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GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Research Pathways for the Next Decade
human dimension research, 298 , 337-338 , 342 , 350 , 353-356 , 357 , 413
mission of, 10-11 , 377
modeling efforts, general, 446 , 456 , 497 , 499-500 , 531-533
observation systems, 377-430
program review, 10-16
recommendations for, 517-546
research infrastructure, 335-336 , 442
seasonal to interannual climate change, 87 , 117
U.S. government,
see Federal government;
terms beginning “Department”, “National” and “Office”
V
Vegetation, 123 , 528
archiving, 123 , 392
canopy measures, 26 , 39 , 51 , 61 , 62-63
decadal to centennial climate change, 152 , 162-164 , 166 , 169 , 170 , 183 , 398-399
Holocene, 250
large-scale ecosystem modeling, 19 , 20 , 21 , 26-27 , 31 , 32-33 , 36 , 37-42 , 49 , 51-52 , 57 , 61-63 , 72
modeling, other, 263-264 , 268 , 448 , 452 , 454 , 457-464 , 469 , 498-499
paleoclimatology, 250 , 256-264 , 265
photosynthesis, 25 , 32 , 35-36 , 62-63 , 386 , 458 , 459 , 460 , 461
pollen, 250
precipitation, 88
satellite observations, 51 , 221 ;
see also “canopy measures” supra
seasonal to interannual climate change, 104-105 , 116 , 123 , 381 , 386 , 388 , 392
successional dynamics, 25 , 41 , 57 , 232 , 305 , 448 , 452 , 458 , 460 , 463 , 499
tree rings, 167 , 169 , 170 , 250 , 254 , 257 , 275 , 276 , 410
see also Drought;
Forests;
Transpiration/evapotranspiration
Vegetation and Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project, 38-42
Volatile organic compounds, 164 , 204 , 403 , 405
Volcanic eruptions, 206 , 210 , 211 , 213 , 222 , 228 , 314 , 492
decadal to centennial climate change, 127-128 , 172
paleoclimatology, 239 , 240 , 248 , 251 , 254 , 257 , 269 , 271 , 272 , 277 , 278
Vulnerability, human, 95 , 170 , 293 , 294 , 297 , 298 , 299 , 301-302 , 312-316 (passim), 329 , 330 , 331 , 334 , 340-345 (passim), 354 , 357 , 496
W
Water cycles,
see Hydrological cycles
Water vapor,
see Atmospheric moisture
Wetlands, 32 , 178 , 466 , 469
Wind, 99 , 113 , 121 , 136 , 159 , 182 , 259 , 166 , 388 , 390-391 , 395 , 397 , 460 , 467
World Climate Conferences, 2 , 5
World Climate Research Programme, 2 , 3 , 117 , 263 , 268 , 394 , 425
World Fertility Survey, 331 , 414
World Meteorological Organization, 5 , 6 , 191 , 389
World Ocean Circulation Experiment, 457 , 480 , 484 , 486 , 487 , 501
World Wide Web,
see Internet
Y
Younger Dryas, 132 , 242-243 , 252
