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READINGS u r ,\ \\ f r\ BOOK REVIEWS GLOBA L WARMING : UNDERSTANDIN G TH E FORECAST David Archer, 2007, 194 pp., $49.95, paperbound, Blackwell, ISBN 978-1-4051-4039-3 he title of this book is promising. With all the talk up many loose ends in my understanding of Earth's of model parametrizations, emissions scenarios, radiative budget simply by playing around with this Tcontraction and convergence, climate sensitiv- model, and I can report a number of colleagues who ity, carbon cycle feedbacks, discount rates, Annex have spent still more time with it. It is a must for any serious explanation of the greenhouse I Parties—it's enough to get the most dedicated climate change expert tied up effect . Other online models estimate DAVI D ARCHER atmospheric profiles, geological carbon in knots. But what is actually going to GLOBA L happen? Considering that what will hap- partitioning, climate responses to various WARMING external forcings, oil production, and the pen at large scales over the next couple of UNDERSTANDIN G TH E FORECAST decades is pretty much already decided, a C0 emissions resulting from social and technological trends. A lot of worthwhile book about this may be feasible. It would certainly be very handy. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society American Meteorological Society

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Publisher
American Meteorological Society
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Copyright © American Meteorological Society
ISSN
1520-0477
DOI
10.1175/1520-0477-89.9.1381
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u r ,\ \\ f r\ BOOK REVIEWS GLOBA L WARMING : UNDERSTANDIN G TH E FORECAST David Archer, 2007, 194 pp., $49.95, paperbound, Blackwell, ISBN 978-1-4051-4039-3 he title of this book is promising. With all the talk up many loose ends in my understanding of Earth's of model parametrizations, emissions scenarios, radiative budget simply by playing around with this Tcontraction and convergence, climate sensitiv- model, and I can report a number of colleagues who ity, carbon cycle feedbacks, discount rates, Annex have spent still more time with it. It is a must for any serious explanation of the greenhouse I Parties—it's enough to get the most dedicated climate change expert tied up effect . Other online models estimate DAVI D ARCHER atmospheric profiles, geological carbon in knots. But what is actually going to GLOBA L happen? Considering that what will hap- partitioning, climate responses to various WARMING external forcings, oil production, and the pen at large scales over the next couple of UNDERSTANDIN G TH E FORECAST decades is pretty much already decided, a C0 emissions resulting from social and technological trends. A lot of worthwhile book about this may be feasible. It would certainly be very handy.

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Bulletin of the American Meteorological SocietyAmerican Meteorological Society

Published: Sep 1, 2008

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