Abstract

Preface D. James Baker Introduction Catherine Gautier and Jean-Louis Fellous 1. The global consensus and the intergovernmental panel on climate change Richard Somerville and Jean Jouzel 2. Greenhouse effect, radiation budget and clouds Catherine Gautier and Herve Le Treut 3. Atmospheric aerosols and climate change Yoram J. Kaufman and Olivier Boucher 4. The global water cycle and climate Moustafa T. Chahine and Pierre Morel 5. Climate change effects on the water cycle over land Eric F. Wood and Katia Laval 6. Ocean and climate Carl Wunsch and Jean-Francois Minster 7. Ice and climate Raymond C. Smith and Frederique Remy 8. The changing global carbon cycle - from the holocene to the anthropocene Berrien Moore III and Philippe Ciais 9. Challenges of climate change: an arctic perspective and its implications Robert W. Corell 10. On some impacts of climate change over Europe and the Atlantic Jean-Claude Andre 11. Atmospheric chemistry and climate interactions Guy Brasseur and Marie-Lise Chanin 12. Observing system for climate Helen Wood and Jean-Louis Fellous 13. Climate and society - what is the human dimension? Roberta Balstad and Jean-Charles Hourcade Conclusions S. Ichtiaque Rasool and Jean-Claude Duplessy References Glossary Index.

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