APPENDIX A
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AMIP
Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
AOGCM
atmospheric-ocean general circulation model
BASC
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
BC
black carbon
CCSP
Climate Change Science Program
CFC
chlorofluorocarbon
DOE
Department of Energy
ENSO
El Niño-Southern Oscillation
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
GCM
general circulation model
GFDL
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
GHG
greenhouse gas
HadCM3
Hadley Centre’s Third-generation coupled ocean-atmospheric GCM
IPCC/TAR
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Third Assessment Report
ISCCP
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Projects
MAGICC
Model for the Assessment of Greenhouse-Gas Induced Climate Change
MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCAR
National Center for Atmospheric Research
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NSF
National Science Foundation
PCMDI
Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
probability density function
ppmv
parts per million by volume
RF
radiative forcing
Seff
effective climate sensitivity
Seq
equilibrium climate sensitivity
Str
transient climate sensitivity
SCENGEN
a global and regional climate SCENario GENerator
S/N
signal-to-noise ratio
SPARC
Stratospheric Processes and Their Role in Climate (WCRP)
TCR
transient climate response
TOGA
Tropical Oceans and Global Atmosphere Program
TOMS
Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer
USGCRP
U.S. Global Change Research Program
VOC
volatile organic compound
WCRP
World Climate Research Program
WMO
World Meteorological Organizarion
