Research Strategies for the U.S. Global Change Research Program

National Research Council

doi:10.17226/1743

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Research Strategies for the U.S. Global Change Research Program

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This book recommends research priorities and scientific approaches for global change research. It addresses the scientific approaches for documenting global change, developing integrated earth system models, and conducting focused studies to improve understanding of global change on topics such as earth system history and human sources of global change.

Contributor(s): National Research Council; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications; Committee on Global Change

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Environment and Environmental Studies — Climate Change

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National Research Council. 1990. Research Strategies for the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/1743.

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294 pages | 6 x 9 | Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-309-04348-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/1743

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-xii
Summary of Recommendations	1-8
1 Introduction	9-15
2 Integrated Modeling of the Earth System	16-66
3 Earth System History and Modeling	67-107
4 Human Sources of Global Change	108-130
5 Water-Energy-Vegetation Interactions	131-163
6 Terrestrial Trace Gas and Nutrient Fluxes	164-199
7 Biogeochemical Dynamics in the Ocean	200-214
8 Documenting Global Change	215-240
Appendixes	241-242
Appendix A: List of Participants in the Workshop on Human Interactions with Global Change	243-245
Appendix B: A Selective Literature Review on the Human Sources of Global Environmental Change	246-284
Appendix C: Related Institutional Efforts on Human Interactions with Global Change	285-292

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