The U.S. National Climate Change Assessment: Do the Climate Models Project a Useful Picture of Regional Climate?

• Main Author: Pielke,, Roger A., Sr.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Colorado Law Scholarly Commons 2003
• Subjects: water; climate; uncertainty; climate prediction; climate variability complex; climate impacts; oceans; land; lakes; continental ice sheet; physical processes; drought; climatologist; Colorado State University; U.S. National Climate Change Assessment; climate models; regional climate; AASC Policy Statement on Climate Variability and Change; American Association of State Climatologists; policy statement; policy responses; flexible; sensible; difficulty of prediction; impossibility of verification; policy alternatives; plausible climatic conditions; variability; long-term climate data; high quality data; careful monitoring; state climate offices; regional climate centers; National Climatic Data center; global energy policy; common sense action; societal and environmental vulnerabilities; scientific basis; Environmental Law; Environmental Policy; Natural Resources and Conservation; Natural Resources Law; Natural Resources Management and Policy; Public Policy; Science and Technology Law; State and Local Government Law; Urban Studies and Planning; Water Law; Water Resource Management; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/water-climate-uncertainty/9; https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=water-climate-uncertainty

9 pages. Includes illustrations "Dr. Roger A. Pielke, Sr., President of the American Association of State Climatologists, Colorado State Climatologist and Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University" "From testimony presented to the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, July 25, 2002, and published in Colorado Water, April 2003, 15-19."