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GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: 

A Selective Bibliography 

FEBRUARY 1990 

In January 1989, a report entitled Our Changing Planet: 

A U.S. Strategy for Global Change Research accompanied 

the President's FY 1990 Budget to the Congress. This 

report announced the beginning of the multi-agency u.s. 

Global. Change Research Program, which will seek to 

improve understanding of the causes, processes, and 

consequences of the natural and human-induced changes in 

the global "Earth System." 

NOAA is the scientific agency with operational and 

research responsibilities for monitoring and short-term 

prediction of the state of the atmosphere and the oceans. 

It now operates a majority of the long-term measurement 

systems that must be adapted to document change more 

effectively; it is deeply involved in research aimed at 

understanding specific global processes; it develops 

climate simulation and prediction models which 

incorporate some of our current understandings of those 

processes; and .it operates a system of data centers on 

which an information system must be built. 

This bibliography offers a selection of references to 

documents related to global climate change, the aspect of the U.S. Global Change Research Program of most direct 

concern to NOAA. It is not intended to be a 

comprehensive literature review, but rather to be a 

selective compilation of current citations retrieved from 

relevant databases, including Meteorological and 

Geoastrophysical Abstracts; DOE's Energy Data Base; 

National Technical Information Service; and Aerospace 

Data Base. 

The bibliography is divided into 3 categories: (1) 

General Works; (2) Monitoring Global Change; and (3) 

Predicting Global Change. The citations are arranged in 

alphabetical order by author within these categories. 

Questions about this material may be addressed to the 

Reference Desk, NOAA Central Library, 6009 Executive 

Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852, or call (301) 443-8330 • 
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1. American Meteorological Society. 

·~ c!vmgiD!J at.ospbore--chall- 111111 oppartlllll.U..., prepored b]' the Jloarican lletearologl.cal Society 111111 the ll!livers:l.ty Ca<poration 

far lt.oapberlc l!eseorcb. 

Boston, KA: American Meteorological Society, 24 p., 1988. 

Abstract: Important opportunities are becoming available to decrease the risks to the nation from hazardous weather and global climate 

change, and to create economic advantages through better understanding and prediction. The AMS and UCAR recommend, as one of two 

top-priority actions, that the United States and other nations combine efforts to develop the observational data base, the computer 

models, and the understanding needed to anticipate the course of climate-related events, to estimate their impacts, and to prepare for 

future changes. 

2. Beran, M. Inst. for Hydrol., Wallingford, Eng. 

lillter reaom:ao l_.,t. cf future clmrta clllmgo 111111 voriabillty. 

In: United States. Environmental Protection Agency/United Nations Environment Prograume, Effect of Changes in Stratospheric Ozone and 

Global Climate, Vol. 1, Overview. Wash., D.C., Aug. 1986. p. 299-328. Refs., figs. (International Conference on Health and Environmental 

Effects of Ozone Modifica~ion and Climate Change, June 16-20, 1986, Proceedings). 

Abstract: AD altered availability of water will be one of the roore obvious impacts of climatic change. The author describes methods 

and roodels used by hydrologists to forecast the effect of climatic change on the availability of water for human consumption, 

irrigation, power production, effluent dilution, and navigation. This assessment requires two steps: the first concerns impact on 

hydrologic variables such as annual runoff; and the second is required to assess the impact in human terms and expresses the hydrologic 

variables in terms that quantify the exploitable fraction of the runoff. The literature is surveyed on both parts of this process. 

Causal, conceptual, and empirical rrodels have been used to translate GCM and analog climate scenarios into hydrologic terms. Conceptual 

and empirical models have been applied to the additional task of modelling the consequences to water resource outputs, particularly 

the perfomance of storage reservoirs. In an alternative approach, an empirical model based on the storage yield diagram is used to 

quantify the impact on reservoir reliability of given changes to the mean and variability of reservoir inflows. To extend this approach 

to acCClr!II'KXlate climatic rather than hydrologic change, the use of comparative hydrology techniques is advocated in which a future 

climate at a point is likened to the current climate elsewhere. The advantages and shortcomings of the various approaches are 

enumerated, and these give rise to a list of research suggestions and strategies for future impact studies. The few papers and reports 

devoted to the subject indicate that little attention has been given to the problem in the past. Interest has begun to increase since 

the scientific consensus on climatic change appears to have centered on a global warming induced by radiatively active gases. 

International organizations have an important role in coordinating the necessary effort. 

3. Bolin, B. Dept. of Met., Univ. of Stockholm. 

ar-bm.., effect, cliRt:ic clllmgo, 111111 --· Chichester, Eng.: John Wiley & Sons. Published on behalf of the Scientific Ccm:nittee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) 

of the International Council of Scientific Onions (ICSU) with the support of the United Nations Environment Progranme and 

the World Meteorological Organization. (SCOPE 29), 541 p., 1986. 

Abstract: This book is the result of the first international scientific assessment of the consequences .of the continuing increase 

in the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which modify the radiative balance of the atmosphere. It addresses a 

number of questions that have been of major concern in recent years: the projection of energy use and increased emission of 

carbon dioxide by fossil fuel burning; the natural sources and sinks of carbon dioxide and their modification by deforestation 

and changing land use; the expected increase in the level of other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere; possible climatic change 

and its detection; sea level change and its detection; and the overall response of terrestrial ecosystems. The current knowledge 

of this important subject is sunmarized, and the main uncertainties and controversies that remain are presented. Scientists drawn 

fran a number of disciplines contribute their own perspectives to the analysis of the problem, making the book of interest to 

meteorologists, climatologists, environmental scientists, and energy researchers. 

4. Budyko, M. I. Gosud. Gidrol. Inst. 

ru-t - clvaclt:satogo ....... [Cliata at the cJma cf the 20th ooutmy .] 

Heteorologiya i Gidrologiya, Moscow, No. 10, p. 5-24, Oct. 1988. Trans!. into English in corresponding issue of Meteorology and 

Hydrology/ Wash., D.C. Available from NTIS, Springfield, VA. 22161. 

Abstract: In relation to the organization of the cooperative Soviet-American investigation of future climatic conditions, a 

brief review of the results from scme Soviet studies concerned with the problem of anthropogenic climate change is presented. 

5. 

f'lvmg:ID!J cli.ate 111111 the OCIIOII8. 

Oceanus, Woods Hole, KA., Vol. 29, No. 4, Special Issue, Winter 1986/87. 

Abstract: This special issue is concerned particularly with the role of the oceans in climate change, methods for investigating 

climate change, and evidence for climate change. The individual papers deal with the oceans, carbon dioxide, and climate change; 

biogeochemical cycles of the ocean; roodels of atmosphere-oceans as a means for studying climate change; the relationship of variation 

of the Earth's orbit, C02 , and climate change; the polar ice sheets; information on climate change in marine cores; evidence for 

past climates, provided by pollen in marine cores; and the relationship between forests and climate. All the papers are nontechnical and are designed for the nonspecialist. · 

6. Chen, C. A.; E. T. Drake. Coil. of Ocean., OR. State Univ., Corvallis. 

carboa clialide increuo in the at&wpbe.:a 111111 001111118 111111 paulbla effocte oa clmrta. 

In: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Vol. 14. Palo Alto, CA., p. 201-235, 1986 • 

Abstract: The current state of the C02 problem is reviewed on the basis of the literature for the period 1978-1985. A brief 

overview of early theoretical considerations of the greenhouse effect, beginning with J. Fourier (1821), and of early 

observations on increases in atmospheric CO SUB 2 , beginning with S. Arrhenius (1896), is presented. This review covers 1) C02 

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in the atm::lspbere, including the preindustrial level as determined from sampling of air bubbles in ice cores, fran oceanic C02 data, 

and fran the tree-ring C-13 records; the rise in C02 level-the Mauna Loa program; and modelling of future C02 increases, 

including the carbon cycle, the fossil fuel contribution, and contributions from the biosphere; 2) the carbonate system in the 

oceans; carbonate chemistry, and distribution of carbon in the oceans; 3) temporal increase of CO SOB 2 in the oceans as detennined fran tracer studies (air-sea exchange and vertical mixing), and from direct carbonate data; 4) possible consequences of 

the rising atmospheric C02 levels, effects of rising sea level, and social-econanic political consequences; and 5) feasibility of 

delaying greenhouse warming, natural feedback mechanisms, and possible ways of mitigating the greenhouse effect. 

7. Decker, W. L.; V. Jones; R. Achutuni. Dept. of Atroos. Sci., Univ. of MO., Columbia. 

lilpoct of C02 -l.nclucod cU.ota c!JaDgo "" u.s. ogricultm:e. 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., D.C., OOE/ER- 0236, Dec. 

1985 • 

.Abstract: This chapter concentrates on the agricultural heartland in the Central U.S. and on the zone of moisture transition along 

the western margins of this region. This analysis should serve as a guide to similar surveys for other agricultural regions. The 

climate modellers have not yet been able to evaluate the impact of CO SUB 2 - induced climate change on climate variability 

which may increase the risks to agricultural production. These risks involve drought frequencies; the occurrence of lethal temperatures 

at both extremes; and the risks from pests, which develop under unusual weather conditions. The displacement and amplitude 

of the atmospheric circulation patterns may produce changes in the spatial and temporal patterns of the climatic risks. In 

mid-America, generally there has been an increase in climatic variability (year-to-year variations) since the mid-1970s. 

8. Decker, W. L.; V. K. Jones; R. Achutuni. Dept. of Atm::ls. Sci., Univ. of MO., Columbia. 

1llpact of cU.ot8 c!JaDgo £rc. :l.acreoiiOid at.oapberic - diarlcla CD -.riCIIII agricultm:e. United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., D.C., OOE/NBB- 0077, May 1986. 

Abstract: The developnent of agriculture in the u.s. in the 20th century, the resources in agricultural production, and the 

institutional support bases ·for American agriculture and crop production in the U.S. are described briefly. A detailed account 

of the impacts of climate change upon crop production is given by considering 1) the effects of C02 -induced climate change on crop ·production in the corn belt, including the relationship of basic production and C02 concentration, C02 and 

photosynthesis, scenario for climate change, precipitation and soil rooisture patterns, and growing degree days; 2) pressure 

for change in the distribution of crops in response to climate change as illustrated by corn vs. soy beans, corn vs. wheat, and corn vs. sorghum; 3) farm management alternatives for new climatic conditions; and 4) pest management. The impacts of climate 

change upon animal production are surveyed: 1) animals for food production in the U.S. Midwest; the impact of a C02 -induced climate 

change upon animal production in the U.S. midwestern states, including direct climatic impact of C02 -induced warming upon 

beef production, temperature stress in animals, rainfall as a determinant of crop and forage production, and humidity; and 

2) animal management, involving controlled environments and animal health, genetics of animals, and impacts of climate upon forage 

production. The state of knowledge on weather and climatic impacts upon agriculture, and continued research and needs development are SUl!lllai'ized. 

9. Farrell, H. P. (ed.). Oak Ridge Natl. Lab., TN. 

- iDdex far the - diarlcla l8llllllrCIJ llt:abH!f-the-art report Bllrlao. 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., D.C., OOE/ER- 0316, 253 p., 

March 1987. 

Abstract: This vol""" provides a master index to the four state-of-the-art (SOA) reports published by the U.S. Department of 

Energy's Carbon Dioxide Division. These reports are ''Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and the Global Carbon Cycle''; ''Direct 

Effects of Increasing Carbon Dioxide on Vegetation''; ''Detecting the Climatic Effects of Increasing Carbon Dioxide''; 

and ''Projecting the Climate Effects of Increasing Carbon Dioxide''; and the two companion reports; ''Characterization of 

Information Requirements for Studies of CO SUB 2 Effects: Water Resources, Agriculture, Fisheries, Forests, and Human 

Health"; and "Glaciers, Ice Sheets, and Sea Level: Effect of a C02 -Induced Climatic Change". These reports were produced 

in Feb. 1986, March 1986, Feb. 1986, April 1986, and Oct. 1985. The volume contains executive SUlllllaries of each of the aforementioned 

reports: a glossary of terms; tables of units; conversion factors; useful quantities in CO SUB 2 research etc.; a glossary 

of acronrms; indexes of corrm::m scientific names of flora and fauna mentioned in the six CO SOB 2 state-of-the-art reports; a citation index; and a subject index. 

10. Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology. Corrm.i.ttee on Earth Sciences. 

OUr c:!vmg:lng planet: a u.s. strategr far g1cbal cbanga rasoard!: a report bJ the c...!.ttae au Barth sm..,.. to -i the u.s. 

Prasl.deat •• fiacal. :rear 1990 badgat. 

Washington, D.C.: The Ccmnittee, 38 p., 1988. 

Abstract: Global changes can have tremendous impact on human welfare. Responding to these changes without a strong scientific basis 

could be futile and costly. This report presents an initial strategy for a comprehensive, long-term U.S. Global Change Research Program. 

The goal of the program is to provide a sound scientific basis for developing·national and international policy on global change issues. 

The program encompasses the full range of earth system changes, including both natural phenomena and the effects of human activity. 

The program is described in terms of seven interdisciplinary science elements. ·sudget information is SUlllllarized by agency and type 

of activity. 

11. Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology. 

Coomittee on Earth Sciences. 

OUr cbonglng pllmet: b !"! 1990 rasoard! plan, a report bJ the c...!.ttee au Barth sm..,.., the u.S. GJdJal Olange Baaoarch ~· 

Washington, D.C.: The Corrm.i.ttee, 1 v., various pagings, Figs., 1989. 

Abstract: The scientific objectives of the research plan are to monitor, understand, and ultimately predict global change. The report 

outlines a priority framework for focusing and integrating the interagency research effort to ensure that they meet these objectives. 

This priority framewor~ was derived from numerous research priorities outlined by both the U.S. and the international communities. 

In addition to the research plan, detailed budget information and information on agency roles are included. 

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12. Firer, J. W. 

!be heotiDg ap of the cllata. 

In: The Earth's Fragile Systems: Perspectives on Global Change. 

Boulder, CO: westview Press, p. 52-79, 1988. 

Abstract: The greenhouse effect and its causes are described together with efforts to develop predictive models, their verification 

and deficiencies. A number of policy responses are proposed to allow a smooth transition to the incanpletely understood, but surely 

different, climate likely to be experienced in the next century. These include reducing dependency on fossil fuels; more efficient 

energy use; decreased use of long-lived chlorofluorocarbons; searching for explanation of the increase in atroospheric methane, nitrous 

oxide, and ozone; improving irrigation systems and increasing agricultural research and developnent; and building regional food reserves 

and other forms of flexibility into national plans. 

13. Flavin, C. 

SJ.aoling globoJ. llll<lliDg: a 110rl.doli.cle stmtagy. 

Washington, D.C.: Wordwatch Institute, 94p., 1989 

Abstract: Only a movement away fran fossil fuels will prevent climate change during the next century. The transitiOn to renewable energy sources should begin at once and will extend over several decades. Target figures for reduction in per capita carbon· emissions are proposed which should produce a 12 percent cut in emissions by the year 2000. 

14. Gleick, P. H. Energy and Resources Group, Univ. of CA., Berkeley. 

lletbods far 01lll.laating the ragiaaal hJdrologic ~ of globoJ. c:U.tic cbangeo. 

Journal of Hydrology, Amsterdam, 88(1/2): 97-116, Nov. 15, 1986. Refs. 

Abstract: Concern over changes in global climate caused by rising atroospberic concentrations of carbon dioxide and other trace gases 

bas increased in recent years as the understanding of atmospheric dynamics and global climate systems has improved. Yet, despite a better understanding of climatic processes, many of the effects of hl.IIIan-induced climatic changes are still poorly understood. The 

most profound effect of such climatic changes may be major alterations in regional hydrologic cycles and changes in regional water 

availability. Unfortunately, these are among the least well-understood impacts. Approaches for evaluating the regional hydrologic 

impacts of global climatic changes are reviewed and a series of criteria for choosing among the different methods is presented. One 

approach, the use of modified water balance IOO<iels, appears to offer significant advantages over other methods in accuracy, 

flexibility, and ease of use. Water balance models are especially useful for identifying the regional hydrologic consequences of changes 

in temperature, precipitation, and other climatic variables. The ability of water balance models to incorporate month- to-ronth or seasonal variations in climate, snowfall and snowmelt algorithms, groundwater fluctuations, soil moisture characteristics, and natural 

climatic variability makes them especially attractive for water resource studies of climatic changes. Furthenoore, such methods can be cCXllbined with state-of-the-art information fran general circulation roodels of the climate and with plausible hypothetical climate 

change scenarios to generate information on the water resource implications of future climatic changes. 

15. 

Global cu-te Chango ~' 1(1)- , Jan. 1988-

New York: Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc. 

Abstract: This monthly newsletter provides access to technical and general information related to climate change resulting fran human 

activities, particularly global warming by greenhouse gases and ozone depletion. It aims to encourage conmunication across disciplines 

and amOng interested parties at the national and international levels through annotated literature citations, news, and a calendar of 

conferences and other activities. 

16. Gorshkov, s. P. 

Probl.a C02 : per...atr idoJ. [002 pr!li>J..: review of ideu.] 

Vsesoyuznoye Geograficheskoye Obshchestvo, Leningrad, Izvestiya, 118(4): 297-305, July/Aug. 1986. Refs., tables. 

Abstract: This paper surveys, on the basis of a review of the more recent literature in Russian and English, current ideas on the C02 

problem. The discussion includes data on the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide; secular trends of the effect of C02 on climate, indicating the possibility of not only a warming but also a cooling effect; prospects of increase in productivity and drought 

resistance of plants, including the fertilizer effect of C02 ; increase of the scales of nitrogen fixation in the soil in places of 

growth of bean crops; weeds; reduction of transpiration; and scales of anthropogenic reduction of the biosphere. 

17. Green, B. 

Polic1as 011 globoJ. ....mng IIDil 010118 clepletiaa. 

Environment, 29(3):5, 45, Apr 1987. 

Abstract: The recent discovery of a dramatic seasonal drop in the amount of ozone over Antarctica has catalyzed concern for protection 

of stratospheric ozone, the layer of gas that shieldS the entire planet fran excess ultraviolet radiation. Conservative scientific 

models predict about a 5% reduction in the amount of global ozone by the middle of the next century, with large local variations. 

The predicted global warming from increased emissions of greenhouse gases will also have differing effects on local climate and weather 

conditions and consequently on agriculture. Although numerous uncertainties are associated with both ozone depletion and a global 

warming, there is a consensus that world leaders need to address the problems. The US Congress is now beginning to take note of the 

task. In this article, one representative outlines some perceptions of the problems and the policy options available to Congress. 

18. Hoffman, J. S. U.S. EPA, Wash., D.C. ~ce of lmoooing IIClODOr. 

In: United States. Environmental Protection Agency/United Nations Environment PrograiiiDe, Effect of Changes in Stratospheric Ozone and 

Global Climate, val. 1, OVerview. Wash., D.C., Aug. 1986. p. 53-58. Refs. (International Conference on Health and Environmental Effects 

of Ozone Modification and Climate Change, June 16-20, 1986, Proceedings). 

Abstract: Unlike most environmental problems, greenhouse wanning and ozone depletion are global in extent, have enormous momentum for 

change, and may be a.l.irK>st irreversible when they occur. Recent scientific assessments uniformly agree that the changes likely to 0ecur 

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in the 20th century will exceed the range of natural variation experienced in the whole 19th century. Given the relative ignorance 

of the possible effects of these changes, it would appear that the value of knowing the effects sooner is substantial. 

19. International Council of Scientific Unions, Paris (France). 

In1:arDatiollal ll""'''i"'re-Mnophere _., a study of gldJol. cblmga. lilllll NpOtt. ms Ia: PB-88-142393/DB, 71 p., 4 Aug 1986. 

Abstract: A better understanding of the Earth and its irrmediate environment is essential if we are to improve our ability to detect 

and to respond to warnings of significant global change. Although the world coomunity of scientists has in the last 30 years 

successfully completed a wide range of international programs. The program will be tightly focused, with emphasis on interactive 

processes that are not addressed by other existing programs. Topics suggested for early emphasis in the IGBP include: (1) studies 

of biogeochemical cycles; (2) studies of the ocean euphotic zone; (3) studies of soil dynamics and soil chemistry; and (4) studies 

of variable solar inputs to the Earth. Emphasis is also put on the need for development of an adequate global data and information 

system, which must be an integral part of the program. 

20. IOC/SCOR Camdttee on Climatic Changes and the Ocean, Paris. 

s-y report: - -· Paris, 14-21 JBIIIlllrJ 1986 102 p., 1986. 

Abstract: This report surrmarizes the proceeding of the meeting of the Ccmnittee on Climatic Changes and the Ocean, held in Paris,. Jan. 

14-21, 1986. The individual papers report on WCRP (World Climate Research Program) ocean data management, planning and development 

of ocean observing programs for climate research, including the review of actions undertaken by the Intergovernmental Ocean Coomission 

(IOC) and WMO in response to the Ocean Observing Systems Development Program; secular change in sea level; ocean-atmosphere boundary 

layer research; review of the Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere (TOOA) program; review of the planning for the ~rld Ocean 

Circulation Experiment; proposals for ocean carbon dioxide research and monitoring, etc. 

21. Jaeger, J. Beijer Inst., Stockholm. 

Developing policies for rupnncllng to c:liRtic cblmga: a .-y of tbe diacaaa!.oall BDd ~ of tbe 1IOda!bJpa beld 

in Villacll (28 Septaibar-2 Octdler 1987) BDd Bellag:ln (9-131onoar 1987), - tbe BDSpiOOB of tbe J!eijar !Dstitvta, stocthnl•. 

World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, World Climate Progranme Impact Studies, WCIP-1. 53 p., Figs. (WMO/TD-No. 225), April 

1988. 

Abstract: This docmnent sunmarizes the discussions held in 1987 in Villach, Austria, and in Bellagio, Italy, on the 

development of policies for responding to climatic change. section 1 contains a sumnary of the scientific consensus on the 

greenhouse gases and climatic change reached at Villach. section 2 examines possible scenarios for future changes in climate, 

temperature, and sea level in response to continuous emissiot;l.S of greenhouse gases, and considers the uncertainties in the 

forecasting of global climatic change and the regional response to climatic change. Section 3 considers the effects of 

climatic change upon the latitudinal regions, such as oceans and coastal areas (erosion of beaches and coastal margins, land-use 

changes, wetlands loss, frequency and severity of flooding, damage to coast structures and port facilities, and damage to 

water management systems); the mid-latitude regions; the semiarid tropical regions; the hli'Did tropical regions; and the high-latitude 

regions. Section 4 discusses response to climatic change; adaptation and limitation, including constraints on adaptation and 

the limitation of climate change; the use of rates of climatic change as a management tool; the timing of responses to climatic 

change; the cost of responding to climatic change; and policies for responding to climatic change. 

22. Jung, H. J.; W. Bach. Ctr. for Applied Climate!. and Environ. Studies, Dept. of Geog., Univ. of Munster, W. Germany. 

J!ffecta of .adel.-gaaaratad c:H.Uc cblmgaa cloa to a 002 clmbllng en cleaarWicatioa pro iD tbe Jlodl.u.rra-n araa. In: Fantecbi, Roberto; Margaris, H. S. (eds.), Desertification in Europe. Dordrecht, Holland, D. Reidel Pub!. Corti>any, p. 35-48, 1986. 

Abstract: For the estimation of a climatic change induced by a doubling of atmospheric C02 , the results of three-dimensional 

general circulation models (GCM) are used. Although the results from present climate modelling cannot be considered as predictions 

of future climatic conditions because of the models' inherent deficits, they can still serve a useful purpose in climate change 

scenarios. The reason for this is that climate roodels are the only tools available to study the response of the climate system to a perturbation in a physically consistent manner and that such types of models can provide a consistent data set of high 

temporal and spatial resolution. For the Mediterranean area, the results obtained fran three different GCMs, the British 

Meteorologicel Office model (BHO), the Gcddard Institute of Space Studies model (GISS), and the Nationel Ceoter for Atmospheric 

Research model (NCAR), are shown. The regional and seasonal distributions of temperature, precipitation, and soil moisture are used 

to study the potential for desertification. The results indicate that the C02 -induced changes for temperature generated by the 

three models are quite similar. The values of the area mean change range between 2.5 and 4.2 K. The precipitation response results 

in a diverse pattern. The physical mechanisms likely to be responsible for the climatic changes are identified, and their 

statistical significance is tested. This type of work will aid in developing the methodology and assistance to gain insight into the use of climate model scenarios for impact analysis. 

23. Jutro, P.R.; R. C. Worrest; A. C. Janetos. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Research and Development. 

Scientific lln._.. iD gldJal. cblmga. ms lo.:PB9D-112608/DB, 18 p., 16 Jun 89. 

Abstract: In the atmosphere, certain trace gases both prOO'KJte global warming and deplete the ozone layer. The primacy radiatively active 

trace gases which affect global warming are carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, chlorofluorocarbons, methane, and tropospheric ozone. In 

the troposphere, the atmosphere up to 10 miles above the earth's surface, these compounds function as greenhouse gases. Many of these 

gases also influence the concentration of ozone in the stratosphere, the atmospheric layer located between 10-30 miles above the 

earth's surface. The diffuse layer of ozone in the stratosphere protects life on earth from harmful solar radiation. A reduction of 

the layer could have very important impacts on the earth's systems. Interactions exist in various ecological processes as well. 

Physical, chemical, and biological activities of plants and animals are affected directly by global climate change and by increased 

ultraviolet radiation resulting from depletion of stratospheric ozone. 

24. Kerr, R. A. Greenhouse~ sUll a.lng. 

Science, Wash., D.C., 232(4750): 573-574, May 2, 1986. 

Abstract: The growing amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere fran the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation looms as 

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a far larger and mre pervasive problem than acid rain. A major scientific review by the Department of Energy bas found that nearly a decade of research has not diminished the dimensions of the problem or, unfortunately, all the uncertainties. Current models predict a global warming of 1°C relative to the year 1850 by the year 2000. Increasing carbon dioxide would cause an additional warming of 

2-5°C during the next century. 

25. Kondrat'ev, K. I. Institut Ozerovedeniia, Leningrad, USSR. 

ID1:eJ:1IIrtial Geoapbore-Binapbero Progr.- - the role of spooa-hoaed obaerlatiaDs. 

Issled. Zemli Kosmosa (USSR), p. 104-118, Aug 1987. 

Abstract: The key environmental problems treated by the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program are examined. Proposals are outlined 

for the optimal planning and implementation of a global survey system designed to monitor geospheric and biospheric conditions. 

Particular consideration is given to the optimization of space remote-sensing conditions. 41 references. 

26. Kondratyev, K. Y. Lab. of Remote Sensing, Inst. for Lake Res., Acad. of Sci.,Leningrad, U.S.S.R. 

IeJ ~ of 8IIViJ:aDMrtal studiell: lJrt:arlllrtiol Geospbere-Bl.ospilera PtugL • 

Zeitscbrift fur Meteorologie, Berlin, 35(6): 309-313, 1985. Refs. English and German summaries. 

