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DISCUSSION TOPICS
Bruce, J. P., Lee, H. and Haites, E. F. (eds) (1996) Climate
Change 1995: Economic and Social Dimensions of
Climate Change , Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change
Examine the figures showing climatic time series
in Chapter 13 for evidence of changes in mean and
variance, and consider where step function changes
have occurred and where trends can be detected.
(IPCC),
Cambridge
University
Press,
Cambridge, 448pp.
Crowley, T. J. and North, G. R. (1991) Paleoclimatology ,
Oxford University Press, New York, 339pp. [Surveys
the pre-Quaternary and Quaternary history of Earth's
climate, presenting observational evidence and model-
ling results.]
Fris-Christensen, E., Froehlich, C., Haigh, J. D., Schluesser,
M. and von Steiger, R. (eds) (2001) Solar Variability
and Climate , Kluwer, Dordrecht, 440 pp. [Contributions
on solar variations, solar influences on climate, climate
observations and the role of the sun by leading special-
ists.]
Goodess, C. M., Palutikof, J. P. and Davies, T. D. (eds)
(1992) The Nature and Causes of Climate Change:
Assessing the Long-term Future , Belhaven Press,
London, 248pp. [Contributions on natural and
anthropogenic forcing, proxy records, Pleistocene
reconstructions and model studies.]
Grove, J. M. (1988) The Little Ice Age , Methuen, London,
498pp. [Detailed account of the Little Ice Age in terms
of the response of glaciers around the world.]
Harvey, L.D.D. (1998) Global Warming. The Hard
Science , Prentice Hall/Pearson Education, Harlow,
336pp. [Detailed discussion of global warming -
processes, feedbacks and environmental impacts.]
Henderson-Sellers, A. and McGuffie, K. (1987) A Climate
Modelling Primer , John Wiley & Sons, Chichester,
217pp. [Describes the hierarchy of models.]
Houghton, J. T., Callander, B. A. and Varney, S. K. (eds)
(1992) Climate Change 1992: The Supplementary
Report to the IPCC Scientific Assessment , Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, 200pp. [A supplement to
the 1990 IPCC Report with new information on trace
gases and radiative forcing and revised scenarios to
AD 2100.]
Houghton, J. T., Jenkins, G. J. and Ephraums, J. J.
(eds) (1990) Climate Change: The Scientific Basis ,
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 365pp. [The
First Assessment Report of the IPCC on global climate
trends and causes.]
Houghton, J. T., Meira Filho, L. G., Callander, B. A.,
Harris, N., Kattenberg A. and Maskell, K. (eds) (1996)
Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Change ,
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 572pp. [The
Second Assessment Report of the IPCC on global
climate trends and model projections.]
Houghton, J. Y., Ding, Y., Griggs, J., Noguer, M., van der
Linden, P.J., Dai, X., Maskell, M. and Johnson, C.A.
(2001) Climate Change 2001. The Scientific Basis ,
What are the different climate forcing factors at work
on geological and historical timescales?
What are the main advantages and limitations of
different types of proxy records of palaeoclimate?
Consider the climatic variables that can be inferred
and the temporal resolution of the information.
What are the main reasons for uncertainties in
projections of climate for AD 2100?
What are some of the possible impacts of projected
climate changes in your region/country?
FURTHER READING
Books
Adger, W. N. and Brown, K. (1995) Land Use and the
Causes of Global Warming , John Wiley & Sons, New
York, 282pp. [Greenhouse gas emissions from land use
sources and the effects of land use changes.]
Bolin, B., Döös, B. R., Jäger, J. and Warrick, R. A. (eds)
(1986) The Greenhouse Effect, Climatic Change, and
Ecosystems , John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 541 pp.
[A specialist assessment for the Scientific Committee
on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) of human
effects on atmospheric composition, the carbon cycle,
the nature of a warmer climate, and impacts on sea-level
and terrestrial ecosystems.]
Bradley, R. S. (ed.) (1990) Global Changes of the Past ,
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research,
Boulder, CO, 514pp. [Papers from a Global Change
Institute meeting on proxy and observational evidence
of past climates and related modelling studies.]
Bradley, R. S. (1999) Quaternary Paleoclimatology:
Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary (2nd edn),
Academic Press, San Diego, 683pp. [Details of methods
of palaeoclimatic reconstruction, dating of evidence and
modelling palaeoclimates; numerous illustrations
and references.]
Bradley, R. S. and Jones, P. D. (eds) (1992) Climate Since
A.D. 1500 , Routledge, London, 679pp. [Collected con-
tributions focusing on the Little Ice Age and subsequent
changes from proxy, historical and observational data.]
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