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The greenhouse effect.

L'effet de serre.

Author(s) : Acad. Sci.

Type of monograph: Report

Summary

Updating of report n. 25 of the Academy of Sciences of October 23, 1990, entitled "The greenhouse effect and its consequences on climate: a scientific assessment". The report reviews the knowledge acquired over the last few years: impact of carbon dioxide and aerosols, mechanisms of exchanges of carbon between atmosphere, ocean and continental biosphere, climate simulation, contribution of paleoclimatology to climate assessment. Extract of contents: questioning the concept of global warming potential; carbon dioxide cycle; aerosols: origins and effects on climate; the role of the stratosphere and its disorders on climate; modeling of the climate system; paleoclimates and their variability; conclusions and prospects.

Details

  • Original title: L'effet de serre.
  • Record ID : 1995-1976
  • Languages: French
  • Subject: Environment, General information
  • Publication: Tec & doc - lavoisier - France/France
  • Publication date: 1994/11
  • ISSN: 11595590
  • ISBN: 2743000074
  • Source: Source: rapp. n. 31; 88 p. (15.5 x 24); fig.; tabl.; FRF 150.00.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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