Abstract: In relation to the deve1oiJD8Ilt of the International Geosphere-Biospbere Progranme (IGBP), key problems of the environment are discussed to specify major objectives of the IGBP as a program on studies of the interactive evolution of the geosphere and 

biosphere under conditions of increased anthropogenic impact. Taking into consideration extensive international programs in particular, 

the War ld Climate Progranme and the Man and Biosphere Prograrrme, the problem of global biogeophysical cycles of carbon, sulfur, 

nitrogen, phosphorus, and. other elements must be considered as a key component of the IGBP. The processes determining the formation 

of biogeophysical cycles are responsible for anthropogenically induced changes in the atroospheric canposition which, in turn, can cause changes in the climate and a depletion of the ozone layer, which protects the biosphere. Ideas are proposed for a global 

observational system to 100nitor the development of processes in the geospbere and biosphere. 

27. Lockwood, J. G. School of Geog., Univ. of Leeds, Eng. 

C'lu!n!J'ng ll1:llasplleric - diald.da. Progress iu Physical Geography, London., 11(4): 581-589, Dec. 1987. 

Abstract: This paper reviews, on the basis of publications that have apPeared in the period 1981-1987, the current state of 

knowledge. on the ~creasing CO SUB 2 concentration of the atloosphere accompanied by a simultaneous rise in global mean temperature; the types of climatic uOO.els used by workers in this field to simulate the change in equilibrium climate resulting 

fran an increase in C02 concentration; and projections of future increase in atm:Jspberic CO SUB 2 concentration and tenperature 

increase. There are then summarized selected studies on the impacts of increased atm:Jspberic C02 concentration on spatial shifts 

of cropping patterns; reduction in zonal mean soil misture over extensive midcontinental regions in the American 

and Eurasian Continents; the variable response to increased C02 in the atm:Jsphere by plants as determined by short crops, 

stomatal characteristics, and transpiration rates; the possibility that, in continental interiors, m:xierately freely evaporating 

vegetations willnxxiify the temperature and humidity gradients in the lower atroosphere so as to keep shower activity in operation; and 

the effect of increasing atm:Jspberic CO SUB 2 concentration in altering freshwater resources and upon sea level. Studies on the current state of knowledge on geological-scale climatic change and atm:Jspheric C02 are reviewed. 

28. Manton, M. J. Bur. of Met. Res. Ctr., Melbourne. 

lliDth ....t1ng of the Jo1Jrt Sciautific ca.ittae far the liarld c:u.t:e -.:h PtugL 

Search, Sydney., 19(3): 121-122, May/Jnne 1988. 

Abstract: The ninth annual meeting of the JSC was held dnriug March 14-19, 1988, iu Fort Lauderdale, FL. The WCRP is structnred with 

three streams of activity based upon time scales. The first stream bas the objective of establishing the physical basis of 

atroospheric fluctuations on time scales of a few weeks. The second stream aims at the prediction of climate variations to a few years 

ahead, while stream three is concerned with time scales to several decades ahead. A fundamental element in all three streams 

of the WCRP is the developoent of climate models. In cooperation with the WMO, the JSC has convened a working group on numerical 

experimentation (WGNE), which promotes activities on the development and testing.of numerical climate models. 

29. Melesbko, V. P. Ob' 'yedinennaya Gruppa Planirovaniya VPIK, WMO/MSNS, Geneva,Switzerland. 

v-._. Pltl!fL ialad<mmiyo w.ota: obJar taa1.oy i potrelmaot' v dam!ykh. [liorld _.far iJmJBI:iQatim of cllate: rartew 

of goW IIDd data ~-1 

Mezhdunarodn:yy Si.mpozium, 1, Kompleksnyy Global'nyy Monitoring Mi.rovogo Okeana, Tallinn, Estonian S.S.R., Oct. 2-10, 1983: Trudy, tom 

1. Leningrad, Gidrometeoizdat, p. 104-113, 1985. Refs. Russian SUIIIDBI'J. 

Abstract: The goals of data requirements concerning the World Program of Climate Investigation, the nature of projects developed or fulfilled hitherto, and a new plan for investigating climate are surveyed. The fundamental goals are outlined; the problem of climate 

prediction is reviewed; the observational program of UNEP is described; and data requirements for climate investigation are presented. 

30. Mintzer, I. M. 

!!otter of degrees: the patartial far cart.rolllng the ~hmae effect. 

Wash., D.C.: World Resources Institute, 64 p., 1987. 

Abstract: Continuing pollution of the atroosphere seriously threatens the Earth's climate, with global mean temperatures expected 

to rise higher than ever before in the 8000 yr of recorded history. This study uses a new computer UKXlel to analyze the impacts 

of policy changes and new technologies upon the buildup of C02 and other greenhouse gases in the atroospbere. Four scenarios were constructed to investigate bow these policies and technologies can affect the future buildup of greenhouse gases and, thus, 

the extent of global wanning. The scenarios include a base case in which no policies are introduced to arrest the buildup, and a slow 

buildup, in which strong policies are adopted to ~rove energy efficiency, introduce solar energy, discourage the use of carbon 

intensive fuels, and arrest deforestation. Conclusions emerging from the analysis suggest that 1) the base case scenario could 

raise the Earth's temperature by a whopping 2. 9 to 8. 6°C by the year 2075, and 2) the imnediate implementation of strong policy measures can prevent drastic climate changes during the caning century, and can significantly affect the timing and acceleration 

of global warming. 

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31. Morrisette, P.M. (ed.). Natural Hazards Res. and Applications Information Ctr., Univ. of CO., Boulder. 

Se.lscted - b1hll.ogropbJ af cliata 111111 aocietJ M I c:b. 

United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climate Program Office, Rockville, MD., Technical Report 

(NOAA TR NCPO 002), 104 p., Sept. 1987. 

Abstract: This bibliography contains 281 annotated references forming a selective review of investigations on the interaction of 

climate and society, with particular regard to the impact of fluctuations or changes of climatic conditions upon natural resource 

and socioeconani.c systems and to the means by which society responds and adjusts to these changes. The bibliography is divided into 

eight sections, i.e., agriculture; water resources; environmental impacts; energy; conmercial, industrial, and multiple 

impacts; climate and history; policy, decisionmaking, and perception; and theory, research assessments, and techniques. 

32. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC. 

Borth sr- Sc!aaoa: l ~ far 6loblll. Cbl!lga, 305 p. 1989. 

Abstract: The Earth System Sciences Coomi.ttee (ESSC) was appointed to consider directions for the NASA Earth-sciences program, with 

the following charge: review the science of the Earth as a system of interacting components; reccmoend an implementation strategy 

for Earth studies; and define the role of NASA in such a program. The challenge to the Earth system science is to develop the 

capability to predict those changes that will occur in the next decade to century, both naturally and in response to human activity. 

Sustained, long-term measurements of global variables; fundamental descriptions of the Earth and its history; research foci and process 

studies; development of Earth system models; an information system for Earth system science; coordination of Federal agencies; and 

international cooperation are-~· 

33. National Research Council, Coomi.ssion on Physical Sciences,Matbematics, and Resources, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, 

Wash., D.C. 

llatiaJal Cllate ~= eor1r- 111111 future cll.mc:t1aJa. Bapart af the lioodsllale liorltabop, Julr 15-19, 1985, 55 p. 1986. 

Abstract: The aim of this workshop was to review the current federal efforts in climate investigations and to develop concepts and 

reccmnendations that might assist the federal agencies and the National Climate Program Office in developing an updated plan for the 

National Climate Program. The individual chapters of this report deal with 1) climate program policy issues, including the provisions 

of the National Climate Program Act, climate data management, drought policy, application of impact assessment policy, the social 

and institutional implications of climate forecasting, water resources and climates, and international cooperation; 2) climate systems 

research from 1978 to 1985, priorities for the future, and observational systems; 3) climate impacts, areas for specific initiatives, 

and institutional issues; and 4) climate data, information, and services. 

34. National Research Council, Carmission on Physical Sciences,Mathematics, and Resources. 

Tolmd 1111 :l.atarDat1cmaJ !lf""''l'w'o-Moophere _.., a stadr af global c:blll!ge. [Bapart af a llatiaJal -.ch camcn lb:bbql, lioods 

llale, 111., Julr 25-29, 1983.] 

Wash., D.C.: National Academy Press, 81 p., 1983. Figs., tables, appendices. 

Abstract: This workshop reviewed the major problems for research in the atloosphere, oceans, lithosphere, biosphere, and 

solar-terrestrial relationships. A unifying theme is global change. Beyond the intellectual drive to understand basic scientific 

interrelationships is the practical need to gain a better understanding of bow to manage the environment and global life-support 

systems. A majority conclusion was reached that an International Geospbere-Biospbere Program (IGBP), under the auspices of the 

International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), could provide an effective vehicle for coordinating global measurements fran space 

platforms and ground-based observational networks, exploiting new technologies for observations, implementing improved capabilities 

for data management, and placing proper emphasis on mathematical modelling with advanced CCXIIputational facilities. Unlike the 

ccxopara.tively short-lived International Geophysical Year (IGY), an IGBP must be designed as a long-range, interdisciplinary program. 

Effective planning over the coming several years could inaugurate a program that would begin to take shape toward the end of this decade 

and reach maturity in the 1990s. The workshop participants urged that such planning begin iumedi.ately within national organizations 

and in all the interested adhering bodies of ICSU. An important target date for a first assessment of plans sulxnitted fran all sources 

would be the ICSU General Assembly in Sept. 1984. In implementing in IGBP, careful attention must be paid to all relevant national 

and international programs already conceived and in various stages of progress. Proper planning should guarantee that these programs 

continue to operate effectively. The success and timeliness of an IGBP are in large part predicted on continued understanding as well 

as a desire for greater interaction between neighboring disciplines starting to emerge fran these programs. 

35. National Research Council, Washington, DC. 

Tolmd 1111 1IDdersbmcliJJg af Gloi>ol Cbl!lga: Initial Priaritiu far U.S. Coatr1iJat1ms to the IlrtarDat:iaml Geoopbm:o-Binophero ~. 

Filllll rapt, 226 p. Dec 88. NTIS No. :PB89-231344/XAB. 

Abstract: The report recomnends a limited number of high-priority research initiatives for early implementation as part of the U.S. 

contribution to the preparatory phase of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program. The reccmoendations are based on the 

conmittee 's analysis of the most critical gaps in the scientific knowledge needed to understand the changes that are occurring in 

the earth system not being addressed by existing programs. The report articulates a number of important key issues and interactions 

that characterize global change in the geosphere-biosphere system on time scales of decades to centuries; identifies the knowledge 

that is the roost urgently needed to improve understanding of those issues and interactions;' and formulates initial priorities for 

initial u.s. contributions to the IGBP, recognizing the contributions of other ongoing and proposed programs~ 

36. Nierenberg, W. A.; R. Jastrow; F. Seitz 

Scieatific perspectiwa oa the gMalhaoao praw.. 

Washington, D.C.: George C. Marshall Institute, 37 p., 1989 

Abstract: On the basis of the large degree of uncertainty which still surrounds the nmerous predictions fran the greenhouse effect, 

the authors suggest that is is too soon .to begin making the enormous economic investment that would be needed to reduce the projected 

buildup of greenhouse gases. · 

37. 01Neill, R. v. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN. 

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lliarardiJ tbaorr ODd gldloll cboDge. 

Workshop on Global Change, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, 28 Oct 1985.Department of Energy, wash., D.C., 27 p., 1985. 

Abstract: Hierarchy theory asserts that a useful way in which to deal with caoplex, multiscaled systems is to focus on a single 

phenomenon and a single time-space scale. By so limiting the problem, it is possible to define it clearly and choose the proper system 

to emphasize. This paper applies the theory to the problem of global change. 24 refs. (ERA citation 11:020857). 

38. Parker, D. E.; C. K. Folland. Met. Off., Bracknell. 

latm:e of clDotic YOrlahillty. 

Meteorological Magazine, Bracknell, Eng., 117(1392): 201-210, July 1988. 

Abstract: Climatic variability results not only fran the ccmplex dynamics of the at.Ioospbere but also from feeCbacks involving 

the atmosphere, the oceans, the biosphere, and ice and snow. External influences, such as solar changes, volcanic eruptions, 

and man-made pollution, may also influence climate. Observed variations range in time scale fran daily weather fluctuations 

to pronounced interdecadal changes of temperature, rainfall, and atmospheric circulation. The longer term changes may involve changes 

in variability as well as in average conditions. Except for the very shortest time scales, local and regional variations of weather 

and climate cannot be understood without considering the whole globe. Examples of observed climatic variations are used to 

amplify the above remarks. The possibility of climatic prediction is discussed. Improved understanding of the Earth's complex climatic 

system is prerequisite for useful climatic prediction, and the need for further observational and modelling research is clear. 

39. Ramanathan, V. Dept. of the Geopbys. Sci., Univ. of Chicago, n. 

(l]:aoohoo"" tbaorr of c:lDote cboDge: a test by BD iDad"fertaut gldloll ~· 

Science, Wash., D.C., 240(4850): 293-299, April 15, 1988. 

Abstract: Since the dawn of the industrial era, the atmJspberic concentrations of several radiatively active gases have been 

increasing as a result of human activities. The radiative heating fran this inadvertent experiment bas driven the climate system 

out of equilibrium with the incoming solar energy. According to the greenhouse theory of climate change, the climate system will 

be restored to equilibrium by a warming of the surface- troposphere system and a cooling of the stratosphere. The predicted 

changes, during the next few decades, could far exceed natural climate variations in historical times; therefore, the greenhouse 

theory of climate change bas reached the crucial stage of verification. Surface warming as large as that predicted by models 

would be unprecedented during an interglacial period such as the present. The theory, its scope for verification, and 

the emerging canplexities of the climate feedback mechanisms are discussed. 

40. Reichle, D. E.; J. R. Trabalka; A. M. Solaoon. Environ. Sci. Div., Oak Ridge Natl. Lab., TN •• 

.lppt- to stuciJiDg tbo gldloll - cycla. United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., D.C., OOE/ER- 0239, p. 15-24, Dec. 

1985. Refs., figs. Available from NTIS, Springfield, Va. 22161 

Abstract: This chapter describes the approaches that were used to formulate research on the global carbon cycle, and is designed 

principally to orient the nonspecialist. Topics include information exchange; analysis of existing data; monitoring; experimentation; 

and modelling. 

41. Revell, R.; F. Bretherton. Univ. of CA. 

Gl.obol 'DJJ .,.U.toriJJg - Y taeJ.JII)dl .-mcJy tliaticboaiiDJ ptogLWj • (Gl.obol .,.U.toriJJg of tbo OCIIIIII far tbo -ld Cl.iloote 

~-1 

Mezbdwlarodnyy Simpozium, 1, Kanpleksnyy Global 1nyy Monitoring Mirovogo Okeana, Tallinn, Estonian S.S.R., Oct. 2-10, 1983: Trudy, Tan 

1. [PrOCeedings of the 1st International SymposiliD on Integrated Global Ocean Monitoring, val. 1.] Leningrad, Gidrc:meteoiz~t, p. 49w61, 

1985. Figs. Russian surrmary. 

Abstract: In relation to the oceanographic part of the World Climate Program, two oceanographic operations are described and proposed 

by the authors: study of the world ocean circulation, and investigation of the interannual variability of o_ceans in the tropical zone and of the planetary atmosphere. The scope of the program of investigation of the circulation, the theoretical and observational 

knowledge underlying such a program, and the planning of experiments for these programs, including instrumentation and subjects to 

be studied, are reviewed. The concept of the World Climate Program is divided into three courses of measures. Course 1: physical bases 

for long-range prediction of weather anomalies; course 2: interannual variability of the global at.mJspheric climate and of the tropical 

oceans; and course 3: long-range variability and sensitivity of the climate system to external influ~ces. The authors discuss the 

programs of observational systems in the ocean, the fundamental assumptions underlying the WOrld Climate Program, the data measurement 

procedures, and requirements for the three courses. 

42. Risser, P. G. Dniv. of N.M., Albuquerque. 

Sciaatific c-ittae CD.ProblMs of tbo ~ODd Gl<>balclatabuoa.(ICSU) 

In: Building databases for global science: Proceedings. Internation~ Geographical Union Global Database Planning Project, Hampshire, 

Eng., May 9-13, 1988, London, Eng.: Taylor & Francis, 1988, p. 340-346. 

Abstract: This article sets forth the purpose of SCOPE (Scientific Conmittee on Problems of the Environment) and describes other 

current SCOPE activities of particular interest to the Global Database Planning Project, such as ecotones, which constitute 

transitional areas of the biosphere, e.g., the transitional area between a forest and grassland or between a forest and a stream; the 

International Geosphere Biosphere Program; long-term ecological research; and the application of scientific information for 

sustainable development. 

43. Roberts, L. 

Is there life after c:lDote cboDge? 

Science, Wash., D.C., 242(4881): 1010-1012, Nov. 18, 1988. 

Abstract: How will the Eartb 1s biota respond to the predicted greenhouse warming? If the climate models are correct, within 50 or 100 yr the Earth will be hotter than it bas been in the past 1 million yr. Will plants be able to adjust, either physiologically or behaviorally, to the altered regime? Will they have to migrate to cooler climes? Or will they perish? The current view is that 

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biological cOII'IIlUili.ties will be disrupted, ranges will shift, and sane species will become extinct. Globally, biological diversity 

will djmjnjsh. The warming will be greatest at higher latitudes, which spells trouble for the Arctic tundra and numerous species, such as migratory birds, that depend upon it. Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels will climb to the highest level in at least 

1 million yrs. 

44. Roederer, J. G. (Alaska, University, Fairbanks). 

!he role of mlar-terrastrial resoorcb in tbe iD1:aiDatiDall1 -- 011 gld>ol clloDge. 

IAF, International Astronautical Congress, 37th, Innsbruck, Austria, Oct. 4-11, 9 p., 1986. 

Abstract: The application of solar-terrestrial research (STR) to the International Geosphere-Biospbere program concerned with the study 

of global change is discussed. The relation between the upper atmosphere and the lower atmosphere and biosphere, and the effect of 

anthropogenic pollution on the upper atmosphere are examined. STR observational techniques include in situ space and upper atmosphere 

measurements with spacecraft, rockets, and balloons, in situ ground-based measurements, and remote sensing. The STR data provide 

information on the variable energy flow from the sun to the earth, its effect on the outer regions of the geospbere, and its 

interaction with the global earth system. (I. F.). 

45. Rosenberg, N. J., et al. (Eds.) 

Greenhoo!JO 1lllllling: - IIDcl oclaptatioa. Washington, D.C.: Resources for the Future, 182p., 1988. (From a workshop, wasb.ington, D.C., June 1988.) 

Abstract: Possible impacts of climatic warming and methods of dealing with them are discussed. Several chapters by different authors 

discuss responses to a rise in sea level, future agricultural adaptations, Third World agriculture, possibilities presented by currently 

unmanaged forests, and water resource management. One chapter discusses the planting of new forests to sequester carbon dioxide and 

another is devoted to the use of an econcmic roodel to project future carbon dioxide emissions. 

16:.~q~~< H. E. Canadian Climate ctr., Atmos. Environ. Serv., Downsview, Canada. 

ll8cWitr1DIIWll Climatological Bulletin, of tbe """"''"" ontario, boreol Canada., farast 22(3): IIDilar 23-34, a - Dec. ~. 1988. 

Abstract: A scenario of climate under atmospheric C02 levels double those of the present is used to derive a scenario of 

corresponding changes in the distribution of boreal forest in Canada. Box's roodel of the response of vegetation to climate is 

used to obtain more credible results than those obtained by earlier authors by using Holdridge's scheme. It appears that the area 

climatically suitable for boreal forest would advance by 0. 7 MULTIPUED BY 10 SUPER 8 ha north of its northern edge and retreat 

1. 7 MULTIPLIED BY 10 SUPER 8 ha north of its southern edge. 

47. Schneider, S. H. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (USA). 

!he gr-nhooao effect: acl.eDca IIDcl policJ. 

Scienoe (Washington, D.C.), 243(4892):771-781, 10 Feb 1989. 

Abstract: Global warming fran the increase in greenhouse gases bas becaoe a major scientific and political issue during the past decade. 

That infrared radiation is trapped by greenhouse gases and particles in a planetary atmosphere and that the atmospheric CO/sub 2/ 

level bas increased by saue 25 percent since 1850 because of fossil fuel combustion and land use (largely deforestation) are not 

controversial; levels of other trace greenhouse gases such as methane and chlorofluorocarbons have increased by even larger factors. 

Estimates of present and future effects, however, have significant uncertainties. There have also recently been controversial claims 

that a .global warming signal bas been detected. Results fran most recent climatic models suggest that global average surface 

temperatures will increase by sane 2 to 6 degrees during the next century, but future changes in greenhouse gas concentrations and 

feedback processes not properly accounted for in the models could produce greater or smaller increase. Sea level rises of 0.5 to 1.5 

metres are typically projected for the next century, but there is a small probability of greater or even negative change. Forecasts 

of the distribution of variables such as soil moisture or precipitation patterns have even greater uncertainties. Policy responses 

-range from engineering countermeasures to passive adaptation to prevention and a 'law of the atmosphere'. One approach is to implement 

those policies now that will reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and have additional socieW benefits. Whether the uncertainties are large enough to suggest delaying policy responses is not a scientific question per se, but a value judgement. 77 refs., 6 figs., 

1 tab. 

48. Schneider, S. H. 

Gld>ol 1lllllling: ore "" eateriDg tbe ~ .. ooutarJ? 

San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, 317 p., 1989. 

Abstract: This book examines, in nontechnical terms, the causes of world-wide climatic change--the "greenhouse effect11--wbich may raise 

world temperatures by ten degrees F in less than 100 years. The likely consequences--fran agricultural losses and changes in sea level 

to public health issues and social upheaval--are described. The question of what can be done about the greenhouse effect is addressed 

as well. 

49. Schonwiese, C.-D. Inst. fur Met. und Geophys. der Univ., Frankfurt a./M. lialtllel.te ~: lllrturllch odor~? 

[iiorl.d!ddo ~ fluctmrtials: Jllltllra1 or IIIII:Iu:q>ogene?.] 

Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau, Stuttgart, 38(2): 50-54, Feb. 1985. 

Abstract: The problem of whether worldwide climate fluctuations are of anthropogenic or natural origin is examined with particular 

regard to whether external influences, such as solar activity or volcanic eruptions, have been a cause of the observed temperature 

fluctuations in the Northern Hemisphere during the past 100 yr. A third important influence that is considered is the increase in 

atmospheric C02 of anthropogenic origin. Current knowledge on the increase in atmospheric C02 , based on the Mauna Loa series beginning 

with 1958 and sane quantitative estimates of the effect of atmospheric C02 on the temperature, are noted. A review of publications 

dealing with large-area climatic fluctuations in the course of the measurements of C02 concentration in the atmosphere, and a review 

of effects of volcanic eruptions on the course of temperature, particularly in the period 1916-1963, and of attempts and results to 

establish relationships between the sun-spot number and the solar constant variations and, therefore, climate fluctuations are 

presented. The author's statistical studies show that the long-term temperature variations in the Northern Hemisphere can be explained 

to within 80-90% of their variability by the influencing parameters of volcanism, solar constant, and C02 • Volcanism predaninates: 

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according to the accepted solar influence, volcaoim shows a maximum signal of -0.3-0.5°C (minus designates temperature decrease during 

increasing volcanic activity). Conversely, the solar signal is between 0 and APPROX. 0.3°C with uncertainty, even with regard to 

sign. The possible effect of the C02 produced by anthropogenic activity in the Northern Hemisphere ranges between 0.1 and 0.4°C; 

0.4°C would indicate that the C02 effect is already greater than the solar effect. It is concluded that the natural effects on climate 

fluctuations have been exceeded. 

SO. Sekihara, K. Met. Res. Inst., Tokyo, Aerological Obs. 

Poaa1hle cli8tic cbaDgos frao carlxD dialiclo iacrt111110 iD the at.oapbare. 

In: Bockris, J. O'M. (ed.), Environmental chemistry. N.Y., Plenum Press., p. 285-311, 19n. 

Abstract: Current knowledge on the possible role of carOOn dioxide increase in the atmosphere in initiating climatic change is 

reviewed. The contents of this paper include 1) the mixing ratios of the main gaseous atmospheric componep.ts causing radiative 

activity, percentage distribution of various emitting components in the atmospheric downward radiation flux, and solar and terrestrial 

radiation outside the Earth's atroosphere; 2) the increase of carOOn dioxide, as recorded at different sites in the period 1957-1973; 

3) the beginning of climatic theory fonnulating climatic change in terms of CO SUB 2 increase with the work of G. N. Plass in 

1966; 4) feedback mechanism and coopeting causes in modelling climatic change resulting from carbon dioxide increase involving the 

humidity feedback, the polar ice cap, and aerosols; and 5) the limitations of global average models, such as the Roger,s-Walsbaw 

radioactive convective roodel, the Manabe-Weatherald model, and the general circulation model in the cauputation of climatic effects 

by C02 • 

51. Skiba, U.; M. Cresser. Univ. of Aberdeen. 

Ecological ai9DifiC111100 af iDcreuiDg al:aJ&jDaric carlxD dialiclo. 

Endeavour, Oxford., 12{3): 143-147, 1988. 

Abstract: The impact upon the plant-soil-water ecosystem of the doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide (C02 ) postulated for 

the next few decades is discussed. In controlled environments, i.e., greenhouses and managed soils, increasing C02 levels will 

increase crop yields significantly. In relatively unmanaged envirorments, such as forests and moorlands, increases in CO 

SUB 2 may cause long-term problems still needing investigation. Nutrient deficiencies in soils and the acidification of 

soils and fresh waters may occur, as well as the better known climatic change effects. 

52. Tickell, C. Overseas Oevel. Admin., London, Eng. 

Clllaat:ic ciloDge aDd world affaira. 

American Geophysical Union, Wash., D.C., EOS: Transactions, 67(17): 425, April 29, 1986. 

Abstract: Sooner or later, international rules are needed by which states and carmunities can establish new and more effective 

cooperative arrangements and limit the damage to themselves and each other. Such an agreement might fall into three parts. The first 

part would be designed to cover major experiments by government which might have a climatic impact. The second part would cover actions by governments, such as diversion of ocean currents, blocking or opening of natural waterways, the construction of river dams 

and irrigation systems above a given size, etc. The third part would set forth a code of good climatic behavior. In this way, the 

agreement as a whole could be more canprehensive; and as knowledge increased and dangers became more evident, obligations could become 

oore specific and binding. 

53. United States Ccmnittee for an International Geosphere-Biosphere Program, Washington, DC. 

Gld>al. .ciloDge iD the !I""'JIJhene-Mnopbera: IDl.tial prioritiM far an IGBP (lil:t:arDortial """ophere-Bioophere ~= FiDa1 npart), 

DOE/ERf.60277-T1, 103 p., 1986. 

Abstract: This report outliaes the elements of a p"ogram that is focused sharply on fundamental problems that have urgent practical 

implications. These elements define a program that would attempt to understand the workings of the Earth and the living organisms on it as a coupled system - a challenge in science that holds the promise of elucidating many of the global concerns of the present 

day. It would require the participation of many nations and draw upon the efforts of many fields of science. It would be made up of an array of planned, cooperative programs of observation, modeling, and process studies with organized opportunities for joint 

discussion and interpretation. It would lean on spaceborne observations for global perspective, but it is not a ''space program, 11 

for the preponderance of needed science would deal with processes of change, and vast majority of necessary measurements would need 

be made on the ground and on the oceans, from within the habitat of life. As an international program it would stand as a separate, 

focused endeavor that interacts with related, disciplinary programs to increase their effectiveness but without attempting to subsume 

them or to dictate their goals. 

