Climate Change 2007 : the physical science basis : contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change / edited by Susan Solomon ... [and others]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Solomon, Susan (Atmospheric chemist)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Government policy.

Climatic changes--International cooperation.

Greenhouse gas mitigation.

Greenhouse gases--Environmental aspects.

Physical Description:

viii, 996 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "[s]ummary for policymakers; technical summary; chapters; supplementary materials; FAQs; annexes; index."--CD-ROM label.

Contents:

Summary for policymakers

Technical summary

Historical overview of climate change science

Changes in atmospheric constituents and radiative forcing

Observations: atmospheric surface and climate change

Observations: ocean climate change and sea level

Paleoclimate

Coupling between changes in the climate system and biogeochemistry

Climate models and their evaluation

Understanding and attributing climate change

Global climate projections

Regional climate projections

Annex I: Glossary

Annex II: Contributors to the IPCC WGI Fourth Assessment Report

Annex III: Reviewers of the IPCC WGI Fourth Assessment Report

Annex IV: Acronyms.

Notes:

"Published for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521880091

0521880092

9780521705967

0521705967

OCLC:

132298563