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

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (81 pages) 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780309562614 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Global environmental change.<br/>Climatic changes-Research-United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GE150.O94 1998 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.73874072073