54. U. S. Congress. House. Ccmnittee on Science and Technology. 

lil:t:arDortial Geoapbore/"'nopbera _.. 1984. llaariDga before the SV""'-'ttae Cll Space Sciellc& aDd lpplicatims af the ec.ittae 

Cll ScieDce aDd Techml"!!J, tiS- af ~-, liaoty-li¢th Coagreoa, SocCIId Seaica, Sopt:eobar 12, 13, 1984. 

Abstract: Witnesses at a two-day hearing on the International Geosphere/Biosphere Program for 1984 included US and international 

researchers in this area and representatives of OS departments and agencies connected with interdisciplinary studies of global problems 

associated with space and the Earth. The witnesses described the program and justified the importance of looking at the earth and 

atmosphere as a whole, of identifying problems and applying technology to their solution, and of bringing human activity into accord 

with the natural environment. The program will coordinate measurements that are land-, sea-, and space-based. An appendix with 

correspondence submitted for the record follows the testinxmy of the two panels. 

55. U. S. Congress. Senate. 

s. 2f£1: l BW to astabliJih a IJil1:ima1 ....._ JXlliCJ to raduce gldJal -..g, aDd far ather pn:po11011. IDtl:oduoocJ iD the Seaata af 

the United st:atao, !DI ll1mdradth Cougreaa, SocCIId -, Julr 28, 1988, 1so p., 1988. 

Abstract: A bill has been introduced to establish a national energy policy to reduce global warming and other putposes. The bill is 

entitled the National Energy Policy Act of 1988. The overall purpose of this Act is to establish a national energy policy that will 

reduce generation of carbon dioxide the trace gases as quickly as is feasible in order to reduce to the maximum extent practicable, 

risks associated with an atmospheric warming and global climate change. One of the goals of this legislation is to reduce the level 

of carbon dioxide introduced into the atmosphere by at least 2C% by the year 2COO. 

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56. United States Congress. Senate. Carmi.ttee on Environment and Public Works. 

Gl.dJol ~- lleorlllg bafma the ~ttaa <m 7mdc SUbst:aDcoo 111111 ~ OVeroi¢t of the c-ittaa <m ~ 111111 

Public liarts, liDited statao SeDate, lillety-llilrth Coagrua, !'1mt Sessl.ca, IJoawber 10, 1985 S. IIEV• 99-503, 128, 1986. 

Abstract: Scientists and public officials testified at a bearing held to explore the evidence and speculation that a warming trend 

is changing the global environment that was the conclusion of a 29-nation conference of private and government scientists. The 

witnesses described the potential environmental destruction caused by the greenhouse effect, but also noted that technological 

solutions in the form of controlling gases and reforestation are available. A consensus bas emerged in recent years that gases formed 

under the greenhouse effect will have a greater effect on climate than any other factor. The witnesses included Ralph Circerone of 

the National Center for At.ox>spheric Research, Syukuro Manage of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Carl Sagan 

of Cornell. Two additional statements sul:xnitted for the record follow the testimony of the six witnesses. 

57. U. S. Congress. Senate. Conmittee on Energy and Natural Resources. 

llaticaol ~ PolicJ let of 1988 111111 g1dJol ~. llooriDga bafma the c-ittaa '"' ~ lllllllllltural. Jlasaaralll, liDited statao 

SeDate, Dae lluDclraclth Cmgrass, Seaxld Sess1.ca'"' s. 'JHil, August 11, Sepl:eE>or 19 111111 20, 1988 s. lk9. 1DD-923, 546, 1989. 

Abstract: Government officials, representatives fran EPA, industry, and environmental groups were among those testifying at a bearing on the Federal agencies response to the scientific evidence of global climate change and to receive statements on S. 2667, the National 

Energy Policy Act of 1988. One of the purposes of this bearing was to underline the administration responsibilities. Various Federal 

agencies must coordinate their efforts and lead, not stand by and let our climate change while we study the issue. Global atmospheric 

concentrations of carbon dioxide have been steadily increasing since the advent of the industrial age. During the last 150 years, 

the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has risen frau 280 ppn to 350 ppm. Since 1958, concentrations have increased by about 

40 ppm in that short period of time alone. 

58. United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., D.C. 

carlxJD dl.ax1de 111111 cllata: -of J:8IIOIIrCh in lY 1987. 

DOE/ER-0347, Oct. 1987,. 95 p. Tables, appendices. 

Abstract: This report gives details of programs or projects conducted by various agencies and laboratories in the U.S. during FY 1987 

and shows the changes in budget and expenditures fran year to year since 1978 when the Dept. of Energy (DOE) was given the role of 

lead agency in coordinating all government efforts along the line of C02 climate-related research. The expenditures for fiscal years 

1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1987, and totals for 1978-1987 are categorized by the following work breakdown: energy systems, 

climate systems, agricultural/ecological systems, resource analysis, scientific interface, integration and evaluation, and program 

development and management for a total of $ 92 million. The same data are broken down by budgets for university, laboratory, 

government, industry, and other; with universities handling 42% and national laboratories 40% of the total. Twenty universities in 

the U.S. and one in England (East Anglia) carry on research projects that are aroong these projects described in sane detail. A great 

deal of the effort is devoted to roodelling. The resulting increase in C02 in the atmJsphere since 1958 is estimated at 17%. 

"59. United States. National Climate Program Office. 

llaticaol cllata ~= n ..... J8111" p1an, 1989-1993. 

Rockville, MD: The office, 48 p., 1988. Refs., figs., maps. 

Abstract: The primary goal of the program is to understand and predict climatic variations due to natural and anthrofX)genic factors. 

Execution of the national climate program will involve government agencies at the federal and state levels, regional organizations, 

academia and the private sector. During the next five years the following areas will be emphasized: description of the current state 

of the climate system and influencing factors; determination of current ability to predict climatic change over periods of months to 

decades; predicting the effect of increased greenhouse gases; assessment of the environmental impact of climatic change due to increased 

greenhouse gases; and policy analysis. 

60. U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Panel on Climate and Global Change. 

Tbe viJd.ca: a reclecll.catial of 1011. 

Boulder, CO.: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, 16 p., 1989. 

Abstract: The role of NOAA within the U.S. Global Change Program is outlined. NOAA is the natural agency to assume long-term 

responsibility for obtaining and, in concert with the scientific community, synthesizing authoritative information on global changes 

in the total environment in a form useful to decision-makers. This responsibility will mean a long-tenn ccmnitment for operational 

space observations; in situ measurements; measurement system integrity; processing, analysis, archiving, and quality control of global 

data sets; oceanic and atmospheric research; maintaining research facilities; and the improvement and validation of climate roodels. 

Though well positioned to assume this essential role, NOAA is at present neither adequately equipped nor adequately funded to do it. 

61. United States. Oak Ridge National Lab., C. D. Information Center, Oak Ridge, TN. 

u.s. 

Syst.s, ~ IDe. March 

of 

1987. 

~ Carlxm llinxlda - DiviJd.ca Publiartioaa 111111 other &wta. Plepared by llllrtin llar1etta ~ 

Abstract: This booklet provides information about the many reports and other materials made available by the U.S. Department 

of Energy's carbon Dioxide Research Division (CDRD). It is divided into six sections: research plans and budget SUlllllai'ies; technical 

reports; workshops, proceedings, and reports; other reports; USDA reports on response of vegetation to carbon dioxide; computer 

model packages; and numeric data packages. 

62. VanderVeen, C. J. 

Ice sbeets 111111 the C02 ~. 

Surveys in Geophysics, Dordrecht, Holland, 9(1): 1-42, March 1987. 

Abstract: The carbon dioxide problem is discussed, with special reference to the possible effects of a global warming on the 

ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica. Instead of detailed projections of future climate and the consequences, the basic 

mechanisms are explained and illustrated with results described in the literature. It is concluded that a doubling of the atmospheric 

C02 content (roost likely to occur sanewbere in the second half of the next century) will result in a globally averaged warming of 

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2-4°C and an intensification of the hydrologic cycle. In the polar regions, this warming will be a few degrees larger, and, as a consequence, the Greenland Ice Sheet will decrease in size. Antarctica, on the other hand, is expected to grow because of the 

increased snowfall. The instability of the West Antarctic ice sheet is also discussed, and, although no conclusive prediction to its 

long-term response can be made, it is argued that, on a short time scale (< APPROX. 100 yr), nothing dramatic will happen to this 

part of Antarctica. 

63. Warrick, R. A. Climatic Res. Unit, Univ. of East Anglia, Norwich. 

carbao cliaxide, cl18tic cilaDge, aDd agricultm:a. 

Geographical Journal, London., 154(2): 221-233, July 1988. 

Abstract: Higher ambient levels of carbon dioxide can affect crops directly or indirectly through changes in climate. The 

results of controlled experiments consistently show that higher carbon dioxide increases dry matter production, largely 

by stimulating photoSJDthetic response, decreasing transpiration, and thus improving water use efficiency. Yields of C SUB 3 crops 

(wheat) could increase by 10-50% for a doubling of carbon dioxide concentrations. The sensitivity of crop yields to changes in 

climate variables has been investigated through several approaches: crop impact analysis, marginal-spatial analysis, and 

agricultural systems analysis. Such investigations suggest that, for the core midlatitude cereal regions, an average warming of 2° 

C may decrease potential yields by 3-17%. Changes in climate at the margins of crop production could result in shifts in the geographic 

location of potential crop regions, perhaps of the order of several hundred kilcxneters per °C change in the mid- and high latitudes. 

Agricultural systems analyses suggest that, to a large extent, the potential adverse effects of climatic change could be 

absorbed or avoided through agronomic, policy, and market feedback mechanisms. Such results are only tentative. It is not yet possible 

to predict the ccxnbined net effect of both higher C02 and climatic change on global agriculture. 

64. Wigley, T. M. L.; S.C. B. Raper. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO; East Anglia, University, Norwich, England. 

!he!:aJ. e>qJIIIIIIim of ... 1lllter IIII80Ciatad with gld>ol. wml.ug. 

Nature, 330(6144):127-131, Nov. 12, 1987. 

Abstract: The relationship between greenhouse-gas forcing, global mean temperature change and sea-level rise due to thermal expansion 

of the oceans is investigated using upwelling-diffusion and pure diffusion models. The sensitivities of sea-level to short-timescale 

forcing and deep-water formation rate changes are examined. The greenhouse-gas-induced thermal expansion contribution to sea-level 

rise between 1880 and 1985 is estimated at 2-5 an. Projections are made to the year 2025 for different forcing scenarios. For the 

period 1985-2025 the estimate of greenhouse-gas-induced warming is 0.6-1.0 C. The concanitant oceanic thermal expansion would raise sea level by 4-8 em. (Author). 

65. Woodwell, G. H. 

Glabol wmiug aDd 1lhlrt. WO C11D do ohoat it. 

Amicus J. (United States), p. 8-12, Fall 1986. 

Abstract: This paper reviews the greenhouse effect, predictions of future climate, effects on forests and feedbacks to climate change, 

and the role of deforestation and fossil fuel ccxnbustion. It corrments on the research program into the greenhouse effect, both in 

the US and globally. It ends by SlllliD8I'izing the current options for controlling future climate change. 

66. World Meteorological Organization. 

CIS Group of ~ <11 Cllate, Piaol rapcrt (~, 28 Octd>or-llkl- 1985). 

Its World Climate Research Programme WCRP-7, 17 p. (WMO/TD No. 226), April 1988. 

Abstrac?t: This document reports on the results of the activities of the CAS related to the World Climate Research Program: 1) decisions 

and recomnendations of CG-IX and EC sessions, JSC-V1, and advisory Working Group-Vll: 2) future activities of CAS with regard 

to tropical meteorology, WMO projects on atmospheric gases and pollutants, baseline radiation stations, sea ice, and ataoospheric 

radiation; 3) active projects in support of specific aspects of climate research, including intercomParison of parameterization codes 

and other studies for boundary layer processes, interactions between the stratosphere and troposphere in modelling 

tropospheric climate, climate diagnostics, aerosol roonitoring and aerosol climatologies, and relation between ICSU program on global chaoge (ICSU/PGC) and the WRCP; aod 4) reestablishment of the CAS group on climate. A paper on the role of the stratosphere 

in modelling tropospheric climate is included as an appendix. 

67. World Meteorological Organization. World Climate Program, Geneva. 

Gnldall- <11 the structw:e, PMjj L, aDd oparaLioD of cllata dlrta Clllltru. Preponod bJ the ~ 11oeLiJ1g <11 Cllate 

Illlta Celltre llasl.gD aDd Operatials, lt.oopberic IID1I1ztmmrt. - ... , llolmsv1all, Ckrtario, Clmllda, Oct •. 29-llav. 2, 1984. 

Its WCP-99, [1985]. 28 p. text. Appendices separately paged. (WMO/TD No. 48). 

Abstract: The purpose of a Climate Data Center, the definition of small, medium, and large climate data centers, and general user requirements are sunmarized. The following features of climate data centers are then described; 1) the function and structure of such 

centers; 2) data collection and coamunications; 3) quality control and processing; 4) structure of the climate center base: manuscript, 

microfilm/microfiche, digital archives, intial startup of a climate data center, and archival of remote sensing data; 5) management 

of the digital climate center data base; 6) data center outputs/products; 7) data security; and 8) staff requirements, characteristics 

and organizations, computer hardware and software, etc. 

68. Wuebbles, D. J.; J. Edl:oonds. Lawrence Livermore Natl. Lab., CA.; Pacific Northwest Lab., Wash., D.C. 

PriEr <11 grwnhnnae gues. 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Science, Wash., D.C., OOE/NBB- 0083, 100 p., 

March 1988. 

Abstract: This document provides a reference swrmarizing current understanding of basic information for gases considered to be 

important to the future state of global atmospheric chemistry and climate. The greenhouse gases included are C02 , 0 SUB 3 , CH SUB 

4 , N20, CFCl SUB 3 , CF SUB 2 Cl SUB 2 , CO, NO SUB x , braninated hydrocarbons, CO, SO SUB 2 , and COS; they are those of direct 

radiative importance to climate, those acting as radiative precursors, and those of importance as intermediate constituents because 

of their chemical activities. For each of the gases, the following information is given: trace gas classical formula; sources; 

percent of total sources related to energy; sinks; current concentrations; atm:>spheric lifetimes; current atmospheric trends; whether 

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radiatively or chemically interactive; direct chemical effects; direct climate effects; index of radiative sensitivity compared 

to C02 ; chemical-climate interactions; uncertainties in basic chemistry; uncertainties in applied chemistry; and uncertainties in 

radiative transfer. The material is presented in the form of an extended table. 

1. ·Angell, J. K. Air Resources Lab., ERL/NOAA, Silver Spring, MD. 

VariatioDs and tr.ods in 1:zq>oapilar1c and at:n1:osP>orlc gl<>bol. ~urao, 1958-87. 

Journal of Climate, Boston., 1(12): 1296-1313, Dec. 1988. 

Abstract: Examined in this paper are the variations and trends in tropospheric and low-stratospheric temperature for seven climatic 

zones, hemispheres, and the world for intervals 1958-1987 and 1973-1987, based on 63 well-distrihuted radiosonde 

stations. For the 30-yr interval 1957-1987, these data indicate an increase in year-average global temperature at the surface and 

in the tropospheric 850-300-mh layer of 0.08°C (10 yr) SUPER - SUPER 1 and 0.09°C (10 yr) SUPER - SUPER 1 , respectively, 

just significant at the 5% level. Nevertheless, during this interval, there is evidence for a slight decrease in year-average 

temperature at the surface and in the troposphere of the north polar and north temperate zones. The global 300-100-mb temperature 

is indicated as having decreased by 0.18°C (10 yr) SUPER - SUPER 1 during this 30-yr interval (significant at the 1% level), with 

a temperature decrease in all seven climatic zones, although largest in the south polar zone {associated with the Antarctic ozone bole phenomenon). For the 15-yr interval 1973-1987, the global temperature in the low stratospheric 100-50-mb layer is indicated 

as having decreased by a significant 0.62°C {10 yr) SUPER - SUPER 1 , the decrease again largest in the south polar zone 2.04°C (10 

yr) SUPER - SUPER 1 , but observed in all zones except the north temperate zone. During 1958-1987, there is evidence for an increase 

in the meridional temperature gradient between the equatorial zone and north polar zone both at the surface and in the 

troposphere, but in the Southern Hemisphere, there has been a decrease in this gradient at the surface and essentially no change 

in the troposphere. In the hemispheric and global average, warming has been greater {though not significantly so) in MAM 

(March-April-May) and JJA than in DJF and SOH, both at the surface and in the troposphere, although in both polar zones the surface 

warming has been greatest in winter. The close relation between sea surface temperature in the eastern equatorial Pacific and 

tropospheric temperature in the Tropics is discussed in sane detail. Finally, temperature variations and trends in the 

Western Hemisphere tropics are examined to heights of 55 Jan by using high-level radiosonde and rocketsonde data. 

2. 

lntarctic latea: 1Dcliartcra of gl<>bol. cllata dJimgo? 

Antarctic, Journal "of the United States, Wash., D.C., 22{4): 11-13, Dec 1987. 

Abstract: Scientists agree that changes in the ice sheets of East and West Antarctica could indicate changes in the Earth's 

climate~ How, data fran a 10-yr study suggest that Antarctica may hold another means by which observers can judge the 

stability of the global climate-the small lakes that pepper the ice-free regions of the continent. Biologists working in these 

ice-free or dry valleys in southern Victoria Land conclude fran their research that the lakes may record short-term {periods 

of <100 yr) alterations in the climate. 

3. 

U.S. acieatiJrts coutinuo OZCIIII cleplst:ioa stadias during the 1987-1988 ll1l8triiJ. -· Antarctic, Journal of the United States, Wash., D.C., 22(3): 1-4, Sept 1987. 

Abstract: Working at Palmer Station and along the Antarctic Peninsula aboard the R/V Polar Duke, two teams of marine biologists 

measured how the increased exposure to UV light affects the Antarctic marine ecosystem. The projects are part of the U.S. study 

of the annual spring depletion of ozone over Antarctica and the effects of decreased ozone levels on the environment. Data show 

that, starting in 1979, a dramatic decrease in stratospheric ozone over the southern continent occurred each austral spring. 

In late Aug. or early Sept., a hole approximately the size of the U.S. begins to form; the decline continues through Sept. and Oct., 

with a recovery during Nov. The eight projects of the National Ozone Expedition are among the 69 that the National Science Foundation 

bas funded for the 1987-1988 anstral SUIIIller Antarctic program. 

4. Barnett, T. P. Scripps Inst. of Ocean., Univ. of CA., San Diego. 

IJetectial of~ in the globoJ. tt \ aphota ~field indac•fhJ greaJboaaa -· Journal of Geophysical Research, Wash., D.C., 91(06): 6659-6667, May 20, 1986. Refs., figs. 

Abstract: Several approaches to detecting the existence of a theoretically predicted C02 -induced signal in the global temperature 

field are investigated. It appears that a relatively thin network of observing stations can, when properly analyzed, provide a 

first-order estimate of global-scale temperature change and that this measurement is not necessarily the global average tertg;)erature. 

By using these stations, it is possihle to estimate the strength of an a priori C02 signal in the three-dimensional tropospheric 

temperature field. This signal is derived fran two different general circulation model simulations, both with some form of interactive 

oceans. The observed signal strength over 1960-1980 is APPROX. 0.5-1.0 times that expected theoretically. The observed signal 

demonstrated a trend that is marginally significant. 

5. Barnett, T. P. Scripps Inst. of Ocean., La Jolla, CA. 

Lcmg-teJ:II cllata dJoDgo in ob8onad pbJaical. prcpart:iao of the OCOIIII8. 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., D.C., OOE/ER- 0235, p. 91-107, Dec. 

1985. Refs., figs .. , 

Abstract: Changes in the key ocean variables of sea surface temperature, sea level, and salinity over space and time, with the aim 

of using the available data to detect possihle C02 -induced changes and their time variability over decades are discussed. Spatial 

and temporal changes in density and changes in the general circulation of the oceans are also examined. The importance of the 

variations of these factors, the measurement methods, and data quality and distrihutions are surveyed. Recent analysis and variations 

of relative sea level, including the roles of ice melt, temperature change, and circulation change, are reviewed. The recent analyses 

and variations of surface air temperature, marine air temperature, and surface sea temperature and their interrelations, and of 

subsurface temperature are Slllrlllarized. The recent analyses and variations of salinity and density are sunmarized. Analyses of existing 

limited data suggest changes in relative sea level of 10-25 em per century along many, but not all, of the continental margins. 

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Furthenoore, small- scale features {eddies, internal waves) in the oceans introduce such high noise levels in attempts to study 

oceanwide changes in temperature, salinity, and density that inferred trends over the last 50 yr are generally a factor of 10 less 

than the uncertainty of their estimates. 

6. Barry, R. G. lJniv. of CO., Boulder. 

CrJosphere IIDd cllate clllmge. 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., D.C., OOR/ER- 0235, p. 109-148, 

Dec. 1985. Refs., figs. tables. 

Abstract: A comprehensive overview of the relationship between the cryosphere and climate change is presented. The snow and ice 

components (area, ice voll.lnE!, and level equivalent changes) are presented in a table. The role of the cryosphere in the climate system, 

and climate and cryosphere-climate interactions involving long- term changes in atmospheric C02 content are sunmarized with regard 

to the elements of the cryosphere, snow cover, sea ice, freshwater ice, ground ice, permafrost and glaciers, and ice sheets. Their 

significance, the observations, the space-time coverage of the data, and the interactions of the individual cryospheric elelOODts with 

climate are discussed. 

7. Bolle, H.-J.; W. Seiler; B. and Bolin. Inst. fur Met. und Geophys., Univ. Innsbruck, Austria; Max-Planck-Inst. fur Cbemie, otto 

Hahn Inst., Kainz, W. Germany; Dept. of Met., Arrhenius Lab., Univ. of Stockholm, Sweden. 

other ~ - IIDd aoroools: • dng their role far aWe radiatiWI -or. 

In: Greenhouse Effect, Climatic Change, and Ecosystems. Chichester, Eng., John Wiley & Sons, p. 157-203, 1986. 

Abstract: A comprehensive review of the current state of knowledge on the direct radiative effects of atroospheric gases other than 

C02 and on aerosols in the atmosphere is presented. The following topics are discussed: 1) trace gases in the atmosphere, 

including the role of trace gases in climatic studies and past and present concentrations of methane, its sources and sinks 

and their temporal changes, and long-term trends; 2) past and present concentrations of nitrous oxide, its sources and sinks and 

their temporal changes, and interaction of N20 with other atmospheric trace gases; 3) past and present concentrations of 

chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and ozone (formation and destruction, tropospheric and stratospheric ozone, and total ozone); 

4) probable future concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases, guide lines for estimation of probable future concentrations, and 

estimates of methane, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCL SUB 3 , CF SUB 2 CL SUB 2 ), nitrous oxide, and ozone; 5) radiative effects of 

greenhouse gases, including some principal considerations, model ccxnputations and the importance of spectral 

overlapping, and climatic effects of projected increases of other greenhouse gas concentrations; and 6) aerosols, including aerosol 

type and variability, radiative ef~ects, and possible future changes of climate resulting fran anthropogenic aerosols. 

8. Gates, W. L.; M. C. MacCracken. Climatic Res. Inst., OR. State Univ.; Lawrence Livermore Nat!. Lab., CA. 

"'"llenge cf clatacting cllate clllmge iDduoed hJ increuing - cliaxicle. 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., D.C., OOE/ER- 0235, p. 1-12, Dec. 

1985. Refs., 

Abstract: The framework providing a basis for efforts to detect the climatic effects of increasing C02 concentrations in the atmosphere 

is discussed. A review of the characteristics of climate and of some of the factors that may play a role in inducing climatic change 

is presented, and the following are considered: definition of climate and climate change; factors controlling the climate, including 

both external and internal forcing factors; and the baseline climate (climate over the last 10 SUPER 4 -10 SUPER 5 yr and 10 SUPER 

2 -10 SUPER 4 yr). A description is given of methods for determining whether climate is changing currently (or has changed in the 

past). Detection and the observational record, detection and the understanding of climate change, and climate roodels and identification 

of the CO SUB 2 signal are discussed. 

9. 

~ 

Gavfilova, M. K. Inst. Merzlotovedeniya SO, Akad. Nauk, U.S.S.R. 

1--iJll illata i '1080Z1m1rya dinwfka 'I8CiJDa]' .arzloty. [bpectad cllate cl>omgaa IIDd poadble dynw!.ca cf 

pemafmst:.] 

Keteorologiya i Gidrologiya, Moscow, No. 7, p. 114-116, July 1984. Trans!. into English in corresponding issue of Meteorology and 

Hydrology, Wash., D.C. Available frcm NTIS, Springfield, VA. 22161. 

Abstract: The influence of possible anthropogenic cli.aJate changes on the freezing and thawing regimes of soils and the phenomena of 

permafrost are examined. Intended and united regional-local, micro-, and nanoeffects on climate, as well as effects of a microclimatic 

character, associated with the expected warming in the caning century are investigated. Data fran the published literature and those 

obtained by the author on estimates of climatic warming in the 20th century globally, particularly in Western and Eastern Siberia 

and the Far East, are cited with particular regard to effects on permafrost. It is concluded that, if in the middle of the 21st 

century, the climate will wam intensely, a transformation in the permafrost regime of the soils is to be expected. Permafrost rocks 

in the near-surface layer are preserved mainly in mountain regions and high latitudes of the Arctic (the Taimyr Island and peninsulas) 

with a general rise in soil temperature. In the remaining regions, there is intense thawing of the bottcm soils and a rise of 

temperature in the upper layers. However, as a result of the thermal processes in frozen rocks, this occurs only within the limits 

of annual temperature fluctuations (5-15 m). Hence, islands of frozen rocks of not very great thickness may disappear. Over a large 

part of the penuafrost region, parmafrost may survive as a relict phenomenon. 

10. Gorshkov, V. G. 

Rcl' okaaDa v pogl.oabcbellii llll1:ropogalmJ Y]'htoaaY C02 is -ery. [llol.e cf the 00111111 in the abeol:ptim cf IUII:hrq>ogoDic CO SUB 

2 rejecti<m fn. the ol:uJ&j:Gore.] 

Vsesoyuznoye Geograficheskoye Obshchestvo, Leningrad, Izvestiya, 118(5): 386-395, Sept./Oct. 1986. Refs. Russian summary. 

Abstract: Different approaches for determining the absorption capacity of the ocean are examined. On the basis of a review of the 

published literature, numerical values are obtained for the absorption of atmospheric C02 by the ocean through the air-sea surface; 

the physical-chemical absorption of C02 by the ocean; the biogenic absorption of C02 by the ocean; and the distribution of 

differences of C02 concentration in the ocean. It is shown that the rate of pure absorption C02 by the ocean from the atmosphere 

is proportional to the increment of the mass of C02 in the atmosphere in comParison with the preindustrial steady-state level. The 

magnitude of absorption is determined by the biological processes in the ocean. The rate of biological absorption by the ocean exceeds, 

by an order of magnitude, the pure physical-chemical absorption by the ocean. 

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11. Halter, B. C.; J. T. Peterson. Cooperative Inst. for Res. in Environ. Sci., Univ. of co., Boulder; Air Resources Labs., NOAA, 

Boulder. 

