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gfdl on-line bibliography > 1991 citations
Changes of temperature and hydrology caused by an increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide as predicted by general circulation models
| Wetherald, R. T., 1991: Changes of temperature and hydrology caused by an increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide as predicted by general circulation models. In: Global Climate Change and Life on Earth, New York: Chapman and Hall, 1-17. |
| Abstract: During the summer of 1988, one of the worst droughts in history occurred across most of the North American continent. During the subsequent winter, in the eastern United States, particularly in the mountainous watershed regions along the Appalachian range, very little snow fell. Regardless of what caused these phenomena, they serve as graphic examples of what can happen if our climate changes significantly from what we have become accustomed to. In particular, the summer of 1988 has sparked a great deal of discussion on the greenhouse effect and whether or not is is beginning. |
| The Climate Dynamics Group of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory of NOAA, headed by Dr. Syukuro Manabe, began researching the greenhouse effect in the late 1960s and early 1970s. During this period, the data on atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) of Keeling et al. (1989) working at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii and Antarctica indicated that concentrations of CO2 were, indeed, increasing at a fairly consistent rate. The foundation for a transition of greenhouse theory from science fiction to science fact had been laid. |