Global Environmental Change : Research Pathways for the Next Decade, Overview.

OVERVIEW -- Copyright -- Preface -- THE SCIENCE -- THE STRATEGY -- THE IMPLEMENTATION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND -- PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENT -- SCIENTIFIC ROOTS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE RESEARCH -- SCIENTIFIC ROOTS OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE RESEARCH -- THE ROAD AHEAD -- THE PATHWAYS FRAMEWORK -- REVIEW OF THE USGCRP -- LESSONS LEARNED -- FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- RESEARCH IMPERATIVES AND SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS-DRIVERS OF OBSERVATION AND RESEARCH -- CROSSCUTTING THEMES -- A COHERENT OBSERVATIONAL STRATEGY -- TECHNICAL INNOVATION -- DATA SYSTEMS -- MODELS AND LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- APPENDIXES -- APPENDIX A PUBLIC LAW 101-606 [S. 169] -- November 16, 1990 GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH ACT OF 1990 -- TITLE 1 UNITED STATES GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM -- TITLE II INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH -- APPENDIX B GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: RESEARCH PATHWAYS FOR THE NEXT DECADE -- APPENDIX C RESEARCH IMPERATIVES AND SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS -- Biology and Biogeochemistry of Ecosystems -- Seasonal to Interannual Climate Change -- Decadal to Century (Dec-Cen) Climate Change -- Chemistry of the Atmosphere -- Paleoclimate -- Human Dimensions of Global Change -- APPENDIX D ACRONYMS.

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