!kl the varlablli1:J af ot.oapbaric oarbaa d1alide OCIICBDt:ro1:io at Borroor, .llaab, doriDg -· Atmospheric Environment, Oxford, 15(8): 1391-1399, 1981. Refs., figs. (Special Issue: Arctic Air Chemistry). 

Abstract: Atmospheric carbon dioxide data obtained at Barrow, Alaska, for the May-September period of 1978 were studied to understand 

the causes of the day-to-day and within-day variations. Sixteen instances of 24-hr change in average C02 concentration of 15-50% 

of the annual range ( APPROX. 14 p.p.m.) were identified. Within-day variations of as much as 50\ of the annual range were noted. 

The variations were found to be related to local- and synoptic-scale meteorology interacting with local Barrow C02 record which can 

be used in the selection of representative data for studying large-scale trends. 

12. Hatch, D. J. 

lliBt:rilxrtl.m af warld climte CCDdl.tiala. 

Journal of Meteorology, Trowbridge, Eng., 13{133): 344-349, Nov. 1988. 

Abstract: The author compiled standardized climatic data for 500 places in all the regions of the world, highlighting those locations 

where extreme conditions occur (Weather around the World, Oct. 1984). In addition to monthly, seasonal, and annual data of 

temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and wind speed for these places, listings and maps were provided of the principal elements of 

climate. Additional features were the calculations of wind chill, of disccxnfort caused by a combination of beat and humidity, and 

of an overall climate code which, although subjective in nature, attempted to combine the individual elements of climate at each 

place into a single, comparable index of climate value. This article illustrates some of the results of these analyses. The 

climate information refers to average weather, where considerable extremes of temperature or rainfall occur, these will be 

reflected only in as far as they affect average values. This may have a marked effect upon the interpretation of the climate code, 

described below, where a near idyllic climate may be rendered far fran attractive by occasional destructive tropical cyclones, 

smog, periods of extreme beat or cold, or high humidity, etc. The value of the information is limited by the quantity and quality 

of the source data. Unfortunately, the available data are sadly lacking, far from standardized, out of date, and often numerically 

inaccurate. The data of the U.S. National Climatic Data Center may be singled out for praise in this context-accurate, up-to-date 

information readily available at m1nima1 cost. Unfortunately still published in nomtetric units, converted they form the basis 

for the data on places in the U.S. presented here. Other sources used, both primary and secondary, and updated, converted, or 

corrected where necessary, are the following: HMSO Tables of Temperature, Relative Humidity, and Precipitation for the 

World, various dates; M. Muller, Handbucb ausgewahlter Klimastationen der Erde, 1980; Pearce and Smith, The World Weather 

Guide, 1984; and World Meteorological Organization, Climatological Normals 1931-1960, 1971. For many stations, the period upon which 

the data are based is limited, which may mean that extreme values are understated. The maps do not pretend to give more than a generalized global picture of the distribution of the elements covered. Local topography, in particular mountains, or the influence 

of the oceans will clearly lead, in many cases, to significant deviations fran global values. For certain elements, rankings 

are given of values for the highest and lowest 50 stations. In the case of the climate code, no data are available for APPROX. 100 

stations because basic data on sunshine hours are lacking. 

13. Hattemer-Frey, H. A.; T. R. Karl; F. T. Quinlan. Carbon Dioxide Information ctr., Oak Ridge Nat!. Lab., TN.; Natl. Climatic 

Data Ctr., Asheville, N.C. 

lmlatated ilmmtorJ af cliatic ll>dl.ooll 111111 data lllrts. 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., D.C., OOE/NBB- 0080, 195 p., 

Nov. 1986. 

Abstract: This publication describes 34 prominent climatic indices and provides an annotated listing and bibliography of additional 

indices to meet the information needs of researchers who are evaluating the effects of increased C02 levels. The indices 

are grouped into 10 subject areas: 1) global/hemispheric data sets (monitoring a climatic variable for one or both hemispheres): 

Northern Hemisphere surface air temperature, Russian surface air temperatures, and Southern Hemisphere surface air temperatures; 2) 

marine data sets: comprehensive ocean-atmosphere data sets (COADS), global sea level changes, nighttime near-surface marine air 

temperatures, and tide-gage measurement of global sea level changes; 3) global and local long-term temperature and precipitation data 

sets: Arctic, Arctic regions, and Antarctic surface air temperatures; central England temperatures; dryness/wetness index for 

China; England, and Wales precipitation; Indian monsoon rainfall record and !lrought area indices; New Zealand temperature and. 

precipitation record; rainfall series for four sub-Saharan zones; sub-Saharan rainfall index; and IJ.S. temperature and 

precipitation record and drought area index; 4) atm:Jspheric constituents data sets: aircraft measurements of atmospheric C02 

Concentrations over the Australian region; atmospheric C02 variations at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii, and the South Pole; dust 

veil index; and mean annual stratospheric aerosol optical depths estimates; 5) upper air data sets: .circulation patterns and world 

climate, trade wind field over the Pacific Ocean, and tropospheric and stratospheric temperatures; 6) Southern Oscillation/El Nino 

data sets: atmospheric characteristics associated with the Southern Oscillation, persistence and interannual variability of 

the Southern Oscillation, and Southern Oscillation indices; 7) solar data sets: umbra/penumbra ratio, and Zurich (Wolf) sun-spot 

numbers; 8) Proxy data sets: 22-yr cycle in drought area indices for the western U.S.; past volcanic activity detennined fran Greenland 

ice cores; reconstructed estimates of temperature, sea level pressure, and Southern Oscillation index values; and reconstructed 

Northern Hemisphere temperatures; 9) lake level and river flow data sets: changes in the level of three East African lakes; and 

10) snow cover and sea ice extent data sets: changes in snow cover and sea ice and the reflection loss index for the Northern 

Hemisphere. Additional climatic indices are listed in the appendix; and an extensive bibliography is included. For each of the 34 

climatic indices, the following information is given: the primary reference, the application, the background, the calculation, 

the temporal and spatial resolutions, the units, the period of record, the reliability, the manner in which the index compares with 

other indices, the sponsor of the index, and the nllllber of times the primary reference bas been cited since published. 

14. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Coomission, Paris. 

Ocelm obaerriDg BJ..U. deYel.c:pleat ptOjjL : • liarld cu.ata - Pl:Ujjt - plan. Sponsored by WMO, International Council of Scientific Unions, Scientific Ccmnittee on Oceanic Research, and the Intergovernmental 

Oceanographic Carmission. Its Technical series, No. 27, 31 p., 1984. 

Abstract; This report describes the principles that govern the Ocean Observing System Developnent Program (OOSDP) for the three streams 

of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP): 1) the physical basis for long-range prediction of weather ananalies; 2) interannual 

variability of global atmospheric climate and the tropical oceans; and 3) long-term variations and the sensitivity of the climate 

system to external influences. A survey is made of the objectives of the OOSDP, the unique features of this program and its underlying 

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assumptions, and the requirements for each of the streams of WCRP. General issues caubined with the variables to be observed or derived are reviewed, i.e., overlap of historical and new {mainly satellite) technology, error analyses, data management systems, and the 

relationship between research and operational observing programs. The variables investigated are sea surface temperature, mean sea 

level, surface stress, subsurface heat storage, sea ice, surface heat flux, and ocean currents. WCRP requirements, scientific 

background, various aspects of data analysis, data collection, and management of the operations {both scientific and technological) 

are discussed for each of these variables. A program that uses satellite-tracked surface drifters to meet data requirements is 

described. A list of the major programs is presented. 

15. International Geographical Union Global Database Planning Project, 1st, Hampshire, Eng., May 9-13, 1988. 

Bnild1ng databuaa far glaba1 ac:lax:e: Proc•cUnga. Published by Taylor and Francis., 1988. 

Abstract: This publication contains the papers presented at the first meeting of the International Geographical Union's Global 

Database Planning Project, which was convened to examine the provision of databases to the International Geosphere 

Biosphere Program and which was held !lay 9-13, 1988. The papers deal With 1) various aspects of global database design and the 

issues inherent in such design: accuracy selection of appropriate data models for global databases, cartographic data inputs to global 

databases, integration of reroote sensing and geographic information systems, etc.; and 2) applications of world database systems, 

including the World Data Center system, international exchange and global change; methodology for multisatellite mapping; a CODATA program on remote sensing in earth science; world digital database for environmental sciences (WDOES); the role 

of the World Meteorological Organization in developing countries; global databases; a NOAA experience; activities associated 

with global databases in NASA; the IOC ocean-mapping activities; etc. · 

16. Kondrat 1yev, K. Y.; M. A. Prokof'yev; D. V. Pozdnyakov. lost. for Lake Studies of the Acad. of Sci., Leningrad. 

loro8ol propertiea lllld their aigrrlficaDce for cllate stucliaa. 

Idojaras, Budapest, 89(2): 57-69, !!arch/April 1985. Refs. English and Hungarian SUIIIIlilries. 

Abstract: The authors review typical aerosol properties and possibilities for typifying atmospheric aerosols with regard to the need 

for information on aerosol properties for climate modelling. Principal problems of studying aerosol cimatic impact are considered. 

A general picture of sources, sinks, and dynamics of global aerosols is given. Preliminary atmospheric aerosol models are described. 

17. Lachenbruch, A. H.; B. V. Marshall. Off. of Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Engr., U.S. Geol. Survey, MenloPark, CA. 

C!umg:lng cllate: gootl>amolavidoaoa trc. pemofrost ill the llaalom lrctic. Science, Wash., D.C., 234(4777): 689-696, Nov. 7, 1986. 

Refs., figs. 

Abstract: Temperature profiles measured in permafrost in northernmost Alaska usually have ananalous curvature in the upper APPROX. 

100m. When analyzed by heat conduction theory, the profiles indicate a variable, but widespread, secular warming of the permafrost 

surface, generally in the range of 2-4°C during the last few decades to a century. Although details of the climatic change cannot 

be resolved with existing data, there is little doubt of its general magnitude and timing; alternative explanations are limited by 

the fact that beat transfer in cold permafrost is exclusively by conduction. Because roodels of greenhouse warming predict climatic 

change will be greatest in the Arctic and might already be in progress, it is prudent to attempt to understand the rapidly changing 

thermal regime in this region. 

18. Lal, D.; W. Berger. Scripps Inst. of Ocean., La Jolla, CA. 

Gl.ablll ~ cbange lllld the OCIIIIII. 

In: Malone, Thomas F.; Roederer, Juan G. (eds.), Global Change. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1985. p. 157-170. (ICSU 

Press ~~ymposium Series No. 5). 

Abstract: As a result of extensive physical, chemical, biological, meteorological, and geophysical studies in the past decades, the 

dominating role of oceans in controlling the global environment on time scales of decades to centuries bas beccme manifest. The data 

sets indicate the necessity of observing oceans on a wide range of space and time scales with sufficiently high resolution to 

understand the ocean-atmosphere phencmena. The authors outline inqxlrtant oceanic processes that must be well understood and make 

reccmnendations for the observations that must be made to fulfill the objectives and goals of this International Geosphere- Biosphere 

Program. 

19. MacCracken, M. C.; F. M. (eds.) Luther. Lawrence Livermore Natl. Lab., Livermore, CA. 

Detacting the cllatic effect:a af iDcreuing carl>oD clianda. 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., D.C., DOE/ER- 0235, Dec. 1985. 198 

p. Refs., figs., Tables. Available from NTIS, Springfield, Va. 22161 

Abstract: This publication is part of a series of state-of-the-art volumes reviewing the current state of scientific understanding 

on the potential effects of the increasing C02 concentration in the atmosphere. It contains chapters dealing with methods and results 

of detectiilg the changes in climate caused by the increase in atroospheric concentration of C02 and isolating these changes from those 

caused by other natural or anthropogenic factors. Individual chapters written by different authors deal with problems of detecting 

climatic change induced by increasing atmospheric C02 , determination of the radiative signal of increasing C02 and other trace gases, 

analysis of the temperature record, long-term climate change in observed physical properties of the ocean, the cryosphere and climatic 

change, and long-term changes in precipitation. A chapter SUIIII'lai'izing the aforementioned chapters is included. Each chapter contains 

an extensive list of references. 

20. Peterson, J. T. Geophys. Monitoring for Climatic Change, NOAA, Boulder, CO • .l:t-.pberic 002 YBriBti.cl:lll at :Bi~J:'ra., .llasta, 1973-1982. 

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, Dordrecht, Holland, 4(4): 491-510, Dec. 1986. refs., figs 

Abstract: The first 10 yr (1973-1982) of atmospheric C02 measurements at Barrow, Alaska, by the NOAA/GMCC program are described. The 

paper updates and extends the Barrow C02 record presented in Tellus (1982). The data are given in final form, based on recent 

calibrations of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, with selected values identified as representative of large, space-scale 

conditions. Analyses of the data show: 1) a long-term C02 average increase of 1.3 p.p.m./yr, but with large, year-to-year variations 

in that growth rate; 2) a suggestion, not statistically significant, of a secular increase in the amplitude of the annual cycle, 

presumably a reflection of global-scale biospheric variability; and 3) good absolute agreement between the Barrow results and those 

from four neighboring high-latitude sites between SO and 82°N. 

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21. Peterson, J. T.; W. D. Komhyr. Geophys. Monitoring for Climatic Change, Air Resources Lab./NOAA,Boulder, CO. 

ltmapbaric 002 .- zwta at :&arm., llasb. 

World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Special Environmental Report No. 16, 1985. p. 76-80. Refs. (WMO-No. 647). 

Abstract: Preliminary results of the measurement of atroosphere C02 performed at Point Barrow, Alaska, for the period 1973-1982 as part 

of the U.S. Geophysical Monitoring for Climate Change (GMCC) program are presented. The C02 data set was obtained fran a continuously 

operating in situ nondispersive IR analyzer and by simultaneously collecting air samples in 0.5-1 glass flasks for a subsequent 

analysis. Graphs and a table are presented giving the monthly average concentration at Barrow, Alaska, and Mauna Loa, Hawaii for 

1973-1982; annual rr.aan concentrations at Barrow and year-to-year changes; and NOAA C02 flask data at Barrow for 1971-1982. The Barrow 

record is characterized by large-amplitude cycles and long-term increase and by a change in the year-to-year growth rate of mean C02 

concentration over the entire period. The flask record clearly shows the annual record and long-term trend. 

22. Ramanathan, V. Natl. ctr. for Atmos. Res., Boulder, CO. 

llala of Barth - budget stacliu in cllata 111111 gomoral circul.otia! t80811rd!. 

Journal of Geophysical Research, Wash., D.C., 92(04): 4075-4095, April 20, 1987. Refs., figs. 

Abstract: Two decades of nearly-continuous measurements of Earth radiation budget data from satellites have made significant 

contributions to the understanding of the global mean climate, the greenhouse effect, the meridional radiative heating that drives 

the general circulation, the influence of radiative heating on regional climate, and climate feedback processes. The remaining 

outstanding problems largely concern the role of clouds in governing climate, in influencing the general circulation, and in 

determining the sensitivity of climate to external perturbations, i.e., the cloud feedback problem. A remarkably simple and effective 

approach is proposed to address these problems, with the aid of the comprehensive radiation budget data collected by the Earth 

Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE). ERBE is a multisatellite experiment that began collecting data in Nov. 1984. Tbe simple approach 

calls for the estimation of clear-sky fluxes from the high spatial resolution scanner measurements. A cloud-radiative forcing (or 

simply cloud forcing) is defined, which is the difference between clear-sky and cloudy-sky (clear plus overcast skies) fluxes. The 

global average of the sum of the solar and long-wave cloud forcing yields directly the net radiative effect (i.e., cooling or warming) 

of clouds on climate. Analyses of variations in clear-sky fluxes and the cloud forcing in terms of temperature variations would yield 

the radiation temperature feedbacks, including the mysterious cloud feedback, which are needed to verify present theories of climate. 

General circulation nxxlel results are used to discuss the nature of the cloud radiative forcing. It is shown that the long-wave effect 

of clouds is to enhance the meridional heating gradient in the troposphere, whereas the albedo or solar effect. of clouds is largely 

to reduce the available solar energy at the surface. The long-wave cloud-induced drive for the circulation is particularly large in 

the monsoon regions. Thus, it is concluded that analyses of ERBE data in terms of cloud forcing would add much needed insights into 

the role of clouds in the general circulation. With regard to the future, the scientific need is discussed for continuing broadband 

measurements of ~h radiation budget data into the next century to understand the processes that govern interannual and decadal 

climate trends. The spectral variations in clear-sky fluxes and cloud forcing and the need for broadband data to obtain the desired 

accuracies are described. 

23. Reiter, R.; H. Jager. Fraunhofer lost. fur Atmos. Unweltforschung, Garmiscb-Partenkircben, E. Geimany. 

Beaul.ts of 8""J8111" Clllltimooao ~ of IIOI"080l. prof:llaol in tha strortoopbora nth df.,eelm of tha ilplrtancle of st:mtoopberic 

aartliiOlJI to 1111 ...u..ta of affec:ts 011 tha gldJol cllata. 

Meteorology and Atroospheric Physics, Vienna, 35(1/2): 19-48, 1986. Refs., figs. English and German sunmaries. 

Abstract: After a short description of the measuring technique used, the results of an efficient lidar system to determine stratospheric 

aerosol profiles to 30 km are reported in detail. Technical data of the lidar system are: 100-JIIrl transmitter energy, 20-nsec pulse 

length, 1-sec pulse repetition, 694-nm wavelength, single photon counting with the use of a chopper for suppressing quorescence of 

the laser crystal after the shot, fully autanated control of the measuring procedure, and storage of data by computer. Shown as examples are the first individual profiles of the stratospheric aerosol distribution after the IOOSt violent eruption of the recent 

past (El Chichon, 1982). These profiles reveal the rapid variations of the profile structure caused by the different flow conditions as a function of season. The results make clear that the fastest possible sequence of lidar measurements is required to obtain 

significant and application-oriented data. The integrated backscattering is presented fran the beginning of 1977 to the end of 1984. 

Its variations, resulting from a whole series of volcanic events during the period, are discussed in canParison with the background 

conditions of 1977-1978. The residence time of stratospheric aerosols is derived for different layers of the stratosphere with an estimate of the mean residence time of particles <0.5- MU m diameter at the respective level. The dramatic variation of the 

stratospheric aerosol distribution at 47°N lat. shortly before and imediately after the El Chichon eruption and continuously until smmer 1984 is shown with three-dimensional diagrams. The different temporal trends in the behavior of the stratospheric aerosol in 

midlatitudes as a function of the latitude of volcanic eruptions are discussed with examples. The results of measurements are canpared 

with those of other groups. Calculations of the optical depth are shown frcm early 1982 to late 1984 and are canpared with background 

conditions fran 1978. The stratospheric aerosol mass in the column above the unit surface is graphically plotted as a function of 

time. In several passages, it is pointed out that not only El Chichon, as the last extreme volcanic event, must be considered but 

also minor volcanic eruptions that occurred in different countries in late smmer and fall 1983. An overview is given of the available 

literature concerning the question of an impact on climate, especially on the Northern Hemisphere temperature by stratospheric 

turbidity; and conclusions are drawn as to the practical application of the measurement results. On the basis of reliable data fran 

the literature, a Volcanically induced cooling of APPROX. 0.5 K is to be expected fran 1984-1985 on, followed by a gradual 

normalization (provided that no new major volcanic eruptions occur). 

24. Rowland, F. S.; D. R. Blake; E. W. Mayer. Dept. of Chem., Univ. of CA., Irvine. 

liorlclllide l.nc!:eua in OOIICODtratiOII of a• apber!.c: Ethlmo ainoo 1978. 

World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Special Environmental Report No. 16, 1985. p. 33-46. Refs. (WMO-Ho. 647). 

Abstract: Methane is the most abundant carbon-containing species in the atmosphere next to fully oxidized carbon dioxide, and is largely 

the product of biological activity in anaerobic environments. In this study, experiments to determine the CH SUB 4 concentrations 

in two extensive series of ground-level air samples taken during two separate time intervals in 1983 in remote locations between 71 °N 

and 47°S lat are described. The overall world average for these tropospheric samples indicates an increase of APPROX. 0.06 p.p.m.v. 

in atmospheric methane over the 3-yr period frau 1980-1983 and APPROX. 0.10 p.p.m.v. for 1978-1983. This world trend is consistent 

with APPROX. 0.02 p.p.m. v. increase per year anywhere. On the basis of a review of various studies, the seasonal variations of 

methane; the greenhouse effect fran methane; the source strength of HO radicals which, by reaction with CH SUB 4 , provide the only 

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important process for rerooving methane fran the troposphere; the demand for oxidation by the HO radical reaction in the troposphere; 

sources of methane emission; and tonnage of atmospheric methane are discussed. 

25. Schonwiese, C.-D. 

rohlendfnrld (002 ). [Cm:lxl! cliaxido (002 ).] 

Pranet: Meteorologische Fortbildung, Offenbach a.jM., 15(4):2-5, 1985. 

Abstract: This paper reviews the history of the accumulation of data on the concentration of CO SUB 2 in the atmosphere, 

and on its significance in the temperature regime of the atmosphere. The heating effect of C02 upon the atmosphere has already been 

noted by Fourier (1827) and Arrhanius (1896) and, in 1938, Callender published a paper on the artificial production of CO 

SUB 2 and its influence on temperature. Serious and systematic study of the C02 role in atmospheric temperature began with 

the publication of a paper by Plass (1956} on the C02 theory of climate. This paper reviews the physical basis of the C02 effect upon 

climate, involving the IR absorption of CO SUB 2 ; measurements of atmospheric concentration of atmospheric C02 conducted 

since 1958 at different stations; and the march of the C02 concentration over this period: the mean (1975-1982) march of C02 at 

MaWla Loa, Point Barrow (Alaska), and the South Pole; annual amplitudes of C02 concentration on Mauna Loa; the fluctuations of 

atmospheric C02 concentration during the past 40 KOLIDLIED BY 10 SUPER 3 yr; and indirect determinations of atmospheric 

C02 concentration as obtained fran ice cases. The relationship of the atmospheric C02 concentration to climate variation is 

evaluated. 

26. Simon, K. 

laue Zablm .. 002 1llld ru.o. [!lao ..-r. 011 002 ODd cliata.] 

Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau, Stuttgart, 37(7): 294-295, July 1984. 

Abstract: On the basis of recent publications, sane of the latest estimates of atmospheric C02 concentrations to the year 2100, in 

the geological past and in historical periods, are surrmarized. Various estimates propose that the annual increase of C02 is 1-3.5% 

and that at a value of 2%, the anYJunt of atmospheric C02 will double in 88 yr. The National Research Council predicts a fourfold 

increase in C02 by the year 2100. Ice cores obtained in the Greenland ice indicate a C02 concentration of 0.29 per thousand before 

the industrial period. A C02 concentration of 0.27 per thousand was found in Antarctic ice 1000 yr old. Investigations of the 

C-13/C-12 ratio in plants millions of years old indicate a preindustrial concentration of 0.26%. On the Pacific Coast, a concentration 

of 0.276% was determined as canpared with a current concentration of 0.34%. A comParison of the oxygen and nutrients content of the 

North Atlantic between 1972 and 1981 revealed no change, through a gradual rise in C02 absorption of the world ocean. Investigation 

of cores of very old ice masses shows that, with the warming of the Earth at the end of the last Ice Age, C02 increased from 0.19 

to 0.3%. This change is believed to have occurred over several thousands of years; yet, in ice .40,000 yr old, such a change occurred 

in several hundred years. A sudden melting of the Antarctic ice mass would pose a great danger. Gradual melting of large ice masses would result in a rise of sea level by only 5-6 m. A roodel has been developed showing that the anthropogenic excess of C02 causes 

a decanposition of deep sea sediments. If, in the worst case, all fossil fuels have been consumed by 2100, the neutralizing action 

of these sediments will have been exhausted. A protective layer of carbonate-free sediment will have formed on the ocean bottan, which 

would suddenly bring to a standstill the C02 absorption. Alone, the atmospheric C02 concentration would double in 12,000 yr. 

27. Solow, A. R., and James M. Broadus. Woods Hole Oceanogr. Inst. 

~the cletacUm of ~bOIIaa ....mg. Climate Change, Dordrecht, 15(3): 449-453, Dec. 1989. Refs., figs. 

Abstract: Two facts that have been cited as evidence of the onset of greenhouse warming are the extent to which the most recent value 

in a global temperature series is unusually warm and the observation that the four warmest years on record occurred in the 1980 1s. The authors examine these results in more detail and address the question as to whether these facts constitute evidence in favor of 

the detection of greenhouse warming. They conclude that they do not support detection unless one is prepared to attribute all warming 

in the data to the greenhouse effect. 

28. Strickland, R. M. School of Fisheries, Univ. of WA., Seattle. 

Dofi.nitiOII end - of cllrta - to - the potauUal effects of iller pedlltal8pileric 002 011 - fi.Bbaries fr.. 

the DCJrtbeut Pacific Ocam. 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., D.C., OOE/NBB- 0075, 139 p., Dec. 

1985. Refs., figs., Tables. Available from NTIS, Springfield, Va. 22161 

Abstract: This study evaluates the effects of increased C02 in the atmosphere upon the climate, the ocean currents, and the resulting 

fish populations and potential catch, with special reference to the northeast Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea. A northward movement 

of the subtropical (Pacific) anticyclone and resulting warmer waters in the Aleutians, Bering Sea, and Gulf of Alaska would alter 

the types and numbers of fish in any given area. Hot only temperature and dissolved oxygen in the sea would change significantly but 

also increased dissolved C02 content would have a less significant effect. Case studies of individual fish species in the area were made (Alaskan pollock, Pacific herring, pink shrimp, and yellowfin sole), as each are sensitive to a different combination of 

environmental factors such as ice cover, turbulence, coastal currents on beaches, continental shelf, or spawning grounds. 

Bottan-dwelling shrimp are less sensitive to temperature changes. other case histories must be made in this and other areas since 

results in this study cannot be extrapolated to other areas or species. An extensive literature survey was made and APPROX. 400 

references were analyzed for the study. Research and data needs are given in a two-page table and discussed together with suggestions 

for field surveys for planning as well as evaluation of changes that might occur. 

29. Tanaka, K. T. Univ., Sendsi (Japan)). Hydrogen Energy System Society, Tokyo (Japan). 

Globol -.,g b]' - cliaxido ODd other -· froc»Mings In: Proceedings, 9th Conference on Researches on Hydrogen Energy System. Tokyo (Japan), 17 Nov 1988, p. 43-49,59. 

Abstract: The global warming by Co sub 2 , etc. was investigated. The concentration of atmospheric CO sub 2 increased at a rate of 

1.3 ppM/year in 1979-1985. As the consumption of carbon in fossil fuels is 5,100 million tons/year, 54% of released CO sub 2 remained 

in the atmosphere. With CO sub 2 released fran living organism taken into consideration, the proportion of remaining CO sub 2 in 

the atroosphere is 40-45 %, indicating 56-61 % of released CO sub 2 must be absorbed in the ocean. This has raised a problem since 

theories in the past do not support such a high rate of absorption by the ocean and quantitative analysis is required on sources of 

release and absorption. Significant uncertainty is left in the estimation of CO sub 2 concentration. Temperature rise of 3 +-1.5 sup 

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0 C in average and 2.5 time of this value for polar regions are estimated to be caused by doubled concentration of CO sub 2 . Rapid 

increase in heat insulating fran gas is another problem. Improved accuracy of observation and climatic models is essential for 

prediction of effects of co sub 2 and other gases on climate. 6 references, 6 figures. 

