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1 Introduction
Pages 9-15

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... Other changes in the global environment include depletion of stratospheric ozone, deforestation, acid deposition, as well as other as yet undetected and unanticipated changes. The scientific understanding of each of these manifestations of global change hinges on the ability to understand the total earth system and the interactions between the atmosphere, oceans, land, and biota including humans.
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... GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM The U.S. Global Change Research Program, initiated in fiscal year 1990, represents the U.S.
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... INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS: IGBP AND WCRP Internationally, scientific research on global change is being undertaken principally under the auspices of two complementary scientific programsthe IGBP, of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) , and the WCRP, which is jointly carried out under the auspices of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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... Global Change Research Program. Specifically, the report elaborates on the scientific needs for developing integrated earth system models, conducting focused studies to improve understanding of
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... In chapter 8, the committee recommends specific efforts to establish an integrated, comprehensive long-term program of documenting the earth system on a global scale. The interdisciplinary initiatives recommended for priority attention and discussed in chapters 3 through 7 are as follows: earth system history and modeling to document changes in atmospheric composition, climate, and human activities to improve and validate models of global change.
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... Terrestrial Trace Gases & Nutrient Fluxes Biogeochemical Dynamics in the Ocean by I Human Interactions Biogeochemical | \ / Dynamics | _~ -/ Water- Energy- / Climate and Vegetation ~Hydrological _ Interactions Systems Ecological Systems & Dynamics it_ Interactions _ | Solid Earth | | Processes l Solar Inf luences Stream III: Decades to Centuries (World Ocean Circulation Experiment, Global Energy Water Experiment ) FIGURE 1.1 Relationships of scientific themes for research programs on global change.
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... Global Change Research Program. Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology.
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Key Terms

  • change research
  • improve understanding
  • environmental change
  • global environmental
  • terrestrial ecosystems

  • focused studies
  • climate research
  • total earth
  • climatology project
  • hydrological cycle

  • global environment
  • earth sciences
  • initial priorities
  • global changes
  • social processes

  • policy discussions
  • global energy
  • international council
  • world ocean
  • world meteorological

  • meteorological organization
  • biogeochemical dynamics
  • climatic change
  • circulation experiment
  • international policy

  • international satellite
  • global atmospheric
  • active gases
  • biospheric aspects
  • interactive physical


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