AGCI Session II: Characterizing and Communicating Scientific Uncertainty

Session Chairs: Dr. Richard H. Moss and Dr. Stephen H. Schneider

July 31 to August 8, 1996

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Acronyms

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DOC Dissolved Organic Carbon

EMF Energy Modeling Forum

EN El Niño

ENSO El Niño/Southern Oscillation

FCCC Framework Convention on Climate Change

GCC Global Climate Coalition

GCM General Circulation Model

GDP Gross Domestic Product

GHG greenhouse gas

GWP global warming potential

IAM integrated assessment model

IMAGE Integrated Model for Assessment of the Greenhouse Effect

IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

ITC induced technological change

MSU Microwave Sounding Unit

NAS National Academy of Sciences

NGO non-governmental organization

ODP ozone depleting potential

OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

ppmv parts per million by volume

PSHA Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis

SAR Second Assessment Report

SO Southern Oscillation

SOI Southern Oscillation Index

SSHAC Senior Seismic Hazard Analysis Committee

SST sea surface temperature

TFI Technical Facilitator/Integrator

WG Working Group (of IPCC)