30. Tramoni, F.; R. G. Barry; J. Key. CIRES and Dept. of Geog., Univ. of CO., Boulder. 

Lake ice cmar u a ~m:e iDdox far ..UtoriDg cllate pertm:botima 

Zeitschrift fur Gletscherkunde und Glazialgeologie, Innsbruck, Austria, No. 21, p. 43-49, 1985. Refs. English and German SUlllllaries. 

Abstract: Records of lake freezeup and breakup in middle and higher latitudes of North America provide a little-exploited index of 

temperatures in the transition seasons. Regression analysis, testing several temperature indices for Tllakes widely distrihuted across Canada,·shows that, in half of the cases, freezing degree-day totals for the 50 days prior to freezeup give the highest correlations. 

Correlations with breakup are generally lower because of snow cover and other factors. A 5-day variation in freezeup date corresponds 

approximately to a MnruS/PLUS 1°C change in temperature for the 30 days preceding this event. Lake ice formation-decay is readily 

observed by weather satellites providing temperature indices as a means of detecting and assessing climatic trends. 

31. Tsonis, A. A.; J. B. Elsner. Wisconsin, University, Milwaukee) 

TestiJig the global .mug ~-

Geophysical Research Letters, 16:795-797, Aug, 1989. 

Abstract: The temperature record for the global surface air temperature indicates that six of the warmest years occurred in the period 

1980-1988. Here, the likelihood that such an arrangement is simply a manifestation of the natural variability of the system is 

addressed. The results indicate that the probability that such an arrangement arises naturally is between 0.010 and 0.032. (Author). 

32. United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,Environmental Research Labs., Climate Research Program, Boulder, 00. . 

OOIDS, ccaprabellsift 0001111-ataJojbo.:e data a&t: rel.aaE 1. 

Boulder, Co., April 1985, 268 p. Refs., figs. 

Abstract: This report consists of three parts: Pt. 1, ''C02 increase in the atmosphere and the role of the carbon cycle,'' describes 

current methods for assessing C02 develOIJDE!Dt within the carbon cycle, and discusses the results of analysis of tree ring samples, 

ice core Saqlles, the ~W record of C02 trends, and the global measurement program. The effects on the carbon cycle produced 

by the role of fossil fuels, the role of the biosphere, and the role of the oceans and the global carbon cycle are surveyed. Box 

models, including box diffusion IOOdels, advective diffusive m:Xlels, and multibox IOOdels for modellinq the carbon cycle, are described. 

The results of assessments of future C02 levels are sunmarized, involving effective airborne fraction, range of future C02 

developments, C02 emission and concentration levels resulting fran selected energy scenarios, and long-term C02 develorments. Pt. 

2 examines the effect of a C02 increase on the climate system with the aid of climate models. Two responses are investigated: 1) 

simulation of the climatic response to a time independent C02 -doubling (the equilihri1.111 response using radiation-convective models, 

energy balance models, and general circulation models, and the statistical significance of climate rodel results); and 2) climate 

IOOdel simulation for a time-dependent C02 increase (transient response). This part concludes with a discussion of statistical and 

deterministic methods for detecting a C02 signal. In Pt. 3, the methodology for constructing regional climate scenarios is developed. 

The following are considered: 1) use of analog studies in impact analysis, involving paleoclimatic and historical data (comParison 

of warm and cold periods and similarity methods for analyzing climatic fluctuations); 2) use of climate models in impact analysis, 

including IOOdel characteristics and model performance, processing of GeM-generated data, calculation of statistical parameters, and 

calculation of parameters for pattern canParison; 3) m:xlel verification of the temperature and precipitation rate distrihution for 

the GISS control experiment and for the BMO control experiment; and 4) climatic change scenarios for the study area as represented 

by longitudinally average distributions, regional distrihutions, pattern caoParison, and CCXDParison of model scenarios. Analog and 

model scenarios are ccxnpared. 

33. United, States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,Environmental Research Labs., Boulder, CO. 

Goq>bJaical llaaitoriDg far Clla&tic OlaDgo, s-y nparta. 

Abstract: These annual documents present a smrmary of the research operations and accanplishments by the Geophysical Monitoring 

for Climatic Change (GMCC) program and by outside investigators working cooperatively with GMCC. It includes descriptions of 

management and operations at the four baseline stations of GMCC (Kauna Loa, Barrow, Sarooa, and South Pole), scientific data 

from the measurement projects, and conclusions from analyses of data and of recent basic research achievements. These four 

stations conduct background measurements on carbon dioxide, total ozone, ozone vertical distrihution, surface ozoqe, 

stratospheric water vapor, halocarbons and N20, surface aerosols, solar radiation, station climatology, and precipitation 

chemistry. The individual special projects and the cooperative programs are described, and results obtained are presented. 

34. White, M. R. (ed.). Biol. and Medicine Div., Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA. CbaractarUatim of i.afm.atl.on ~ for atoclioo 

of C02 affacta: water rwmcaa, agricul.ture, f:l.abarlaa, fm:eata, ODd m- bolllth. 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, WB.sh., D.C., OOE/ER- 0236, 235 p., 

Dec. 1985. 

Abstract: There are many uncertainties concerning the carbon cycle and the direct effects of C02 . Because of these uncertainties, 

it is currently not feasible to conduct an impact assessment of the indirect effects of C02 • This study seeks to define and 

characterize the information and data required for quantifying indirect effects, including the requirements from direct effects 

research and from within the fields in which indirect effects may occur. The purpose is to 1) inform the direct effects 

researchers of the specific needs for quantifying the indirect effects, and 2) to determine whether additional data are required 

and improvements needed in research techniques (e.g., data collecting methods and modelling) within the fields where indirect effects 

may occur. 

35. Wood, F. B. (Off. Techno!. Assessment, Wash., D.C.). 

llaaitoriDg global cllate cllaDgo: the Cd8B of ~"'"'- .mug. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Boston, 71(1):42-52, Jan. 1990. 

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Abstract: Recent record high temperatures and drought conditions in many regions of the United States have prompted heightened concern about whether these are early manifestations of the global greenhouse warming projected by the major climate models. !D improved global 

climate monitoring and reporting capability is urgently needed in order to ensure that interpretation of climate trends and comParison 

with model projections are based on the most complete and accurate datasets available. Priority should be placed on identifying those 

key variables for which data are already being collected, and then integrating these quality-controlled datasets into one consolidated 

climate monitroing report that would be issued at regular intervals. Quality control is essential in order to avoid errors in the 

datasets that lead to misleading interpretations. Data on several key variables indicate that the pattern or fingerprint of 

climate change during the 1980 1s bas both significant similarities and differences when compared with the pattern projected by the major 

climate models for an equilibrium response to a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Overall, the present state of the global 

climate appears to be at a critical juncture, with improved monitoring an i..qx>rtant prerequisite for reliably tracking climate change over the next few years. 

1. Bell, T. L·. Lab. for Atmos., Goddard Space Flt. ctr., Greenbelt, MD. 

'ftleal:y af qrt.lal110i;hting af c11rt.a to c1atact cllatic cbaage. 

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Boston, 43(16): 1694-1710, Aug. 15, 1986. Refs. 

Abstract: A search for climatic change predicted by climate models can easily yield unconvincing results because of climatic noise, 

the inherent, unpredictable variability of time-averaged atroospheric data. A weighted average of data is described which maximizes 

the probability of detecting predicted climatic change. To obtain the optimal weights, an estimate of the covariance matrix of the 

data from a prior data set is needed. This introduces additional sampling error into the method. It is shown bow to take this into 

consideration. A form of the weighted average is found whose probability distribution is independent of the true (but unknown) 

covariance statistics of the data and of the climate model prediction. A table of critical values for statistical testing of the 

weighted average is given, based on Monte Carlo calculations. The results are exact when the prior data set consists of temporally 

uncorrelated samples. 

2. Bengtsson, L.; J. Shukla. European ctr. for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, Eng.; Ctr. for Ocean-Land-Atmos. Interactions, 

Dept. of Met., Univ. of MD., College Park. 

!Dtegratim af 8piiC8 aDd ill Bl.to cboamrt1aJ8 to stuciJ gldJol. cllata cbaage. 

American.Meteorological Society, Boston, Bulletin, 69(1): 1130-1143, Oct. 1988. 

Abstract: The currently available model-based global data sets of atmospheric circulation are a by-product of the daily 

requirement of producing initial conditions for numerical weather prediction (NWP) toodels. These data sets have been useful for 

studying fundamental dynamical and physical processes, and for describing the nature of the general circulation of the atmosphere. 

However, becaUse of limitations in the early data assimilation systems and inconsistencies caused by numerous model changes, the 

available toodel-based global data sets may not be suitable for studying global climate change. A comprehensive analysis of global 

observations based on a four-dimensional data assimilation system with a realistic physical model should be undertaken to 

integrate space and in situ observations to produce internally consistent, haaogeneous multivariate data sets for the Earth 1 s climate system. The concept is equally applicable for producing data sets for the atmosphere, the oceans, and the biosphere, and 

such data sets will be useful for studying global climate change. 

3. Bjorkstran, A. Dept. of Met., Arrhenius Lab., Univ. of Stockholm, Sweden. ~ad ~ OC8IID mcJela: for 

preclict:iDg the c1l..st:J:ilJut af C02 - the OCIOIID aDd the ataoepbore. In: Trabalka, John R.; Reichle, David E. (eds.), Changing Carbon Cycle: a Global !Dalysis. N.Y., Springer-Verlag, Incorporated, p. 

58-278, 1986. Refs., Figs. 

Abstract: The approaches that have been pursued in constructing mathematical rrodels of the circulation of carbon between the atmosphere 

and the ocean are reviewed. The categories of the data roost useful for checking oceanic carbon models are described: data on natural 

distribution of the radioactive isotope C-14 in various parts of the ocean; data on atmospheric C02 contents since the beginning 

of accurate observations in the 1950s; data on the Suess effect; data on radiocarbon and triti1.111 (H-3) produced at the atmospheric 

bomb tests; biological tracers; and oceanographic constraints. The two-box lOOdel; diffusion models; models of polar outcropping; models 

of circulation SJstems; the realistic geographic resolution in the choice of the number of parameters of box models; future roodel 

improvements; and predictions of future C02 levels are described. 

4. Boer, G. J. {ed.). 

Baaeord! activities ill at.ospbaric aDd OOOIIIIic wndeJllng. CJS/JSC liarldlJg ~ aa -callllpariJoolrt:a. 

World Climate Research Programme, Geneva, Report No. 9, Sept. 1986. 

Abstract: This report consists of contributions obtained in response to a letter sent to APPROX. 750 scientists worldwide. In 

many cases, the responses are simply sumnaries of published work, brief descriptions of work being conducted without results, 

and in some instances, results of new experiments. The contributions are grouped under the following categories: 1) data 

analysis, initialization, and impact; 2) data sets and diagnostic studies; 3) computational aspects; 4) resolution and 

parameterization; 5) regional and snaller scale models and studies; 6) forecast models and studies; 7) general circulation 

and climate roodels and studies; and 8) ocean, ice, and coupled models. 

5. Bolin, B. Dept. of Met., Arrhenius Lab., Univ. of Stockholm, Sweden. 

Boll IIIICb CO SUB 2 will ~ ill the oi:»Jaai>a..'8? !!he c:arbaa cycla aDd projectiaas far the futm'8. 

In: Greenhouse Effect, Climatic Change, and ecosystems. Chichester, Eng., John Wiley & Sons, p. 93-155, 1986. 

Abstract: The aspects of the global cycle which are important for determination of probable future atmospheric CO SUB 2 

concentrations are examined by considering time scales <20,000-30,000 yr and disregarding lithospheric processes except those 

of erosion, chemical denudation, and sedimentation. The following aspects of the global carbon cycle are discussed: 1) carbon in 

nature (key chemical compounds and reactions) and carbon isotopes; 2) atmospheric C02 , the C-13 and C-14 contents of atmospheric 

C02 , and the mixing of tropospheric air; 3) air-sea exchange (rate of transfer and chemical buffering); 4) carbon in the sea {total 

carbon and alkalinity; photosynthesis, decomposition, and dissolution of biogenic material; C-14 in the sea; ocean sediments; 

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and transfer processes within the sea); 5) roodelling the role of oceans in the carbon cycle; 6) carbon in terrestrial biota and soils 

(carbon in biota and the rate of primary production, changes in the amount of carbon in terrestrial ecosystems, and modelling 

changes of carbon storage and isotope composition in terrestrial ecosystems); 7) global carbon cycle _roodelling (model 

features, simulation of past changes, and the concept of airborne fraction); and 8) projections of future at.Joospheric CO SUB 2 

concentrations, use of the concept of airborne fraction for extra{Xllation, use of carbon cycle roodels, estimates of the range of 

future at.Joospheric C02 concentrations, and emission strategies). 

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6. Bryan, K.; S. Manabe; H. J. and Spelman. Geophys. Fluid Dynamics Lab./NOAA, Princeton Univ., N.J. 

._t:ty in tho - ,_... of a coaplad OCIIIID-at:.osphare .acloJ. to a C02 farcing. Journal of Physical Oceanography, Boston., 18(6): 851-867, June 1988. 

Abstract: Numerical experiments are conducted by using a general circulation roodel of a coupled ocean-at.Joosphere system with 

idealized geography to explore the transient response of climate to a rapid increase of atroospheric carbon dioxide. The ccxoputational 

danain of the model is bounded by meridians 120° apart, and includes two hemispheres. The ratio of land to sea at each latitude 

corresponds to the actual land-sea ratio for the present geography of the Earth. At the latitude of the Drake Passage, the entire 

sector is occupied by ocean. In the equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere, the ocean delays the climate response to increased 

at.Joospheric carbon dioxide. The delay is of the order of several decades, a result corresponding to previous roodelling 

studies. At high latitudes of the equivalent of the ocean-covered Southern Hemisphere, there is no warming at the sea surface, and 

even a slight cooling over the 50-yr duration of the experiment. Two main factors appear to be involved: the very large ratio of 

ocean to land in the Southern Hemisphere, and the very deep penetration of a meridional overturning associated with the equatorward 

Ekman transport under the Southern Hemisphere westerlies. The deep cell delays the response to carbon dioxide warming by upwelling 

unmodified waters from great depth. This deep cell disappears when the Drake Passage is removed from the roodel. 

7. Bryan, K.; H. J. Spelman. Geophys. Fluid Dynamics Lab./NOAA, Princeton Univ., N.J. 

Ocean 'a ,_... to a C02 -inciDced llllming. 

Journal of Geophysical Research, Wash., D.C., 90(C6): 11679-11688, Nov. 20, 1985. Refs., figs. 

Abstract: The climatic response to a large increase in at.Joospberic C02 was investigated in a numerical experiment with a coupled 

ocean-atmosphere model. The study is focused on one aspect of the experiment, the predicted response of the ocean to the warming 

episode. A fourfold increase in atroospberic C02 causes a warming sufficiently intense to produce a partial collapse of the 

thermohaline circulation of the ocean. Surprisingly, the wind-driven circulation of the ocean is maintained without appreciable change. 

The global hydrological cycle intensifies without a major shift of the pattern of net precipitation over the roodel ocean. In the 

warming episode, the downward pathways for heat, which include diffusion and Ekman pumping, remain open. The partial collapse of the 

therroohaline circulation closes the normal upward pathways associated with abyssal upwelling and high-latitude convection. As a result, 

the thermocline is able to sequester alJOOst twice as much beat than would be predicted fran the behavior of a neutrally buoyant tracer 

introduced at the surface under normal climatic conditions. An enhanced sequestering of beat would produce a negative feedback for 

greenhouse warming. HOWE!ver, the partial collapse of the thertoobaline circulation found in the numerical experiment would also affect 

the global carbon cycle, possibly producing a climatic feedback as strong as that caused by an enhanced uptake of heat fran the 

atm:>sphere. 

8. Cohen, S. J.; T. R. Allsopp. AtJoos. Environ. Serv., Canadian Climate Ctr., Downsview, ontario; Atroos. Environ. Serv., ontario Region, 

Toronto, Canada. 

Potaatial :lspacta of a IIC8IIIIrlo of C02 -inciDced cliRtic cilango OD ~, c.mada. 

Journal of Climate, Boston., 1(7): 669-681, July 1988. 

Abstract: In 1984, Environment Canada, ontario Region, with financial and expert support fran the Canadian Climate Program, 

initiated an interdisciplinary pilot study to investigate the potential impact of a climate scenario, which might be anticipated 

under doubling of atmospheric CO SUB 2 conditions, upon ontario. Many uncertainties were involved in the climate scenario 

devel0JX118Dt and the impacts modelling. Time and resource constraints restricted this study to one climate scenario and 

to the selection of several available models that could be adapted to these impact studies. The pilot study emphasized the approach 

and process required to investigate {Xltential regional impacts in an interdisciplinary manner rather than to produce a 

forecast of the future. The climate scenario chosen was adapted from experimental roodel results produced by the Goddard Institute 

for Space Studies (GISS), coupled with current climate normals. Gridded roonthly mean temperatures and precipitation were then 

used to develop projected biophysical effects. For example, existing physical and/or statistical models were adapted to determine 

impacts upon the Great Lakes net basin supplies, level and outflows, streamflow subbasin, snowfall, and length of snow 

season. The second phase of the study addressed the impacts of the climate system scenario upon natural resources and 

resource-dependent activities. For example, the ~cts of projected decreased lake levels and outflows upon coamercial 

navigation and hydroelectric generation were assessed. The impacts of the climate scenario upon municipal water use, residential 

beating and cooling energy requirements, op'portunities and constraints for food production, and tourism and recreation 

were determined quantitatively where models and methodologies were available qualitatively. First-order interdependences of the 

biophysical effects of the climate scenario and resource- dependent activities were evaluated qualitatively in a workshop format 

culminating in a series of statements on 1) {Xlssible preventive, canpensatory, and substitution strategies and 2) an assessment 

of current knowledge gaps and deficiencies, with recoomendations for future areas of research. 

9. Covey, C.; Starley L. Thompson. Lawrence Livermore Hat 1

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1 Lab., Livermore, CA and NCAR, Boulder, CO. 

tho affects of ocean boat ti1mspart OD c:H.ta. 

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Global and Planetary Change Section), 75(4):331-341, Dec. 1989. 

Abstract: An atmospheric general circulation roodel was run with boundary conditions representing different amounts of equator-to-pole 

oceanic heat transport. Oceanic beat transport underneath sea ice was held fixed, minimizing plSitive feedbacks due to sea ice and 

thereby providing a lower bound on the effects of oceanic beat transport on climate. When oceanic heat transport is reduced, some 

canpensating increases in atroospberic beat transport occur, but tropical' surface temperatures increase and atmospheric circulation and 

precipitation patterns undergo significant changes. It is concluded that the ability of the oceans to generate past and future climatic 

changes through transport of beat is substantial, even though it is limited by a tendency of the atroospbere to partly canpensate for 

changes in oceanic heat transport. 

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10. Covey, C.; E. J. Barron. Aboos. and Geophys. Sci. Div., Phys. Dept., Lawrence Liverroore Hatl. Lab., CA.; Earth System Sci. Ctr., 

PA. State Univ. 

RolAi of OCBIIIl - ~ in cllatic cbange. Earth-Science Reviews, Amsterdam, Netherlands., 24(6): 429-445, Feb. 1988. 

Abstract: Although heat transport by the oceans is caoparable in magnitude to beat transport by the aboosphere, and changes in 

oceanic heat transport have often been invoked to explain past climatic changes, there has been little explicit investigation of 

the sensitivity of climate to ocean heat transport. Some theoretical studies using general circulation models (GCMs) of the 

Earth 1 s atmosphere and oceans suggest that the climatic effect of a change in ocean heat transport may be moderated by a tendency 

of the atmosphere to ccrnpensate by changing its heat transport in the opposite sense. If this compensation effect exists, rethinking 

of the role of ocean heat transport in both paleoclimates and possible future climatic change is warranted. 

11. Cushman, R. M.; Penny H. Spring. Environ. Sci. Div., ORNL. 

Differti!IOII8 - .ooaJ. m.oJatiolls of c:u..ta cbaDge oa the acala of resaaroo regioas. Environmental Management, New York., 13(6): 789-795, Nov/Dec 1989. 

Abstract: The climate simulations fran atmospheric general circulation IOOdels (GeMs) are often used to analyze the potential effects 

of climate change on environmental resources. It bas been deroonstrated that there are differences among the simulations fran various 

GCMs, on spatial scales ranging fran global to regional. This paper quantifies the differences in temperature and precipitation 

simulated by three major GeMs for four specific regions: an agricultural region (the North American winter wheat belt), a hydrologic 

region (the Great Basin), a demographic region (the high-density population corridor of the northeast United States), and a political 

region (the state of Texas). Both the current (control) and the climatic response to a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide (C02) 

are considered. In each region, even when the data are averaged on a seasonal basis, marked differences occurred in the areal average 

climate simulated by tbe different GCIIs for both the control climate and the doubled-C02 climate. Thus, climate impact sutides based 

on the simulations of more than one GCM could easily yield a range of possible results. 

12. Dickinson, R. E. Natl. ctr. for Atmos. Res., Boulder, CO. 

Ball will c:u..ta cbange? !!Ia c:u..ta ~ IIIICl ervleJl!ng of fut1lra c:u..ta. 

In: Greenhouse Effect, Climatic Change, and Ecosystems. Chichester, Eng., John Wiley & Sons. p. 207-7:10, 1986. 

Abstract: The methodology of modelling climatic change as a result of the greenhouse effect and projected climatic 

changes are reviewed. The following topics are considered: 1) possible causes of climatic change in the conditions of particular 

solar output, orbiW variations, volcanic eruptions, and atroospheric caaposition; 2) types of models of the climate system (reasons 

for different IOOdels, zero-dimensional models, one-dimensional models, energy balance climate IOOdels, ice-albedo feedback, 

radiative-convective models, cloud radiation feeCbacks, and general circulation models); 3) toodel deficiencies, including 

relationships between different kinds of IOOdels, clouds, ocean coupling, sea ice, surface albedo, land surface hydrology, and 

transient response; 4) model limitations, including validation and performance of control runs, signal-to-noise problems, and 

regional continental scale details; 5) a review of GMC results for increased CO SUB 2 as obtained fraa more realistic 

and exploratory GCMs; and 6) reliability of arodel results as manifested in the global mean, consideration of the transient lag 

resulting fran ocean beat uptake, regional patterns, and model results as a guide to detecting C02 -induced climatic change over the 

oext decades. 

13. Dickinson, R. E.; R. J. Cicerone. Natl. ctr. for Atmos. Res., Boulder, CO. 

Future glli>olllllming fn:. at.oopJadc trace -· Nature, Londoo, 319(60499): 109-115, Jan. 15, 1986. Refs., figs. 

Abstract: Human activity during the 20th century bas increased the concentrations of atmospheric trace gases, which in turn bas elevated 

global surface temperatures by blocking the escape of thermal IRradiation. Natural climate variations are masking this temperature 

increase, but further additions of trace gases during the next 65 yr could double or even quadruple the present effects, causing the 

global average temperature to rise by at least 1 °C and, possibly, by >5°C. If the rise continues into the 22nd century, the global 

average temperature may reach higher values than have occurred in the past 10 million yr. 

14. Dowd, R. K. 

~-effect. 

Environmental Science & Technology, wash., D.C, 20(8): 767, Aug. 1986. 

Abstract: Historically, the issues of ozone depletion and the greenhouse effect have been treated separately. Recent research bas shown, 

however, that the ozone and greenhouse issues are strongly coupled; the same gases that are predicted to modify ozone are also 

predicted to produce climate warming. Recent NASA modelling work seems to indicate that temperature increases resulting from C02 

in the atmosphere are approximately equivalent to temperature increases that would be expected from all other trace gases canbined. 

15. Esser, G. F B Biol./Cbem. of the Univ., General Ecol. Group, Osnabrock, W.Germany. 

Seos!.tirtty of gl!iJo1 carboa paola IIIICl fll:ulu tn - IIIICl pot:art1.al cllatic illpoct8 

Tellus, Series B, Chemical and Physical Meteorology, Stockholm, 39(3): 245-260, July 1987. Refs., figs. 

Abstract: Besides the emissions fran fossil sources, the anthropogenic land use (clearings and similar influences) changes the C02 

fertilization effect on the biosphere, and potential climatic fluctuations may have influenced the global carbon balance and the C02 

concentration of the atmosphere in the period 1860-1981. A sensitivity study was conducted to canpare the importance of these impacts 

for the behavior of fluxes and pools in biosphere, atloospbere, and ocean. The Osnabrock Biosphere Model, a regionalized carbon flux 

model for the terrestrial biosphere, was coupled with a box diffusion ocean model and a one-box atmosphere toodel. A regional land-use 

pattern was derived from the 11World Atlas of Agriculture. 11 Its dynamics were introduced by using data of global land-use changes. 

For the simulation of climatic variations, standardized changed levels as well as gradients of temperature and precipitation were used. In the period 1860-1981, land- use changes and the C02 fertilization effects are similarly important and roughly amount to 

four fifths of the fossil source. Effects of potential climatic fluctuations may not exceed one fifth of that amount. 

16. Friethan, H. Catmission on Pbys. Sci., Math., and Resources, Hatl. Res. Council, Wash., D.C. 

- ~ upacts of Slm-Barth relati.oaabip8 in the stnclJ of gl!iJo1 cbaDge 

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In: Malone, Thanas F.; Roederer, Juan G. (eds.), Global Change. Cambridge, Eng.:cambridge University Press, 1985. p. 365-370. (ICSU 

Press Symposium Series, No. 5). 

Abstract: The current state of knowledge of Sun-Earth relationships in the course of global change is reviewed. The following are considered: the role of orbiting factors and vulcanism in producing climate change; the possible role of the aboospbere in producing 

the Chandler wobble; the changes in the length of day on the order of decades, which may be due to the coupling of the fluid core to the mantle and the ultimate formation of the geooagnetic field, etc.; the global electric circuit; and the interrelationship of 

ground currents, electric fields, and thunderstorm frequency with auroras and variations in solar activity. 

17. Georgii, H. W. Inst. fur Met. und Geophys., Oniv. of Frankfurt, Frankfurt a./M. 

lieitere w..rellmmte Spureagaae. [Purthor effects of tnca - 011 clDml.j Promet: Heteorologische Forthildung, Offenbach a./M., 15(4): 5-12, 1985. Refs., tables. 

Abstract: The role of trace gases in modifying climate is surveyed. Trace gases, as ccmpared with atmospheric C02 , have a concentration 

of a factor 100 to 1000 lower than that of C02 ; nevertheless, they exert an effect upon clima~e. A table gives the following data on atmospheric trace gases: mixing ratio in clean air, total amount in the atmosphere, residence time, and absorption bands. This 

is followed by a detailed discussion of the· properties, sources, sinks, etc., of short- and long-lived trace gases. Nitrous oxide, 

methane, chlorofluoromethane; carbon ronoxide and tropospheric ozone, including the sources of global CO, and the chemistry of CO 

and of methane oxidation; and estimation of the future changes in global trace gases concentration up to 2050 are discussed with regard 

to long-lived trace gases. 

