Zhang et al. (1997). Courtesy of the American Meteorological Society.

Table of Contents

Front Matter R1-R18

1 Introduction and Background 1-18

2 Changes to the Biology and Biochemistry of Ecosystems 19-86

3 Changes in the Climate System on Seasonal to Interannual Timescales 87-126

4 Changes in the Climate System on Decade-to-Century Timescales 127-190

5 Changes in the Chemistry of the Atmosphere 191-236

6 Paleoclimate Overview 237-292

7 Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change 293-376

8 Observations 377-434

9 Processing and Distributing Earth Observations and Information 435-444

10 Modeling 445-516

11 Findings and Recommendations 517-536

Annex 1 - A Short History of EOSDIS, 1986 to 1995 537-541

Annex 2 - The EOS Information Federation 542-543

Annex 3 - Producing Trustworthy Scientific Information in the EOS Information Federation 544-550

Appendix A - Public Law 101-606 [S. 169]; November 16, 1990 Global Change Research Act of 1990 551-562

Appendix B - Acronyms 563-568

Appendix C - Biographical Sketches of Committee Members 569-574

Index 575-595

Color Plates 1-8 596-603