Showing papers on "Climate commitment published in 1985"
1 Jan 1985
TL;DR: In this article, the ESA Symposium on Application of Satellite Data to Climate Modelling, Alpbach et al. discussed climate variations leading to changes in relative sea level with some emphasis on the possible effects of carbon dioxide warming.
Abstract: Review paper, ESA Symposium on Application of Satellite Data to Climate Modelling. Alpbach (Austria)
Sea level is an essential component of the climate
system, on which many human activities in the
coastal zone depend. Climate variations leading
to changes in relative sea level are discussed,
with some emphasis on the possible effects of a
carbon dioxide warming. Variations in land ice
volume are probably most important. Suggestions
are given of how future satellite data may help
in monitoring and understanding of global
variations in sea level.
TL;DR: If equilibrium climate sensitivity is 3�C or greater for a doubling of the carbon dioxide concentration, then most of the expected warming attributable to trace gases added to the atmosphere by man probably has not yet occurred and calls into question a policy of "wait and see" regarding the issue of how to deal with increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide and other trace gases.
Abstract: The factors that determine climate response times were investigated with simple models and scaling statements. The response times are particularly sensitive to (i) the amount that the climate response is amplified by feedbacks and (ii) the representation of ocean mixing. If equilibrium climate sensitivity is 3 degrees C or greater for a doubling of the carbon dioxide concentration, then most of the expected warming attributable to trace gases added to the atmosphere by man probably has not yet occurred. This yet to be realized warming calls into question a policy of "wait and see" regarding the issue of how to deal with increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide and other trace gases.