18. Gibbs, M. J.; J. S. Hoffman. ICF Inc., wash., D.C.; O.S. EPA. 

lpproocb for geaoratiDg clDml c!JaDgo bJpatboticalJI, g:f...., llld.1:a1:i.OIIs iD =art clDml .aclolJI. 

In: Shands, William E.; Hoffman, John Stephen (eels.), Greenhouse effect, climate change, and O.S. forests. W8sh., D.C., Conservation 

Foundation, p. 91-111, 1987. 

Abstract: The authors discuss 1) the need for hypothetical climate-change scenarios that describe the ways in which climate may 

change as a result of greenhouse warming, and 2) a method for creating such scenarios by using outputs from current climate models. 

The need to make preliminary estimates of the probable impacts of the impending climate change drives the desire for geographically 

and temporally resolved estimates of climate change. Such estimates will permit a determination to be made of the value of 

investing additional resources in scientific research to improve the ability to forecast regional climate change over time. A method for developing internally consistent hypothetical scenarios is proposed, and examples of the estimates obtained are presented. 

19. Golitsyn, G. S. Inst. Fiz. Atmos., Akad. Nauk, U.S.S.R. 

r--t:ra illRt:a a n i m atolatiJB)dl (oboar). [c::u.ta <Dmgao iD the 2llt:h lllld 21.t - (a ....n.) .] 

Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Moscow, Izvestiya, Fizika At.mosfery i Okeana, 22(12): 1235-1252, Dec. 1986. Refs. Trans!. into English in 

corresponding issue of Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, Wash., D.C. 

Abstract: The author reviews studies of the climate changes performed during recent years. To a substantial degree, this review is 

based upon the material of the Villach conference (Austria, Oct. 1985) on the assessment of the role of C02 and other greenhouse 

gases in climate changes and related impacts. Problems considered are related to C02 emissions into the atmosphere, the carbon cycle 

in nature, and variations of the atmospheric C02 in the past since 150,000 yr B.P. Other optically active gases are also discussed 

(Freons, methane, ozone, and H20, in order of their importance), which in 50 yr can prcxluce an effect similar to or slightly larger 

than CO SUB 2 and together with the latter can change the budget of the thermal radiation at the upper boundary of the troposphre 

by -4 W/m SOPER 2 , which is equivalent to C02 doubling. Empirical investigations of the climate are described, including 

precipitation, by paleoclimatic methods and instrumental observation analyses. The global time series of the mean annual surface air 

temperature obtained for the first time reveals a warming trend of 0.55 K/100 yr. The mean ocean level is analyzed which gives its 

rise by 10-15 em for the last 100 yr mainly because of the thermal expansion of water. Model studies of the climate sensitivity to 

C02 doubling are reviewed for temperature, precipitation, and soil water storage. Biota reaction on the C02 increase and climate 

change is described, and a possible favorableness of these changes is noted for temperature and higher latitudes. 

20. Grotch, s. L. Atmos. and Geophys. Sci. Div., Lawrence Livenoore Natl. Lab., CA. 

ReglCC!!!l ~ of geDBra]. circulatioa .ooeJ. pt8C)l.ct:ioaa IIIJd !Wrtorical cJDml data 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., D.C., DOE/NBB- 0084, 291 

p., April 1988. 

Abstract: The author intercompares ·the results produced by four different general circulation models (GCMs) that have been used 

to project the climatic consequences of a doubling of the atmospheric C02 concentration. The results for the models developed 

by groups at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory of NOAA, and the Goddard 

Institute for Space Studies of NASA have been described by Schlesinger and Mitchell (1985) in the DOE state-of-the-art (SOA) report, 

''Projecting the Climatic Effects of Increasing Carbon Dioxide. 11 The fourth model examined is the Oregon State Oniversity GCM 

(OSU, Schlesinger, 1986), results for which did not become available until after publication of the SOA. Only two model variables are examined in this paper: 1) surface air temperature, and 2) precipitation. These variables were considered for both seasonally 

and annually averaged periods, for both the current climatic conditions and the predicted equilibrium changes after a doubling 

of the CO SUB 2 concentration. For the current climate (1 MtJLIDLIED BY CO SUB 2 ) , the rodel results for these two variables were compared with each other and with several data sets representing observed climate conditions over recent 15-30-yr 

periods; the domain covered is global, although the adequacy of data over many regions is very limited. The grid resolution of 

the different roodels varies fran 4° lat. MULTIPLIED BY 5° long. to 8° lat. MULTIPLIED BY 10° long.; the data are typically available 

with similar resolution. Thus, each data point (on the model or observation grid) represents a region of APPROX. 400 MULTIPLIED 

BY 400 km or larger or approximately the size of Colorado, even though regions of this size may have very diverse local climates. 

In Schlesinger and Mitchell (1985), the analyses emphasized the global-scale nature of the models. In this paper, the major focus 

is the interccxnParison of roodels and data over a range of scales: global, hemispheric, zonal, continental, and regional (typically 

representing 5-20 model grid points). The fundamental question addressed is: 11How well do the predictions from different GCMs agree 

with each other and with historical climatology over different areal extents, fran the global scale down to the range of only 

several grid points? 11 The major conclusion of this study is that, although the models often agree well when caaparing seasonal or annual averages over large areas, substantial disagreements become apparent as the spatial extent is reduced, 

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particularly when detailed regional distributions are examined. 

21. Gutowski, W. J. Atmos. and Environ. Res., Inc., Cambridge, MA. 

surface OlllllliJ holaDca af three gomarol cl%cul.Ktim .aclalJI: cummt .u..ta 111111 ,_.. to iDc:reu1Dg abaapiloric C02. 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., D.C., OOE/ER/60422- Hl, 

119 p., May 1988. 

Abstract: The surface energy balance simulated by state-of-the-art general circulation IOC!dels at GFDL, GISS, and NCAR for 

climates with current C02 concentration (control climate) and with twice the current levels is examined, and the simulated 

balances are compared by averaging fields of interest over a hierarchy of spatial domains ranging fran the entire globe down to 

regions a few hundred kilaneters across. The IOOdels and the data are described, and the surface energy balance equations are presented. 

Data are used to discuss the global mean, the zonal mean, and the regional mean of the energy balance for the three IOC!dels. For the 

global average control climate, individual fluxes of sensible heat, latent beat, short-wave radiation, and upward (LW UP 

.!RROW ) and downward (LW DOWli .!RROW ) long-wave radiation agree among the models to within 25 lin SUPER - SUPER 2 • In all 

three models, the surface energy balance is dc:minated by long-wave radiation (the greenhouse effect). Other surface fluxes 

are smaller, but the models also agree on their relative magnitudes. Although the 25-an SUPER - SUPER 2 difference is only 

a small fraction of the largest fluxes, LW UP ARRa.l and LW Dam ARRa.l , the difference is a large fraction of the net long-wave 

radiation at the surface ( APPROX. 60 Qn SUPER - SUPER 2 ) , and it is as large as any of the global average, seasonal changes 

in these fluxes. Global average changes in surface fluxes, when C02 doubles, agree between models within 3 an SUPER - SUPER 2 • Spatial 

variation of net long-wave radiation at the surface is small canpared with the spatial variability of near-surface air 

t-ature and moisture. Intermodel differences in doubling C02 surface flux changes to 100 lin SUPER - SUPER 2 occur near the llmi.ts of polar ice caps. Differences between models for surface fluxes in regions a few hundred kilaoeters across are often 

closely linked to differences in zonal mean climatology. Differences of parameterization of ocean ice create discrepancies 

between models. Additional discrepancies also occur in regional scales that are not only quantitative, but also qualitative. 

Precipitation and its change are simulated more consistently than surface temperatures and fluxes. 

22. Hansen, J. NASA/Goddard Spaoe Flt. ctr., Goddard Inst. for Spaoe Studies, N.Y. 

Gld>ol .u..ta c:haugos aa forecast hJ Goclclard Institute far Spoca studiall: ~ .aclel. 

Journal of Geophysical Research, wash., D.C., 93(08): 9341-9364, Aug. 20, 1988. 

Abstract: The authors use a three-dimensional climate model, the Goddard Institute for gpaoe Studies (GISS) model 2 with 8 

MULTIPLIED BY 10° horizontal resolution, to simulate the global climate effects of time-dependent variations of atmospheric 

trace gases and aerosols. Horizontal heat transport by the ocean is fixed at values estimated for today' s climate, and the 

uptake of heat perturbations by the ocean beneath the mixed layer is approximated as vertical diffusion. The authors make a 100-yr 

control run and perform experiments for three scenarios of at.DYJspheric canposition. These experiments begin in 1958 and include 

measured or estimated changes in atmospheric C02, CH4, H20, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and stratospheric aerosols for the period 

fran 1958 to the present. Scenario A assumes continued exponential trace gas growth; scenario B assumes a reduced linear 

growth of trace gases; and scenario C assumes a rapid curtailment of trace gas emissions such that the net climate forcing ceases 

to increase after the year 2000. Principal results fran the experiments are given. Global warming to the level attained at 

the peak of the current interglacial and the previous interglacial occurs in all three scenarios; however, there are dramatic 

differences in the levels of future warming, depending upon trace gas growth. The greenhouse warming should be clearly identifiable 

in the 1990s; the global warming within the next several years is predicted to reach and maintain a level at least three standard 

deviations above the climatology of the 1950s. Regions where an unambiguous warming appears earliest are low-latitude oceans, 

China and interior areas in Asia, and ocean areas near Antarctica and the North Pole; aspects of the spatial and temporal distribution 

of predicted warndng are clearly model dependent, implying the possibility of model discrimination by the 1990s and, thus, improved 

predictions, if appropriate observations are acquired. The temperature changes are sufficiently large to have major impacts on people 

and otlier parts of the biosphere, as shown by canputed changes in the frequency of extreme events and by ccmParison with previous 

climate trends. The model results suggest sane near-term regional climate variations, despite the fixed ocean heat transport that 

suppresses many possible regional climate fluctuations; e.g., during the late 1980s and in the 1990s, there is a tendency for 

greater than average warming in the southeastern and central U.S. and relatively cooler conditions or less than average warming in 

the western U.S. and much of Europe. Principal uncertainties in the predictions involve the equilibrima sensitivity of the model 

to climate forcing, the assumptions regarding heat uptake and transport by the ocean, and the omission of other, less certain 

climate forcings. 

23. Hansen, J. Goddard Space Flt. ctr., Inst. for Space Studies, N.Y. _..... .. effect: project1ms af glciJol .u..ta cblmga. 

In: United States. Environmental ProtectionAagency/United Nations Environment Prograzrme, Effect of Changes in Stratospheric Ozone and 

Global Climate, vol. 1, Overview. Wash., D.C., Aug. 1986. p. 199-218. Refs., figs. (International Conference on Health and Environmental 

Effects of Ozone Modification and Climate Change, June 16-20, 1986, Proceedings) 

Abstract: Projections of global climate during the next several decades are presented, based principally on climate model simulations 

in which atroospheric C02 and trace gases increase steadily at rates estimated from observations. This is the first time that a global 

climate model has been used for simulating the climate effects of the transient growth of greenhouse gases, and as such, it permits 

an estimate of when the greenhouse effect should begin to be evident above the level of natural climate variability. The authors 

emphasize that a number of caveats must be attached to the climate model results. But it is also stressed that the climate sensitivity 

of the model bas been extensively compared to the sensitivity of other models and is consistent with available empirical evidence 

from past climate changes. The presentation is organized as a response to a letter fran Chairman John Chafee of the U.S. Senate 

subcatmittee on Environmental Pollution of the Ccmnittee on Environment and Public WOrks who requested testiloony at a hearing on the 

greenhouse effect on June 10, 1986. Specifically, his letter asked that the following topics be addressed: the nature of the work 

in modelling greenhouse climate effects and how the models are tested to determine their validity. 

24. Hanson, K.; G. A. Maul; T. R. Karl. NOAA Air Resources Lab., NOAA At!. Ocean. and Meteorol. Lab., and NOAA Hat'! Clim. Data Ctr. 

lEe .n:.o.pbaric ·~· effeota _..,at ill tho record af tho ccatiguoos u.s. (1895-1987)? 

Geopbysioel Research Letters,. 16(1):49-52, Jan. 1989. 

Abstract: The temperature and precipitation climate records for the United States were examined. These records consist of area averages across the contiguous United States and northern plains. They are based on as many as 6000 stations. Time series of these data were 

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tested for constancy of the mean using the Spearman rank test and two-phase regression. Test results indicate that overall trends are near zero. The only evidence for a long-term trend is in fall precipitation for the contiguous United States. This trend appears to 

result from higher fall precipitation during the period 1970-1987 cooq>ared to the remainder of the period (1895-1969). 

25. Hoffert, M. I.; B. P. Flannery. N.Y. Univ.; Exxon Res. and Engr. Co., Linden, N.J. 

llodel projactims of the u.. 1oJ: .. t ,_.., to iDcreu1Dg - dirod.de. 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., D.C., DOE/ER 0237, Dec. 1985. p. 

148-190. Refs., figs. 

Abstract: This article constitutes a review and analysis of the fundamental problems in the roodelling of transient climatic changes 

in response to slowly increasing at.m:lspberic CO concentration. A conceptual model for understanding the transient response of global 

climate is presented which involves the use of energy balance roodels (EBMs) that sacrifice detail for clarity of analysis by focusing on the principle of conservation of energy. The mathematical basis of this model is set. forth, and scme results of its application are presented. Highly simplified roodel equations that describe the behavior of the time scales of various processes that carae into 

play during the transient response are set forth. Factors driving transient climate change are discussed, e.g., carbon dioxide and 

trace gas forcing, solar forcing, and volcanic and stratospheric aerosol forcing. Transient roodel results are reviewed, including 

horizontally averaged models, latitudinal effects, and some recent findings of testing of transient models. Recoomendations for 

necessary further research are presented. 

26. Jain, A. K.; M. Lal; M. C. Sinha. ctr. for Atmos. Sci., Indian Inst. of Tech., New Delhi. 

stndy oa the effacta of drAJb'llng of C02 oa the l!orth'a cliata with a 2-D radiJrtl.ve Wit«tl."' .ooal. 

World Climate Research Programne, Geneva, Report No. 9, Sept. 1986. p. 7.37-7. 38. Abstract only. (WMO/TD- No. 141) 

Abstract: A two-dimensional radiative-convective model bas been developed to calculate mean annual zonally averaged temperature profiles 

for 18 latitudinal belts of 10° width each. The model includes meridional heat transport, surface albedo feedback, and lapse rate 

feedback. Because of the flexibility and computational efficiency as cooq>ared to three-dimensional general circulation models, this 

roodel may serve as a useful tool in studying the climate sensitivity to external forcings. The model bas been successfully applied 

to reproduce the meridional variation of climatic elements for the presentday atloosphere. Next, the sensitivity of the climate to a doubling of the atmospheric C02 content is examined. The surface temperature response ranges fran APPROX. 1.6°C near the Equator 

to 4°C in the polar regions, with a global mean of 2.1°C. One of the interesting features is that the max:iJm.Jn response resulting from 

doubling of C02 in the atroosphere descends fran the upper troposphere at low latitudes to the surface at high latitudes. The 

responses of the transport of sensible and latent beat are in opposite direction, thus leading to only slight but positive changes 

in the total meridional beat flux. 

'Zl. Kagan, B. A.; N. B. Maslova. Inst. Okean. 

lltaollka effalrta nai.OO.yatrlJII nglerodDogo i -•• • ts1klDV v m.t.a cban--ara. [baluatioa of the effect of the 

iDt:aract:ioa of the carlxla aDd ~ CJnlM 1D the """""-al:a:wj:Ga.:a ~.] 

Meteorologiya i Gidrologiya, Moscow, No. 10, Oct. 1986. p. 66-75. Refs. English and russian sumnaries. Trans!. into English in 

corresponding issue of Meteorology and Hydrology, Wash., D.C. Available fran NTIS, Springfield, VA. 22161. 

Abstract: An approximate analytical solution is obtained for the coupled temporal evolution of carbon and thenoodynamic cycles in the 

ocean-atmosphere system. It is realized that, until 2020, the change in the thermal regime actually will have no effect on the excess carbon content in different parts of the climate syst ... (on condition that the Industrial Revolution began in 1860). This result is a strong argliii8Dt for the a priori asstm~ption that temporal evolution can be studied separately for the carbon and thermodynamic 

cycles. 

28. Kagan, B. A.; V. A. Ryabchenko; A. S. Safray. Inst. Ok.ean., Akad. Nauk, U.S.S.R. 

ChiaJ.aauna 

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~~ po otaaa11a raokt:sl1 --cban--ara aa sntr<tJO!jiOIIIJJ& 1 --IJII rutital 'DDgO pckroYa. 11-r!cal oa - of the rupoaaa of the OOOIID-at.aoplma ~ of lllll.lu: 0 II"' lc cbangu 1D the Y8glltahla cmar .] 

Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Moscow, Izvestiya, Fizika Atloosfery i Okeana, 21(8): 803-809, Aug. 1985. Refs. English and russian SUI!IDaries. 

Transl. into English in corresponding issue of Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, Wash., D.C. 

Abstract: Anthropogenic changes in the vegetable cover are accompanied by enhanced albedo of the land surface, reduced rooisture content 

of the soil, and increased concentration of atloospheric C02 • By using a seasonal thermodynamic model of the ocean-atmosphere system, 

the character and scale of possible climatic consequences of variations of these parameters are investigated. 

29. Kagan, B. A.; V. A. Ryabcbenko; A. S. Safray. Leningradskiy otdel Inst. Okean. im. P. P. Shirshova. 

lloalrtaiJII -- cban--ara aa uc11oJeaiJII oodarzhalliJII -amogo C02 i J11J8 80IODDIIJII 1 JM!!CbiYOat 1 • [llaBpoaaa of the 

"""""-el:a:wj:Ga.:a ~ to clmbHng of the at.l~P>erlc C02 coateat aDd ita -aoaal nrlahillty.] 

Okeanologiya, Moscow, 26(3): 365-375, May/June 1986. Refs. English and russian suamaries. Transl. into English in corresponding issue 

of Oceanology, Wash., D.C. 

Abstract: Estimates of the seasonal variability of the response of the ocean-atmosphere system to the doubling of the atmospheric C02 

content are given. It is shown that deviations of atmospheric surface layer temperatures in high and low latitudes are not very 

different fran each other because of the damping effect of the ocean. 

30. Kagen, B. A.; V. A. Rybchenko; A. S. Safray. Inst. Okean., Akad. Nauk, U.S.S.R. 

lloclellmvanl.JII IIOIItatal.oaar raokt:sl1 --cban--ara aa uvalicbaaiJII l<a!taaatratail -amogo C02 • [Siaalatian of the 

IIOII8taocly ,_..,of the OOOIID-ai:DJ&pbora BJat. to an- 1D al:al&!il&dc C02 CDIICI!IItrat1..] 

Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Moscow, Izvestiya, Fizika Atmosfery i Okeana, 22(11): 1131-1141, Nov. 1986. Refs. English and russian smmaries. 

Trans!. Into English in corresponding issue of Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, Wash., D.C. 

Abstract: Calculation results concerning the temporal variability of the climate system fran the beginning of the Industrial Revolution 

to the end of the 21st century are discussed. The calculation is based on an improved version of the seasonal thermodynamical roodel 

of the ocean-atmosphere system which iS suggested. In the improved IOOdel, the following two ass~.m~ptions are neglected: 1) fixing of 

the area of sea ice, and 2) separate consideration of the carbon and thermodynamical cycles. One of the most remarkable results of 

the calculation is the detection of autooscillations in the polar ocean-sea ice area system of cold deep-water formation. The presence 
of autooscillations contributes to the preservation of sea ice until the end of the forthcoodng century. 

31. Keepin, W.; I. Mintzer; L. Kristoferson. Beijer lost. of the Royal Swedish Acad. of Sci., Stockholm; World Resources Inst., 

Wash., D.C.; Beijer Inst • 

.. laaim of C02 iuto tbe al:aJaq:Gate: tbe rata of ralsoaa of C02 aa a fanctim of fut:Dra I!DBrlD' ~­

In: Greenhouse effect, climatic change, and ecosystems. Chichester, Eng., John Wiley & Sons, p. 35-91, 1986. 

Abstract: The feasible range of future C02 emissions fran energy-related activities is explored by analyzing numerous recently 

published scenarios for the future global energy system to detemine how each will affect the rate and cumulative level of CO 

SUB 2 emissions to the atmosphere. Particular attention is paid to the underlying assumptions and uncertainties in 

projections of future energy developments of C02 emissions. The following topics are discussed: the relationship of energy use, 

econani.c activity, and CO SUB 2 emissions, including energy consumption and C02 emissions; energy supply, fuel mix, and C02 

emissions (fossil fuels and nonfossil supplies of primary energy}; historical develop:nent of CO SUB 2 emissions; 

uncertainties in future energy use and CO SUB 2 emissions resulting fran such factors as demographic uncertainties, 

uncertainties in future econauic variables, influence of technology on C02 emissions, uncertainties in models and projections, 

parametric and structural uncertainty, and methods for handling uncertainty; and the special case of developing countries. 

A critical review of several global energy and CO SUB 2 forecasts is presented which considers the general characteristics 

of modelling and forecasts and analyzes future energy and C02 projections. The bounds of future CO SUB 2 emissions are discussed 

in light of comparative assessnents and their validities as resulting fran a comParison of studies of Hordhaus and Yohe, Edloonds 

and Reilly, IIASA, and Lovins et al., Goldemberg et al., and Rose et al. 

32. Kiehl, J. T. Hatl. Ctr. for Atmos. Res., Boulder, CO. 

cu-tic effacta of o.._ ml trac:a gaaoa. 

Ozone SJltiPOSium, 4th, Hal.kidi.ki, Greece, Sept. 3-7, 1984, Atm::lspheric Ozone, Proceedings. 

Dordrecht, Holland,: Reidel Publ. Catq>any, p. 103, 1985 

Abstract: The climatic effects of a large number (>20} of trace gases, many of which have not been considered in previous studies, are investigated. By using a one-dimensional radiative convective model, the climatic impact of these gases is studied for three cases. 1} By using present day gas concentrations and growth rates, the effect of these gases on the equilibrium thermal structure 50 yr 

from now is estimated. 2} Preindustrial gas concentrations are used to estimate climatic effects that should already have taken place. 

3} The relative importance for individual gases is calculated for a uniform 0-1-p.p.b.v. increase in gas concentration. The results 

of these calculations show that increases in C02 fran preindustrial times (1850} to the present have caused an increase in equilihrimn 

surface temperature of 0.5 K. This effect of C02 alone is amplified by a factor of 1.5 because of trace gases. Increases in C02 

from present concentrations to their expected levels 50 yr fran now result in an increase in equilibrium surface temperature of 0.7 

K. The inclusion of all other trace gases enhances this increase by a factor of 2.0. The uncertainty in this factor caused by 

uncertainties in gas concentrations is a change in enhancement from 1.5 to 3.0. A number of trace gases have been identified which are of potential climatic imp)rtance, based on a p.p.b.v. increase in concentration; a100ng these are CFC-13, -22, -116, CHF SUB 3 , and CH SUB 2 F SUB 2 • The surface temperature effects, on a p.p.b. v. basis, of these gases are of similar magnitude to those caused 

by CFC-11 and -12. These results are compared with previous studies, and sources of differences are discussed. The results of this 

study are discussed io greater detail io Ramanathan et al. (1984). 

33. Iondrat 1yev, K. Y. Inst. of Lake Res., Lab. for Raoote Sensing, Acad. of Sci.,Leni.ngrad, U.S.S.R. 

Global-acale cllate ..,_ ml tho1r ....... 

Gerlands Beitrage zur Geophysik, Leipzig, 96(1}: 93-103, 1987. Refs. English, German, and Russian S1.mlllaries. 

Abstract; Man1s activities in industry and agriculture result in substantial changes of the natural environment. They can cause global 

climatic changes that can influence agricultural and industrial production. At present, a wide range of factors and components is 

known which are system parameters and, as such, play a major role in the interaction processes of at.Jrosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, 

cryosphere, and lithosphere for modelling climatic changes. However, a full parameterization of these caoplicated processes is not 

possible at present, so that the model formation is directed at stochastic predictions of climatic changes. The interaction processes 

known so far are cCXDprehensively presented and evaluated in their ccmponents-aboosphere, ocean, and biosphere. Moreover, possible 

catastrophic climatic changes in case of a nuclear war are discussed. 

34. Kondrat'yev, K. Y. 

Ugleldsl!J g .. 1 kllat. llami!J8 oablyudoal.J 1 ""'"'- mlolU1mml.Jll. [Carlxn dimd.da ml cllata: -...uoaaJ. data ml 

...arical ..... lllng.] 

Vsesoyuznoye Geograficbeskoye Obshchestvo, Leoiograd, Izvestiya, 119(2): 97-105, Harch/Apri11987. Refs. Russian S1lll'lllarY· 

Abstract: The results of the JOOst recent climate investigations according to observational data and the possibility of distinguishing 

with them the C02 signal (the effect of increasing C02 concentration on climate} are discussed. The principal results of such 

investigations are the inadequate reliability of existing information for confident detection of global climate trends, the cc:mplex 

nature of the variability, and the cause of the conditionality of climate, making it difficult to filter the C02 signal. Another 

difficulty in the solution of this problem is the imperfection of existing (even the most cCXDplete} theoretical models of climate, 

which do not consider the entire canplexi ty of the inverse relationships functioning in the climate system. The current state of 

numerical modelling of climate is analyzed. Sufficiently long and intensive investigations will be required in the future, before 

it becanes possible to attain a sufficiently reliable understanding of the causes of current climate variations. 

35. Lal, M.; A. K. Jain; M. C. Sinha. Ctr. for Atmos. Sci., Indian Inst. of Tech., Hew Delhi; Indian Met. Dept., New Delhi. 

Poaa1hle c:u..tic illplicatiooa of dap].etl.oo of IDtarctic OJICIIII. 

Tellus, Series B, Chemical and Physical Meteorology, Stockholm, 39(3): 326-328, July 1987. Refs., figs. 

Abstract: The total amount of ozone overhead in late winter and early spring has decreased considerably during the past decade. Recent 

satellite data confirm that the colunm. abundances of ozone at Antarctica are among the lowest recorded anywhere on the globe. The 

radiative-convective model calculations demonstrate that this depletion of Antarctic ozone could lead to a surface cooling of APPROX. 

0.47 K, which is in contrast to that observed fran climatological temperature records. This calls for a detailed investigation of 

the air chemistry in relation to the dynamic-radiative balance for the Antarctic atroospbere. 

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36. Leftus, V. Astron. lnst., Czechoslovak Acad. of Sci., Ondrejov. 

Solar octirlty vor:latiaas IIDCl cH.otic cbaDgos. 

