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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778386703321

Titolo

Analysis of global change assessments [[electronic resource] ] : lessons learned / / Committee on Analysis of Global Change Assessments, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division of Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2007

ISBN

0-309-17912-2

1-280-96908-3

9786610969081

0-309-10545-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Disciplina

551.6

Soggetti

Climatic changes

Global temperature changes

Global environmental change

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-139).

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Diversity of Assessments and Their Potential Contributions""; ""3 Major Challenges to Achieving an Effective Assessment Process""; ""4 Case Studies of Global Change Assessments""; ""5 Advice for Effective Assessments""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""A Statement of Task""; ""B U.S. Global Change Research Act of 1990 Public Law 101-606 [S.169]""; ""C Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Products""

""D Climate Change Science Program Guidelines for Producing Its Synthesis and Assessment Products""""E Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""F Acronyms""