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Science of Climate Change

A PERIODICAL NEWSLETTER DEVOTED TO THE REVIEW OF CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH

2002 IN REVIEW - AN ASSESSMENT OF NEW RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS RELEVANT TO THE SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

CO₂/Climate Report, Spring 2004

Table of Contents

1. 1.0 Introduction
2. 2.0 Atmospheric Composition
   • 2.1 Carbon Dioxide
   • 2.2 Other Greenhouse Gases
3. 3.0 Radiative Forcing
   • 3.1 Greenhouse Gases
   • 3.2 Anthropogenic Aerosol Emmisions
   • 3.3 Land Use Change
   • 3.4 Natural Forcings
   • 3.5 Net Radiative Forcing
4. 4.0 Models
   • 4.1 Model Processes and Development
   • 4.1.1 Atmospheric Processes
   • 4.1.2 Land Processes
   • 4.1.3 Ocean Processes
   • 4.1.4 Model Development
   • 4.2 Model Simulations and Projections
5. 5.0 Trends
   • 5.1 Past 400,000 years
   • 5.1.1 Glacial-interglacial cycles
   • 5.1.2 Abrupt Climate Anomalies
   • 5.2 Current Interglacial
   • 5.2.1 Holocene
   • 5.2.2 Past Millennium
   • 5.3 Past Century
   • 5.3.1 Climate Reconstruction Methodologies
   • 5.3.2 Temperature
   • 5.3.3 Hydrological
   • 5.3.4 Cryosphere
   • 5.3.5 Circulation and Variability
   • 5.3.6 Extremes
   • 5.3.7 Ecological
   • 5.3.8 Socio-Economic
   • 5.3.9 Detection/Attribution
6. 6.0 Impacts
   • 6.1 Methodology
   • 6.2 Hydrological resources and events
   • 6.3 Agriculture
   • 6.4 Natural Ecosystems
   • 6.5 Cryosphere and Sea Level
   • 6.6 Extremes
   • 6.7 Socio-economic
7. 7.0 Policy
   • 7.1 Science-Policy Debate
   • 7.2 Mitigation
   • 7.3 Adaptation
8. Acknowledgments
9. References

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