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, Prague, 30(1): 93-110, Feb. 1986. Refs. English and Russian SU!IIDilt'ies, 

Abstract: For the last two millenia, it has been possible to determine the secular variation of solar activity frcxo naked- eye sun 

spots, auroras, and radiocarbon variations. The results of the analysis of old East Asian observations of ccmets, which reflect the 

night cloudiness variation, do not agree with the former findings that the long-tenn climatic changes derived fran ccmets depend upon 

solar activity. The distinct anticorrelation between the Chinese records of ccmets and naked-eye sun spots is found only for the period 

fran the 3rd to the 6th century A.D., but in other centuries, little correlation is evident. East Asian caoetacy observations give 

evidence of climatic changes in different parts of this large geographic region. Secular variations of the River Nile levels, regularly 

measured from the 7th to the 15th century A.D., clearly correlate with the solar variations, which suggests evidence for solar 

influence on the climatic changes in the East African Tropics. The decline of the Ki.ngclans in ancient Emt and the occurrence of 

the Intermediate Periods are generally explained by very low Nile floods and prolonged droughts, followed by severe famines and the 

destruction of the political structure. The radiocarbon data show that at least the First and Second Intermediate Periods coincide 

with the secular maxima of solar activity, and the Middle Kingdcm with the minimum. This contradicts the positive correlation found 

from the eight centuries of measurements of Nile River levels made by Arabs. It seems that the influence of solar activity on the 

secular climatic changes has an episodic character. 

37. Lockwood, J. G. School of Geog., Univ. of Leeds, Eng. 

Hydrological intaractioas - the liiDCl amf110011 IIDCl the al:a:wjbate aa a factor in C:U.tic cbaage. 

Progress in Physical Geography, London, 11(1): 103-111, Karch 1987. 

Abstract: The time-scale subdivision of the climate system involves 1) the fast response parts of the system, such as the at.Joosphere 

and surface layers of the ocean and continents; and 2) the slow-response parts of the systems, such as the deep ocean and ice 

masses, which are the time-dependent carriers of long-term climatic change. This review of the problem of the results of changes 

in the surface hydrology on the aboosphere considers the fast-response atJoosphere-surface hydrological interaction by considering 

the moisture budget of the atmosphere as determined by the following canponents: the net flux of water vapor and liquid 

water across the vertical boundaries of the region; the net upward flux of water vapor fran the underlying surface (evaporation less 

condensation); the precipitation of rain and snow fran the atmosphere to the surface; surface/atmosphere interactions in warm environments; and the interrelationship of vegetation and climate. 

38. Luther, F. M. Lawrence Livei'l'!K)re Natl. Lab., CA. 

ProjoctiDiJ the cH.otic effacta cf l.DcreaaiDg - diadde: 101- ..-ry. United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., D.C., OOR/ER- 0237, p. 259-272, 

Dec. 1985. 

Abstract: The significant progress that bas been made in tbe current understanding of the processes that constitute the climate system 

is SU!IIDilt'ized. These processes include physical, chemical, radiative, and dynamical processes that affect the atmosphere, the 

hydrosphere, the cryosphere (the snow and ice on the land or beneath the Earth's surface), and the biosphere. This is accanplished 

by smrmarizing the preceding seven chapters: 1) climate system ccuplnents and processes; 2) radiative effects of carbon dioxide and 

trace gases; 3) methods for determining the climatic response; 4) climatic sensitivity to an increased C02 concentration; 5) rate 

of climate change frcm the increasing C02 concentration; 6) climatic effects of trace gases; and 7) evidence frcm past climate as 

guide to the possible characteristics of a future warmer Earth. 

39. Luther, F. H.; R. D. Cess. Lawrence Livermore Natl. Lab., CA.; State Univ., N.Y. 

Rorlaw cf the - - cliax1de-clDota ccorl:nlvaraJ". United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., D.C., OOE/ER- 0237, P. 321-335, 

Dec. 1985. Appendix B, Refs. Available from liTIS, Springfield, Va. 22161. 

Abstract: While model calculations of the climate impact of the increasing atmospheric C02 concentration consistently suggest that 

a doubling of C02 concentration would result in a warming of global surface air temperature by as much as several degrees Celsius, 

controversy arose in 1979 when Newell and Dopplick (1979) concluded that climate models were overestimating the sensitivity of the 

climate to doubled C02 concentration. This article reviews the controversy that bas arisen about the effect of C02 on climate. 

The controversy is not about the experimental data indicating that the relationship among atmospheric emittance, vapor pressure, and 

surface temperature are consistent with climate model calculations; it concerns the analysis and interpretation of the results. This 

review contains 1) the chronology of the C02 -climate controversy; 2) the surface energy balance equations; 3) Newell and Dopplick's 

surface energy balance analysis; 4) Idso's surface energy balance analysis; 5) the hypothetical case of the Earth without an 

atmosphere; 6) linear vs. nonlinear climate response; and 7) interpretation of climate response curves. 

40. Luther, F. H.; R. G. Ellingson. Lawrence LivertOOre Natl. Lab., Livermore, CA.; Univ. of MD. 

carboD d1adde IIDCl the racliatiDD hadgot. 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., D.C., DOE/ER- 0237, Dec. 1985. p. 

25-55. Refs., figs., Tables. Available frcm NTIS, Springfield, Va. 22161. 

Abstract: The radiative forcing of the Earth-atmosphere system, caused by an increase in C02 levels which can lead to climate change, 

is discussed. The radiatively important atmospheric constituents are SlllliDarized. An overview of radiative transfer theory is presented. 

Computational methods for gaseous absorption are presented with the aid of the relevant equations, e.g., transmissivities for individual 

gases involving line-by- line techniques, narrow band models, and wide band models, and the treatment of overlapping absorption. The 

assessment of the accuracy of long-wave radiative transfer IOOdels is discussed on tbe ba$is of an intercanParison of radiation transfer 

IOOdels and a cOOIParison of IOOdels with observations. The radiative energy budget of the unperturbed at.Joospbere, the radiative effect 

of variations in C02 concentration, and the radiative effect of aerosols, including techniques for its calculation are reviewed. 

41. 

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Luther, F. M.; M. C. MacCracken. Lawrence Livermore Natl. Lab., CA. 

far I8llllllrCh IIDCl wvlallng octirlties far prajoctiDiJ the cH.otic effacta cf l.DcreaaiDg carllca diadde. 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., D.C., OOE/ER- 0237, Dec. 1985. p. 

7:13-279. Available Fran NTIS, Springfield, Va. 22161. 

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Abstract: The overall picture is presented of the major areas where special emphasis and effort should be directed to address the key 

issues in obtaining a full understanding of the potential climatic effects of increased atlrospheric C02 concentration. The suggested 

recommendations for research are itemized as follows: 1) understanding climate processes and feedback mechanisms by evaluating and 

improving their representation on climate models (oceanic processes, sea and ice snow cover, and coupling of climate system 

canponents); 2) coupled modelling of simultaneous perturbation to the climate (trace gases, aerosol variation in the solar irradiance, 

etc.); and 3) testing and validation of climate models (simulation of present and past climate behavior and regional and seasonal 

variability of the frequency of extreme events). 

42. MacCracken, M. C. Lawrence Livenoore Natl. Lab. 

Carllaa dioxide aDd cH.ata cblmge: I>IIQgtcxmd aDd overd811. 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., D.C., OOE/ER- 0237, Dec. 1985. p. 

1-23. Refs., figs. Available from NTIS, Springfield, Va. 22161. 

Abstract: This chapter is designed to introduce the subsequent chapters on the state of the art of the potential climatic effects of 

the increasing atJnospheric C02 concentration and the effects of release into the atJrosphere of other trace gases. A definition of 

weather and climate, an overview of the climate system including its canponents and processes, and the climatic record are presented as background. An overview of means of projecting climate is presented, in which are considered mathematical models of the climate 

system and the use of past climate to understand current and future climate by verifying climatic models and to develop analogs of 

conditions that could be expected in the future. In this regard, the hn>sithermal (8000-4000 yr B.P.) and the climate of the past 

100 yr are described. The remaining chapters deal with the role of C02 and other gases in the solar and terrestrial radiation 

balance; the use of the results of the major modelling studies to investigate the equilil::lrium sensitivity of climate to relative large 

changes in C02 concentration;. a review of the efforts made hitherto to study directly the climatic response to increasing C02 

concentration; the potential climatic effects of perturbation of climate by trace gases other than C02 ; and the information that 

past climate provides about a ~ world. 

43. MacCracken, M. C.; F •. M. (eds.) Luther. Lawrence Livermore Natl. Lab., Livermore, CA. 

Pot:antial. cH.ata effects of iDcrellalllg - dioxide. 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., D.C., OOE/ER- 0237, Dec. 1985. 381 

p. Refs., figs., Tables. Available from NTIS, Springfield, Va. 22161. 

Abstract: This publication is the result of a major effort to review the current state of understanding concerning the potential effects 

and impacts of the increasing carbon dioxide concentration in the atlrosphere. The contents include papers by different authors on 

the problem of CO SUB 2 and climate change; radiative effects of C02 and trace gases; modelling as a means of studying climate 

change; model projections of the equilil::lrium climatic response to increased C02 ; model projections of time-dependent response to 

increasing C02 ; potential climatic effects of perturbations other than C02 ; implications of past climates for a warmer world; 

recoomendations for research modelling activities for projecting the climatic effects of C02 ; the analysis of results from energy 

balance and radiative-convective models; a review of the recent C02 - climate controversy; and steps to a solution of the problem 

of estimating the reliability of climate model projections. 

44. Manabe, S.; R. T. Wetherald. Geophys. Fluid Dynamics Lab./NOAA, Princeton, N.J. 

lledact1m :ID ..-t" aoi.l wotDaaa iDclaced bJ BD :IDcreua :ID at.ospllaric carixm dioxide. 

Science, Wash., D.C., 232(4759): 626-628, Hay 2, 1986. Refs. 

Abstract: The geographic distribution of the change in soil wetness in response to an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide was investigated by using a mathematical model of climate. By responding to the increase in carbon dioxide, soil moisture in the rode! would~ reduced in mmmer over extensive regions of the middle and high latitudes, such as the North American Great Plains, western 

Europe, northern Canada, and Siberia. These results were obtained from the model with predicted cloud cover and are qualitatively 

similar to the results fran several numerical experiments conducted earlier with prescribed cloud cover. 

45. Meszaros, E. Inst. for Atmos. Phys., Budapest, Hungary. 

~ the cH.ata effects of raclilll:iwlJ actiY8 tnce - aDd aeroaol. portl.cl.eo. 

Idojaras, Budapest, 89(2): 70-76, March/April 1985. Refs. English and Hungarian SUI!IIIaries. 

Abstract: The sources and sinks as well as the concentration variations of nitrous oxide, methane, chlorofluorometbanes, and ozone in the atmosphere are evaluated. The climatic effects of their concentration variations resulting fran human activities are estimated 

and canpared with the modifications possibly caused by the increasing atmospheric level of carbon dioxide. The characteristics of 

atmospheric aerosol particles are also presented, and their role in the control of climate is briefly discussed. · 

46. Midot, S. Serv. des Etudes Econcmiques Generales, Dept.Prospective-Environ.-Ccmnunication-Electricite de France. 

Lea efforts clu 002 sur ls cliJoot: 1111 bilJm cloa cmnal_....,. actuollea. [002 effects 011 c:H.ata: blllaDoa - of current 

UDClersbmcliDg.] 

Pollution AtmJspherique, Paris, 29(115): 199-225, July/Sept. 1987. Refs., figs. English and French SUI!IIIaries. 

Abstract: Atlrospheric levels of carbon dioxide (C02 ) have strongly increased since the beginning of the 20th century. C02 

concentration doubling before the year 2100 is feared, according to fossil fuel world-burning projections. Resulting climate warming 

appears to be one of the most acute ecological concerns in the future. This article describes different studies dealing with that topic: 

phenomena determining the evolution of C02 atJrospheric levels and climate; carbon cycle and climate models used for the predictions; 

climate changes that might occur; and remedial actions to reduce atmospheric C02 levels. COnclusions that could be drawn from most 

recent studies are still subject to considerable uncertainties. An important international research program to understand the related 

phenomena better and to improve the predictions is under way. 

47. Mika, J. Kozponti Legkorfiz. Intezet, Budapest. 

1 .. tearologiai elmok ad mouat:aaak felhasllllllasa a gl,....l!a lillavaltozaa reglmolla sajnrw""!P'lMk bacalOMr&. [lpplicatim of 

the annual CJcls of 1181:eorological .u-ta to ....u..te the regiaJaJ. proportielo of global cH.ata cblmge.] 

Idojaras, Budapest, 91(1): 34-42, Jan./Feb. 1987. Refs., tables. English and Hungarian sunmaries. 

Abstract: The annual cycle of the meteorological elements derived fraa climatological roonthly mean values is applied as an analog to 

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climate change caused by the probable intensification of the greenhouse effect in the atmosphere. The 22 groups consisting of four 

different oontbs approximately fulfilling the thermal equilibrium of the atmosphere and the absence of definite direction of 

ocean-atmosphere heat exchange make the estimation of regional properties in the Carpathian Basin possible in the case of a global 

climate change as great as PLUS OR MINUS 2K. The local characteristics of temperature, relative humidity, and cloudiness follow 

the hemispheric changes by a linear law in a good approximation. The zonal changes of temperature in the entire hemisphere and the 

changes of cloudiness in the high and tropical latitudes show a linear dependence upon hemispheric mean temperature with a positive 

sign in the regression coefficients, although between 30 and 40° lat., an increase in the mean hemispheric temperature corresponds 

to a decrease in cloudiness. By this method, the precipitation in the Carpathian Basin follows a special function with more possible 

values as the mean hemispheric temperature changes. This varied IOOdaJ. behavior of the precipitation is confirmed by the frequency 

histogram of the real yearly means of precipitation. 

48. Mitchell, J. M., Jr. Environ. Data Serv., NOAA, Silver Spring, MD. 

&.a ccmalderllt:ims af c:u-tic Yllrlabillty in the ccatart af future C02 affects 011 gl<lbol. acala ciDot:a. 

In: Workshop on the Global Effects of Carbon Dioxide from Fossil Fuels, Miami Beach, Fl., March 7-11, 1977, Carbon Dioxide Effects 

Research and Assessment Program. United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Health and Environmental Research, Wash., D.C., p. 91-99, 

May 1979. Refs., figs. Available from NTIS, Springfield, Va. 22161. (Conf-770385, UC-11), 

Abstract: Aspects of past variations of planetary-scale temperature conditions on the Earth, which may be helpful in assessing the 

importance of future climatic changes possibly related to atmospheric C02 increases, are considered. The discussion includes a swrmary 

of current knowledge on global-scale conditions of temperature for the past 850,000 yr, recent global cooling since 1940 on a worldwide 

scale, changes in climatic variability and their role in climatic change, and the prospects of climatic change in the near and distant 

future. The indefiniteness of knowledge on the nature and consequences of and possible responses to climatic change are noted. 

49. Mitchell, J. F. B.; C. A. Wilson; W. M. Cunnington. Met. Off., Bracknell. 

011 C02 ciDot:a IIOIISitirlty ODd .adol. depoe ... co af reaal.ta. 

Royal Meteorological Society, Bracknall, Eng., Quarterly Journal, 113(475): 293-322, Jan. 1987. Refs., figs., tables, appeDdix. 

Abstract: The regional response of climate models to snail perturbations is shown to be highly dependent upon the unperturbed 

simulation. An experiment in which C02 concentrations are doubled and sea surface tetrg?eratures are enhanced by 2 K has been conducted 

with two general circulation toodels that differ considerably in their control climates. The resulting changes in tropical precipitation 

in each roodel simulation are related to the increase in atmospheric water vapor, which leads to enhanced precipitation in the main 

regions of low- level atmospheric convergence. Because these regions of convergence occur in slightly different locations in the 

unperturbed simulations, the distribution of changes is also different. Differences in control simulations must be considered when 

comparing results from different rodels (e.g., on doubling atroospheric C02 ); otherwise, unduly pessimistic conclusions may be reached 

concerning the consistency of rodel results. It may be possible to make subjective allowance for the effect of lmown deficiencies 

in the unperturbed simulation on the model 1s response before using the simulated changes in, for example, impact studies. An 

examination of one of the experiments reveals that the change in precipitation is limited by the beat balance of the atmosphere and 

indicates the importance of treating accurately the radiative perturbation resulting fran changes in water vapor. The magnitude of 

the model 1s response is shown to be consistent with that found in three-dimensional climate models that include a simple representation 

·of the ocean. 

50. Moore, B. I.; B. Bolin. Univ. of Stockholm. 

Ocalma, cubaa diaxide, ODd glabol ciDot:a c!Jomga. 

Oceanus, Woods Hole, MA., Special Issue, 29(4): 9-15. Winter 1986/87. 

Abstract: This paper presents a nontechnical, concise overview with the aid of diagrams of current lmowledge on the interaction 

of the oceans, the carbon cycle, and the concentration of C02 in the atmosphere in the process of climate change. There are 

reviewed the evidence of the increasing concentration of C02 in the atmosphere; the problem of the imbalances of the annual carbon 

budget as indicated in input of C02 in the atmosphere and uptake of C02 by the atmospheric increase, oceanic uptake, and 

fertilization effects; the role of the oceans in the uptake of C02 , including the biological and chemical processes; and the role of 

the ocean as a sink for excess C02 • 

51. Oerlemans, J. Inst. of Met. and Ocean., Univ. of Utrecht, Netherlands. 

Glac:lara u indicaton af a cubaa diaxide -..iDg. 

Nature, London, 320(6063): 607-609, April 17, 1986. Refs., figs, 

Abstract: During -the past 150 yr, mountain glaciers have shown a worldwide retreat. It has been argued that this is related to the 

warming that is predicted to result fran increased carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere; however, this wanni.ng has not been detected 

in a statistically significant way fran instrumental records. The author demonstrates that the lower part of a valley glacier is 

extremely sensitive to a local warming, induced by an increase in the radiation budget. For glaciers covering only a small fraction 

of a valley, the effect is particularly dramatic. Thus, valley glaciers may be extremely vulnerable to the presence of IR-absorbing 

gases in the atmosphm:e and could, therefore, be better detectors of a possible carbon dioxide warming than is generally assumed. 

52. Parkinson, C. L. 

Sea ice as a pal:alltial earlJ indicator af ciDot:a c!Jomga. 

North American Conference on Preparing for Climate Change, 1st: A Cooperative Approach, Wash., D.C., Oct. '21-29, 1987, 

Proceedings. Rockville, MD., Government Institutes, Incorporated, p. 118-124, April 1988. 

Abstract: After reviewing the areal extent of sea ice distribution over the course of 1 yr and its high concentration in Antarctica, 

the importance of such extensive sea ice cover to the global climate system, and the probability that changes in the sea ice cover 

could prove to be early indicators of climate change, are discussed. The following three criteria for a potential early indicator of 

climate change are listed: the variable should exhibit a large climate signal; it should be readily measurable through routine 

observations; and it should have low enough natural variability to permit a climate signal to be detected. 

53. Rampino, M. R. (ed.). N.Y. Univ. 

cu.ata: histmy, perindicity, ODd predictability. 

N.Y.: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., Incorpcrated, 588 p., 1987. 

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Abstract: This book contains papers presented at a conference on climate held during Hay 21-23, 1984, at Barnard College 

,(Columbia University) in New York City. The papers include new data ranging from recent atmospheric temperature to geologic evidence 

extending back several billion years. Some are devoted to sophisticated canputer IOOdelling and time series analyses. Discussions deal 

with causal mechanisms: for climate change ranging from the purely terrestrial to those involving the Sun, the Moon, the dynamics 

of the solar system, and even the rhythms of the galaxy. Major emphasis is on climate cycles and the poSsibilities for predicting 

the trend of future climate. The papers are grouped under the subjects of 1) historical climate change; 2) proxy climate indicators; 

3) sea level change and climate; 4) short-term climate (10-10 SUPER 2 yr) and periodicity; 5) long-term climate (10 SUPER 3 -10 SUPER 

7 ) and periodicity; 6) solar variations, cycles, and possible causes. A selected bibliography on Sun-Earth relationships and cycles 

having periods of <10 ,000 yr is included. 

54. Rind, D. Goddard Space Flt. Ctr., Inst. for Space Studies, N.Y. 

Ilopendeace of 1IOlll 111111 cold cllEte clopictim 011 cllEte .adel reaolctim. 

Journal of Climate, Boston, 1(10): 965-997, Oct. 1988. 

Abstract: Climate model resu1 ts are being used to assess the potential societal impact of climate change and to compare with 

paleoclimate indicators. The models for these pUIJXlses currently use relatively coarse resolution, and a key question is how the results 

might change as resolution is improved. To examine this issue, doubled C02 and ice age simulations with boundary conditions identical 

for two different resolutions are run with the GISS model. The resolution dependency of climate change sensitivity, atmospheric 

dynamics, and regional climate depiction is discussed. The results show that model resolution affects two key processes in the 

control runs, moist convection and the nonlinear transfer of kinetic energy into the zonal mean flow. The finer resolution model has 

more penetrative convection but less convection overall, aspects that alter its temperature and wind structure relative to those 

of the coarser grid model. With finer resolution, there are also stronger winds, more evaporation, and a more active hydrologic 

cycle. While some of these changes are not particularly large, their characteristics are mirrored in the warm and cold climate 

simulations. In caaParison with the coarser resolution model, the finer grid doubled C02 nm has a greater decrease in high-level 

cloud cover, eddy energy, and eddy energy transports and a greater increase in atmospheric temperature, surface winds, precipitation, 

and penetrative convection. The ice age finer grid nm shows the opposite effects when compared with the medium grid: greater eddy 

energy and eddy transport increases, greater reduction in the hydrologic cycle and atmospheric temperature. Regional climate changes 

also differ with resolution, because of the local expression of the different dynamical responses and the differing spatial 

possibilities. The development of higher resolution models and the practical use of climate change results should incorporate 

an awareness of the potential impact of resolution on model processes and climate change depiction. 

55. Rind, D. Goddard Space Flt. ctr., Inst. for Space Studies, N.Y. 

Doubled CO SUB 2 cllEte: ~ of tba - sarfaca ~ gracllimt. 

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Boston, 44(21): 3235-3268, Nov. 1, 1987. 

Abstract: Even· though five different general circulation models are all currently producing an APPROX. 4 PLUS OR MINUS 1°C 

warming for doubled C02 , there is still substantial model disagreement concerning the degree of high-latitude amplification of 

the surface temperature change. The consequences of this disagreement are investigated by canparing doubled CO SUB 2 climates 

with different latitudinal gradients of sea surface temperature. The GISS 4 MULTIPLIED BY 5° general circulation model (GCM) was 

run with doubled C02 and two sets of sea surface temperatures: one set derived frcxo the equilibrium doubled CO SUB 2 nm of the 8 MULTIPLIED BY 10° G!SS GCM, with minimal high-latitude amplification; and the other set more closely resembling the 

GFDL results, with greater amplification. While the experiments differ in their latitudinal cli;stribution of warming, they 

have the same global mean surface air temperature change. The differences in energy balance, at.Joospheric dynamics, and 

regional climate simulations are discussed. The results show that the two experiments often produce substantially different climate 

characteristics. With reduced high-latitude amplification and, thus, more equatorial warming, there is a greater increase in 

specific humidity and the greenhouse capacity (the concentration of IR-absorbing gases) of the atmosphere, resulting in a warmer 

atmosphere in general. Features such as the low-latitude precipitation, Hadley cell intensity, jet stream magnitude, and 

atmospheric energy transports all increase canpared with the control run. In contrast, these features all decrease in the experiment 

with greater high-latitude amplification. There are also significant differences in the cloud cover and stationary eddy energy 

responses between the two experiments, as well as most regional climate changes; i.e., there is greater drying of the midlatitude sunmer continents and greater polar ice melting when the high-latitude amplification is greater. Predictions of the caning doubled 

C02 climate and its societal consequences must be tempered by the current uncertainty in the degree of high-latitude 

arrplification. 

56. Roger, T. C. Inst. Marine Sci., Univ. Alaska-Fairbanks. 

1Jppar 

Journal 

OCIIIIII 

of Geophysical 

~ 

Research, 

YOrlabi.litJ 

Washington, 

in tba larthout 

D.C., 94(C12): 

Pacific 

18, 

Oceon: 

175-18,183, 

iB it llll 

Dec. 

indl.catar 

15, 1989. 

of gld>ol. ~ 

Abstract: The upper waters of the Northeast Pacific Ocean contain very low frequency temperature fluctuations which have amplitudes 

of more than 1 degree Celsius. Hydrographic measurements are used to examine these variations. The very low frequency (VLF) 20- to 

30- year fluctuation in SST found at and north of 55 degrees N is not evident at lower latitudes. This VLF fluctuation exists throughout 

the water column on the shelf of the northern Gulf of Alaska. Contained within the hydrographic data on the shelf are responses to 

El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) forcing. However, ENSO responses are not evident in the SST data. The propagation characteristics 

of SST anomalies through the region are not consistent fran one event to another. Correlations with local wind stress and wind stress 

curl are very poor, implying that the temperature variaibility is not wind forced. The causes for these temperature anomalies are 

uncertain. Though climate changes due to increases in greenhouse gases might be amplified at high latitudes, heating due to gloabl 

warming is discounted. Coupling of the temperature fluctuations with solar activity and lunar tides is possible especially at high 

latitudes and the periods of the temperatures, tides, and solar activity are well matched. In any case, the recent upper ocean warming 

is probably not a result of large-scale global change but is, rather, part of the VLF zonal signal. Below normal water and air 

temperatures should occur over the next 5-15 years. This VLF signal must be considered and understood before we will be able to measure 

the effects of high-latitude climate changes. 

57. Sarmiento, J. L. Geophys. Fluid Dynamics Program, Princeton Univ., N.J. 

--....J. OC8III .adalJI far precll.ctiD!J tba cliJrtril>utim of C02 between tba OCIIIIII 111111 al:moj:GeLe. 

In: Trabalka, John R.; Reichle, David E. (eds.), Changing Carbon Cycle: a Global Analysis. N.Y., Springer-Verlag, Incorporated, p. 

279-294, 1986. 

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Abstract: The basic ingredients necessary to predict fossil fuel C02 uptake with a three-dimensional model are discussed: specification 

of boundary conditions at the air-sea interface for the entire period of prediction, a model of the interior physical processes of 

advection and mixing, and a nxxlel of the biological and chemical processes affecting the carbon cycle. In view of the still-unrealistic 

nature of three-dimensional models, the author observes that the major application of three-dimensional models should be as a form 

of laboratory where analog modelling can be tested and the effects of chemical and biological processes on the C02 uptake can be 

studied. 5aDe results of research conducted b:y the author during the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Program are reviewed: the features 

of the free thermocline tritium model of Sarmiento and Bryan (1982), including a listing of the equations and parameters, and results 

of tritium simulation for studying ocean circulationi a review of studies involving the application of the analog modelling approach 

to tritium simulation to investigate ocean uptake of fossil fuel C02 i and the role of the oceanic biosphere in fossil fuel uptake. 

58. Schlesinger, H. E. OR. State Univ. 

lDolJBia af r&lllllts m. - bolJmco ODd radillti98 twtectl.98 .:xlela. 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., D.C., DOE/ER-0237, Dec. 1985. Appendix A, p. 281-319. 

