HR: 13:45h
AN: U43D-01 INVITED    [Abstracts]
TI: IPCC (2007): Climate Change The Physical Science Basis
AU: * Solomon, S
EM: susan.solomon@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA/ESRL/CSD, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, United States
AB: IPCC (2007): Climate Change The Physical Science Basis The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was jointly established by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1988. The purpose of IPCC is to assess available information on the science of climate change and to provide policy-relevant but not policy- prescriptive assessments of interest to policymakers, scientists, and the public. IPCC released its fourth Working Group 1 (WG1) assessment report on the state of understanding of the physical science basis of climate change in Paris in February 2007. This talk will summarize the key scientific findings of that report, including observations of changes in the atmosphere, ocean, and ice, and in forcing agents such as carbon dioxide and aerosol, advances in understanding of attribution of changes in climate, and projections of future changes in coming decades and beyond. Finally, a brief summary of the author's view of future challenges for research and for IPCC will be presented.
DE: 0340 Middle atmosphere: composition and chemistry
DE: 0350 Pressure, density, and temperature
DE: 0399 General or miscellaneous
SC: Union [U]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting