APPENDIX
B
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: RESEARCH PATHWAYS FOR THE NEXT DECADE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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OVERVIEW
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CHANGES TO THE BIOLOGY AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF ECOSYSTEMS
Summary
Introduction
Case Studies
A Research Agenda for the Next Decade
Lessons Learned
Research Imperatives: Priorities for Observations, Modeling, and Theory
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CHANGES IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM ON SEASONAL TO INTERANNUAL TIMESCALES
Summary
Introduction
Case Studies
A Research Agenda for the Next Decade
Lessons Learned
Research Imperatives: Priorities for Observations, Modeling, and Theory
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CHANGES IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM ON DECADAL TO CENTURY TIMESCALES
Summary
Introduction
Case Studies
A Research Agenda for the Next Decade
Lessons Learned
Research Imperatives: Priorities for Observations, Modeling, and Theory
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CHANGES IN THE CHEMISTRY OF THE ATMOSPHERE
Summary
Introduction
Case Studies
A Research Agenda for the Next Decade
Lessons Learned
Research Imperatives: Priorities for Observations, Modeling, and Theory
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PALEOCLIMATE OVERVIEW
Summary
Introduction
Case Studies
Key Scientific Questions and Issues
Lessons Learned
Research Imperatives
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Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
Introduction
Case Studies: Contributions of Human Dimensions Research in Addressing Global Change
Key Scientific Questions
Lessons Learned
Research Imperatives
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OBSERVATIONS
Introduction
Observations Required for the Science Elements of the USGCRP
A Multipurpose, Multiuse Observing System for the USGCRP
Case Studies
Toward a Permanent Observing System
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PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTING EARTH OBSERVATIONS AND INFORMATION
Introduction
The EOS Data and Information System: Implications for USGCRP
Moving Toward a New EOS Information System
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MODELING
Introduction
The Terrestrial-Atmosphere Subsystem
The Land-Ocean Subsystem
The Atmosphere-Ocean Subsystem
The Atmospheric Physical-Chemical Subsystem
The Human Linkage to the Earth System
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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
APPENDIXES