Abstract: The general formulation of energy balance models (EBMs) for predicted change in the temperature at the Earth's surface, 

induced b:y an increase in C02 concentration, is set forth in this highly mathematical paper, whereby it is shown that the 

determination of temperature change induced by an increase in C02 concentration requires knowledge of the associated thermal forcing, 

the zero feedback gain of the climate system, and the feedback. These, in turn, require knowledge of the partial derivatives of net 

energy flux with regard to C02 concentration, the temperature, and the internal quantities, as well as the total derivative of the 

internal quantities with regard to temperature. Fran this point of view, the surface energy balance models are examined, including 

the results of calculations of C02 induced warming by Callendar {1938), Moller {1963), and Newell and Dopplick {1973); and the 

formulation of planetar:y energy balance models is presented. The formulation of radiative-convective models is presented, and analysis 

and interpretation of the results of their application are reviewed: e.g., direct radiative forcing due to increased C02 i response 

of the climate system without feedback to increased C02 i response of the climate system with feedback to increased C02 (surface 

energy flux, water vapor feedback, temperature lapse rate fee<lback, cloud altitude feedback, cloud cover feedback, cloud optical depth 

feedback, and surface albedo feedback). 

59. Schlesinger, H. E. Climatic. Res. Inst., OR. State Univ., COrvallis. 

cu-te .adal. m.ulatialll af C02 -iDduced cliat1c clllmga. 

In: Advances in Geophysics, Vol. 6., p. 141-235 Orlando, Fl.: Academic Press, Inc., 1984. 

Abstract: The current issues attending the physical method for investigating C02 -induced climatic change are formulated and described. 

Various mathematical climate toodels are described qualitatively: energy balance models, radiative-convective Joodels, and general 

circulation ID:Xlels. Hodel simulations of C02 -induced climatic change are coopared by considering descriptions of GCKs and C02 

simulations, and simulated temperature, precipitation, and soil moisture changes. Topics discussed are model-dependent results, the 

time required to reach equilibrium, and the statistical significance of changes in surface air temperature, precipitation rate, and 

soil moisture simulated b:y the Oregon state University (OSU) two-level general atzoospheric IOOdel. 

60. Schlesinger, M. E.i J. F. B. Mitchell. OR. State Univ.i Great Britain, Met. Off. 

llodal projactima af tbo eqoillbr1111 c:u..tic _.. to :Iller _. au:lx:D cliax:ldo. 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Wash., DoC., DOE/ER- 0237, p. 81-147, Dec. 

1985. 

Abstract: The IOOdelling methods and results of major modelling designed to investigate the equilibrium of the sensitivity to relative 

large changes in atmospheric C02 concentration are described. Simplified climate models are presented for assessing the potential 

climate effect of C02 concentration involving energy balance models and radiative-convective roodels, the caDputational equations, 

and scme results of their application. Studies of C02 -induced equilibrium climate change conducted with general circulation models 

with several different treatments of the ocean and sea and ice are reviewed. These studies involve simulations without the annual 

insolation cycle (changes in zonal mean air temperature, changes in precipitation and soil moisture, and changes in cloud cover)i early 

simulations with the· annual insolation cycle (studies with prescribed sea surface temperature and sea ice extent, and studies with 

predicted sea surface temperature and sea ice extent); the dependence of CO SUB 2 -induced climate change upon the control climatei 

and recent simulation with the annual insolation cycle (canParison of the simulated and observed 1 MULTIPLIED BY C02 climates 

{simulated by Goddard Institute for Space Studies {GISS), National Center for Atmospheric Research {NCAR), and Geophysical Fluid 

Dynamics Laboratory· {GFDL) models with predicted clouds); canParison of recent simulations of 2 HOLmLIED BY CO - 1 HOLmLIED BY 

CO climate changes simulated b:y the GISS, NCAR and GFDL modelsi and feedback analysis. A series of reconmendations are set forth for 

further understanding the differences and similarities of the most recent simulations and for developing more comprehensive models 

of the climate system. 

61. Schneider, S. H. 

cu-te wocJeling, 

Scientific American, N.Y., 256{5):72-80, May 1987. 

Abstract: The processes that make up our climate are too complex to be reproduced physically in the laboratory. Fortunately, they can be simulated mathematically with the help of a canputer. Mathematical climate models cannot simulate the full complexity of reality. 

However, they can reveal the logical consequences of plausible assumptions about the climate. Climate models vary in the number of 

dimensions they simulate and the amount of spatial detail they include. Computer models of the earth 1s climate :yield clues to its 

future as well as to its past. 

62. Schneider, S. H. 

cu-te eocleling , 

Spektrum Wiss. {Germany, Federal Republic of), 7:52-59, Jul 1987. 

Abstract: Will the 'greenhouse effect' bring on another Dust Bowl. Would nuclear war mean 1nuclear winter'. Cauputer models of the 

earth's climate yield clues to its future as well as to its checkered past. 

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63. Solaoon, A. M. Environ. Sci. Div., Oak Ridge NaU. Lab., TN. 

Globol CJcla of carboa. 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, wash., D.C., OOE/ER- 0239, p. 11-13, Dec. 

1985, Refs., figs. Available fran NTIS, Springfield, Va. 22161. 

Abstract: This chapter outlines the nature of the carbon dioxide (C02 ) question and the general role of the global carbon cycle in 

regulating the amount of C02 in the aboospbere. The scientific and societal issues that result fran interactions between changing 

C02 emissions and the global cycle processes are then described. The CO SUB 2 question is examined in light of its climatic, indirect, 

and vegetation effects. In regard to the global carbon cycle, discussions are included on the current global atloospheric total of 

carbon reflecting a significant increase resulting fran accelerated burning of fossil fuels, and the unaccounted fraction of C02 

in calculated uptake by ocean and atmosphere; the C02 exchanges between ocean and atmosphere; the terrestrial biosphere as carbon 

source and sink; and fluxes between the global reservoirs. The scientific and social issues of the C02 problem are surveyed. 

64. Saoerville, R. C. J. Scripps Inst. of OCean., Univ. of CA., San Diego. 

Cloud optical thiclmosa feecllloockB iD tho C02 cliate ~-

Advances in Space Research, OXford, Pergaroon Press, Vol. 5, No. 6, p. 209-212, 1985. Refs. (SJIIIPOsium 4 of the COSPAR Twenty-fifth 

Plenary meeting held in Graz, Austria, June 25-July 7, 1984, Proceedings). 

Abstract: A radiative-convective equilibrium roodel is developed and applied to study cloud optical thickness feedbacks in the C02 

climate problem. The basic hJPOthesis is that, in the warmer and moister CO SUB 2 -rich atmosphere, cloud liquid water content will 

generally be larger than at present so that cloud optical thickness will also be larger. For clouds other than thin cirrus, the 

result is to increase the albedo roore than to increase the greenhouse effect. Therefore, the sign of the feedback is negative: cloud 

optical properties alter in such a way as to reduce the surface and tropospheric warming caused by the addition of C02 • This negative 

feedback can be substantial. When observational estimates of the temperature dependence of cloud liquid water content are used in 

the model, the surface temperature change caused by doubling C02 is reduced by approximately one half. 

65. Sanerville, R. C. J.; L. A. Remer. Scripps Inst. of Ocean., Univ. of CA., San Diego. 

Cloud optical thlclmosa feecllloH:kB iD tho C02 cliate ~-

Journal of Geophysical Research, llash., D.C., 89(06): 9668-9672, Oct. 20, 1984. refs., 

Abstract: A radiative-convective equilibrium model is developed and applied to study cloud optical thickness, feedbacks in the C02 

climate problem. The basic hJPOthesis is that, in the warmer and moister CO SUB 2 -rich atloosphere, cloud liquid water content will 

generally be larger also. For clouds other than thin cirrus, the result is to increase the albedo more than to increase the greenhouse 

effect. Thus, the sign of the feedback is negative: cloud optical properties act as a thermostat and alter in such a way as to reduce 

the surface and tropospheric warming caused by the addition of C02 • This negative feedback can be substantial. When observational 

estimates of the temperature dependence of cloud liquid water content are used in the model, the surface temperature change caused 

by doubling C02 is reduced by approximately one half. This result is obtained for global and annual average conditions, no change 

in cloud aoount or altitude, and constant relative humidity. These idealizations, with other simplifications typical of one-dimensional 

radiative- convective climate models, render the result tentative. Additional study of cloud optical property feedbacks is warranted, 

however, because the climate is apparently so sensitive to them. 

66. Stolarski, R. S. 

1Dtarctic 010110 bole. 

Scientific American, N.Y., 258(1): 30-36, Jan. 1988. 

Abstract: A review is given of the recent findings of ozone depletion over the South Pole region and the role of 

chloroflUorocarbons (CFCs) as a cause of the depletion. Chemical processes are described to show bow the CFCs react on ozone to 

attenuate the shield over Antarctica. Salle of the effects of the depletion on people and environments are discussed. A possible role 

is projected of polar stratospheric clouds as transformers of chlorine reservoirs into active chlorine to react unfavorably 

with the ozone as the Sun begins to shine again after the dark Antarctic winter. A dynamical mechanism as a factor in the process 

is also a possibility. 

67. Trabalka, J. R. Environ. Sci. Div., Oak Ridge Natl. Lab., TH. 

- al.teratiaDII of tho global - CJcla and tho projected fvtllt8. 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, wash., D.C., OOE/ER- 2039, p. 247-287, 

Dec. 1985. Refs., figs. available fran NTIS, Springfield, Va. 22161. 

Abstract: An attempt is made to project the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over the next century (to the year 2075) to 

establish probable significant climatic and biological consequences of accelerated fossil fuel ccxnbustion. The following topics are 

SU~I~Darized: the current state of knowledge on the contemporary atmospheric C02 concentration; historical fossil fuel releases; 

historical atmospheric C02 concentrations; the history of the terrestrial biospheric flux of C02 and the uncertainties in the record; 

the role of the oceans as the principal sink of C02 ; the missing sinks that are required to balance the C02 cycle; the effective 

airborne fraction of C02 ; potential roadblocks to improved understanding of the C02 cycle resulting fran difficulties of estimating 

C02 sources and sinks; and the various difficulties of modelling, such as incorporation of deep water injection in assessing climatic 

response to water freshening, changes in global carbon storage, etc. With regard to the future of atmospheric C02 emissions, the 

following discussions are presented: 1) fossil fuel C02 emissions involving development of reference projections and canParisons 

with other estimates of future C02 emissions; 2) terrestrial biospheric C02 releases, including effects of CO SUB 2 fertilization, 

effects of climatic change, air pollution stresses, and land- use conversion combined with other factors; 3) methods for projecting 

future atmospheric C02 levels; 4) reference projections with globally averaged carbon cycle models; 5) carbon cycle uncertainty 

analysis, including sensitivity studies and Monte carlo studies; and 6) uncertainties in atmospheric C02 projections, i.e., reference 

projections and canParisons with other atmospheric C02 projection exercises. 

68. Trabalka, J. R.; D. E. Reichle (Eds). Environ. Sci. Div., Oak Ridge Natl. Lab., TN. 

l'!u!nglng carboa CJcla: a global anal.JIIia. 

Selected papers fran the proceedings of the Sixth Annual Oak Ridge National Laboratory Life Sciences Symposium, held Oct. 31-Nov. 

2, 1983 in Knoxville, TN 

N.Y.: Springer-Verlag Incorporated, 592 p., 1986. 

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Abstract: This volume constitutes a selection of papers presented at the symposium. The topics covered include 1) the atmospheric · concentrations of C02 , beginning with the roost recent patterns of increases and progressing backward in time; 2) the methodological 

aspects of the use of analytical techniques and the interpretation of ratios of carbon isotopes in tree rings and geologic media laid 

down in past centuries to estimate historic concentrations of C02 and to identify sources both fossil and biological; 3) terrestrial 

biota and soils as reservoirs of carlxln active in the global cycle, involving historical changes in the carbon pool represented by 

terrestrial vegetation, the manner in which soil carbon changes through time in response to disturbance and recovery of the vegetation 

cover, and evaluation of the potential of rexoote sensing to measure current changes in land cover on a continental and global scale; 

4) carbon cycles in the ocean, including their modelling and a smmary of recent empirical measurements of C02 and alkalinity in ocean waters; 5) the synthesis of the scientific information presented and its application to understanding the role of anthropogenic 

emissions of C02 in the atroospbere in changing the global carbon cycle, whereby there are discussed the value and limitations of 

using geologic analogs in carbon cycle research and modelling, the requirements for a satisfactory model representation of the global 

cycle, the calibration of such models and their validation by observed data, and the manner in which the seasonal and geographic 

patterns of C02 provide information on the current global carbon balance; 6) fossil fuel sources of anthropogenic CO SUB 2 emissions 

into the atmosphere as manifested in recent history, current patterns, and possible future trends, and the in;>ortant variables of 

fossil fuel reserves and future energy production options; the use of globally averaged carbon cycle models in conjunction with model 

projections of future use and C02 emissions to estimate the likely bounds of future a"boospheric C02 concentrations; and 7) 

technological choices that might limit the increase of future atmospheric C02 levels and the potential confounding effects of other 

radiatively active trace gases on such surfaces. · 

69. Verbitskiy, H. Y.; D. V. Chalikov. Leningradskiy otdel. Inst. Okean. im. P. P. Shirsbova, Akad. Hauk, U.S.S.R. 

lloclel' lli..ta ll1m9ogo -· [lloclel of the 11Clrld 00111111 cH.t:a.] Okeanologiya, Moscow, 26(3): 357-364, May/June 1986. Refs. English and Russian SUDJDaries. Trans!. into English in corresponding issue 

of OCeanology, Wash., D. C. 

Abstract: A thermohydrodynami.c model, which takes into consideration the real morphology of the world ocean and simulates the 

long-period climate evolution in the framework of an ocean-atmosphere-ice system, is proposed. The present climate of the ocean (thermal regime, heat exchange with atiOOspbere, meridional heat, and mass fluxes) is calculated. The sensitivity of the model to 

changes in several parameters is investigated. 

70. Wang, w.-c. Atloos. and Environ. Res., Inc., Cambridge, KA. 

CliatoJ.ogical effecu of aWe OIODO: a J:&rlao. 

Ozone SjtiiJXlsium, 4th, Halkidiki, Greece, Sep. 3-7, 1984, Atmospheric Ozone: Proceedings. Dordrecht, Reidel Pub!. Coopany, p. 98-102, 

1985. 

Abstract: The results of studies on the climatological effects of atloospberic ozone are reviewed: the 0 SUB 3 direct radiative effect, 

the climatic effect of 0 SUB 3 redistribution, and tropospheric 0 SUB 3 • The most important aspect is probably the change in 0 SUB 

3 distribution (especially around the tropopause region) associated with anthropogenic activities. The 0 SUB 3 distribution is 

iafluenoed by obemistry and transport processes and perhaps iatroduces tbe largest uncertainties io tbe model·calculated 0 SUB 3 

climatological effect. 

71. Wang, W.-C.; G. Molnar. Atmos. and Environ. Res., Inc., Cambridge, HA. lloclel stadJ of the -""• effecu d1la to 1DcrauiDg 

at.oapboric Cll SUB 4 , Dl, CF SUB 2 Cl SOB 2 , omd CPCl SOB 3. 

Journal of Geophysical Research, Wash., D.C., 90(D7): 12971-12980, Dec. 20, 1985. 

Abstract: Study of the greenhouse effects of increasing atmospheric trace gases relied mainly on the use of one-dimensional models, 

especially the radiative-convective models (of the World Meteorological Organization, 1982; National Research Council, 1983). The 

authors use the two-dimensinoal (altitude-latitude) radiative-dynamical model of Wang et al. (1984) to investigate the effects on 

vertical and meridional temperatures of increases of atmospheric methane, nitrous oxide, and chlorofluorocarbons. The model, consisting 

of a high- and a low-latitude zone, couples the meridional and vertical temperature Structure through energy balance between radiative 

flux and vertical and meridional beat transports. The themal radiation flux perturbations, i.e., the driving force for the subsequent 

climate change, caused by increases of these trace gases and carbon dioxide, are different in nature. A canParison of model-calculated 

present climate and climate change between the one- and two-dimensional models is perfonned. The results indicate that the 

two-dimensional model simulates roore realistic temperature and ·humidity distributions. For a doubling of the atmospheric C02 

concentration of 330 p.p.m.v., the two-dimensional model computes a global surface warming of 3.7 X: with larger high-latitude 

amplification, which is in good agreement with results obtained from general circulation oxxlels. For the study of the surface warming 

caused by increases of trace gases, it is found that the one-dimensional model using a 6.5-K km SUPER - SUPER 1 critical lapse rate 

for convective adjustment appears to calculate a much larger surface warming than the two-dimensional model. Conversely, the 

one-dimensional IOOdel using the moist adiabatic critical lapse rate, although it cannot simulate adequately the present tropospheric 

temperature structure, calculates surface warming effects in close agreement with those of two-dimensional model results. The 

two-dimensional model is used to estimate on the time scale of decades the potential greenhouse effects caused by increases of these 

gases. Although the calculations depend largely upon the adopted scenarios for future increases, the results nevertheless reveal that 

the trace gases could potentially augment the surface warming due to carbon dioxide increase by >GO%. 

72. Webb, T. I.; T. M. L. Wigley. Brown Univ., Providence, R.I.; Univ. of E. Anglia, Norwich, Eng. 

libat past cllatea can illdl.oata alxmt a vorEr 110rld. 

United States. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energj Sciences, Wash., D.C., DOE/ER- 0237, p. 237-257, 

Dec. 1985. Refs., figs. available from NTIS, Springfield, Va. 22161. 

Abstract: The perspective of past climate changes as a n:eans of evaluating the probable validity of theoretical models and, in a limited 

sense, of projected climate changes is examined. As a background for the discussion, the authors review the possible role of C02 

in past climatic changes, the development and features of climate scenarios, and model validation with paleoclimatic data. Climatic 

scenarios based on instrumental data are then described whereby the assumptions, principles, and observational evidence involved in 

developing climate scenarios are discussed and the procedures of climate construction are described. The program of mapping the climate 

patterns at 6000 yr B.P. with the aims of 1) assessing a global set of paleoclimatic data for this time period, 2) studying certain 

of the regional climatic implications of a rise in the global mean temperature, and 3) obtaining average temperature estimates for 

regions, continents, and even the globe, to show how the temperature bas varied between 6000 yr B.P. and now, has been under way for 

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some time. In connection with this program, the authors discuss the data and analysis; regional climate estimates, including 

temperature estimates for eastern North America and Europe, sea surface temperature estimates, precipitation estimates for the American 

Midwest, and global estimates and lake levels; whether the Earth was wanner than today at 6000 yr B.P.; and climate toodel validation. 

73. Wigley, T. M. L. Nat!. ctr. for Atmos. Res., Boulder, CO. 

Effect af .aclel. structure 011 projecticas af ~:IDclua!d ~ cblmga. 

Geophysical Research Letters, Wash., D.C., 14(11): 1135-1138, Nov. 1987. 

Abstract: The transient response of global mean temperature to greenhouse-gas forcing between A.D. 1765 and 2030 is studied by using 

two types of ocean models, a pure diffusion model and an upwelling-diffusion model. The results are almost the same for both types 

of "model. If the greenhouse-gas contribution to global wanning over the period 1880-1985 is DELTA , then the contribution to future 

warmiog over the period 1985-2030 is shown to be APPROX. 1.6 DELTA indepeodent of model type and model parameters (e.g., climate 

sensitivity and ocean-mixing rate). 

74. Wigley, T. M. L. 

llalatl.Y8 ODIII:ributims af diffanat 1:nlca - to tho ~hmiO effect. 

Climate Monitor, Norwich, Eng., 16(1): 14-28, Winter 1987. 

Abstract: Up-to-date information on concentrations of trace gases and radiative effects is used to quantify the relative 

contributions of the various greenhouse gases both in the past and, on the basis of recent projections, in the future to -the year 

2030. Simple empirical expressions for the past and future concentrations of each trace gas are derived, and what is known concerning 

past concentrations of the trace gases carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and the chlorofluorocarbons is reviewed. The 

relationship between radiative forcing change at the top of the troposphere and concentration change is examined with 

empirical equations for C02 , CH SUB 4 , N20, and CFCs. By using the equations enabling cauputation of past and future concentrations 

of trace gases and of radiative forcing, which enable conversion of the former to radiative forcing, past and possible future 

forcings for each of the trace gases are calculated, and relative radiative forcing histories are developed. Implications of the 

results in terms of climate are then discussed. Since the late 19th century and probably through at least 2030, the trace gases CH 

SUB 4 , N20, and the CFCs have, together, added 80% to the radiative forcing resulting from increasing atmospheric C02 concentration. 

This means that an equivalent doubling of the preindustrial C02 level could occur well before 2020. Between 1880 and 1985, the 

radiative forcing caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentration changes was 1. 7 Qa SUPER - SUPER 2 • If the climate 

sensitivity is as implied by recent GCM results, the globe should have warmed by APPROX. 1 °C in response to this forcing, even 

if the damping effect of oceanic thermal inertial is accounted for. The observed warming has only been APPROX. 0.5°C. If this 

discrepanCy implies that there are gross shortcanings in one-dimensional ocean models currently used to study tpe transient response 

of the climate system, then there must be a considerable amount of unrealized warming in the climate system. Conversely, if this 

discrepancy implies an additional factor (or factors) operating on the century time scale and acting to offset the greenhouse 

gas forcing, or large errors in current GCMs, then there is no obvious reason why, in the future, this factor should not act in the 

opposite direction and add to, rather than subtract fran, the greenhouse effect. 

75. Wigley, T. M. L.; P. D. Jones; P. M. Kelley. U. o. E. Anglia, Norwich, Eng. Climatic Res. Unit. 

lllpirical cliata studiao: 1IIII'II world IICIIIlllrioo IIDd tho clotectim af ~ cblmga :iDclua!d bJ nclillti..U.y actiw guaa. 

In: Greenhouse effect, climatic change, and ecosystems, Chichester, Eng., John Wiley & Sons, 1986. Bolin, B. (ed.). 

Abstract: A number of empirical approaches to the study of climatic changes induced by radiatively active gases are described. It is 

noted that empirical studies do not yet distinguish the effects of C02 fran those of other radiatively active trace gases, such as methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and chlorofluorocarbons. Past climatic changes and fluctuations are reviewed as related to the greenhouse 

gases problem, namely, C02 effects on the 10 SOPER 6 -10 SUPER 9 -yr time scale, the 10 SOPER 3 -10 SUPER 5 yr time scale, the interval 

6000 B.P. A.D. 1850, and recent climatic change-A.D. 1850 to the present; the latter includes surfact temperature changes, upper air 

temperature changes, and precipitation changes. The scenario approach to the estimation of future climatic conditions is set forth 

by discuSsing analog-based scenario development, including analog scenarios based upon a suitably defined ensemble of warm ·years from 

the recent instrumental record and a caaparison with either the reconstructions of paleoclimate during postwarm periods; and the use 

of atmospheric dynamic arguments together with a knowledge of empirical climate relationships and correlations to develop an educated 

guess. Instrumental scenario construction is described, and the relevance of scenarios is discussed. The detection of climatic change 

is examined by considering the climatic indicators sought,· the signal-to-noise ratio concept, statistical strategies (simple 

signal-to-noise ratio studies, noise reduction studies, and the fingerprint method); and simple analysis of the recent surface air 

temperature record. Monitoring requirements are set forth. 

76. Wilson, C. A. Dynamical Climatol. Branch, U.K. Met. Off., Bracknell. 

2 C02 cliata -tirlty -~ rlth • global cliata .aclel. :l.ncl.udiDg • llillpla 00111111. 

World Climate Research Programme, Geneva, Report No. 9, p. 7.34-7.36, Sep. 1986. Refs., figs. (WMO/TD- No. 141) 

Abstract: The sensitivity of global climate to doubled atmospheric C02 has recently been investigated by using the Meteorological 

Office 1s 11-layer general circulation model, with horizontal resolution of 5° MULTIPLIED BY 7.5° coupled to a simple mixed-layer 

ocean model and a thernxxlynamic sea-ice model. The ocean depth of 50 m was sufficient to represent the seasonal heat storage. 

Transport of heat by the oceans was allowed for by specifying a seasonally varying heat convergence which was derived fran a previous 

integration of the model with prescribed sea surface temperatures and ice extents appropriate to present-day climate. This made it 

possible for the coupled model to simulate well the present climate with sea surface temperatures generally within 2°C of observations 

and with a realistic seasonal variation of sea ice. When C02 was doubled, a new equilibrium was reached after 35 yr with global annual 

mean temperatures warmer by 5.2°C and reduced sea ice cover throughout the year. Cloud cover decreased globally by 3.5% with a general 

decrease in middle level clouds, increased high cloud, and sane increase at low levels at high latitudes. The pattern is similar to 

that found in other studies (Wetherald and Manabe, 1986) and to the response of the model at a higher resolution (2.5° MULTIPLIED 

BY 3.75°) with doubled C02 and a uniform 2 K increase in sea-surface temperatures (Wilson et al, 1985). A detailed investigation 

of the latter experiment shows that the cloud changes are consistent with rising height of the tropopause because of heating of the 

troposphere and cooling of the stratosphere with enhanced C02 . The warming in the coupled model is slightly larger than in other 

studies elsewhere which included model-generated cloud; this is likely to be partly due to the use of a penetrative convection scheme 

rather than moist convective adjustment, and to not restricting cloud at upper levels. The distribution of precipitation changes during 

June-Aug. shows increases at high latitudes and throughout much of the tropical convergence zone and decreases over large parts of 

northern continents in midlatitudes. There is a tendency for a northward shift of the main precipitation belts with increased monsoon 

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rainfall over India and East Africa and large decreases over the West Pacific; this is likely to be a response to the increased beating over land because of reduced cloud. 

77. Wilson, C. A.; J. F. B. Mitchell. Met. Off., Bracknell, Eng. 

DooblBd co SUB 2 cJ..I.-te liBIIIIitiYitJ ~with a global cliate .ooaJ., lnclM!ng a Bi11>Ja 0C81111. 

Journal of Geophysical Research, Wash., D.C., 92(D11): 13315-13343, Nov. 20, 1987. 

Abstract: The sensitivity of a global climate model to increased atmospheric C02 concentrations is presented, assessed, and 

compared with earlier studies. The ocean is represented by a 50-m slab in which the heat convergence caused by oceanic 

dynamics is prescribed, producing an accurate simulation of sea surface temperatures, sea ice extents, and associated features 

in the control simulation. Changes in surface temperature are qualitatively similar to those found in earlier studies using models 

with similar or lower horizontal resolution, although the global warming is slightly larger. The simulated changes in hydrology 

agree broadly with those in studies made with higher horizontal resolution and prescribed changes in sea surface temperatures 

and include a drying over the northern midlatitude continents. Many of the discrepancies in the responses of different models can be traced to differences in the simulations of present-day climate. The choice of convective parameterization appears to 

influence the sensitivity of the simulated response in the Tropics. 

78. Winstanley, D. Hat!. Acid Precipitation Assessment Program, Wash., D.C. 

lfrica in dronght: a cbanga of cliJiate? 

Weatherwise, Wash., D.C., 38(2): 74-81, April 1985. 

Abstract: In the absence of a credible climate prediction capability, the expectations of future climatic conditions must be based on analyses of the historical recOrds. It is shown that such analyses do not support the h:ypothesis of stable climates in tropical 

Africa. The evidence of ongoing climatic changes should necessitate a review of the perspectives on climatic conditions in Africa 

for future decades. As yet, there is no evidence of change in the downward trend in rainfall in the sub-Saharan zone, nor of a peaking 

of the upward trend farther south. The significance of a continuation of the trends to the welfare of the various African nations 

and peoples involved seems to deserve serious attention. · 

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