23 resultaten gevonden voor 'climate scenario'
climate scenario
plausible and often simplified representation of the future climate (3.8.1), based on an internally consistent set of climatological relationships that has been constructed for explicit use in investigating the potential consequences of anthropogenic climate change (3.8.3)
scenario
collection of assumptions and information relevant to possible future events
scenario
collection of assumptions and information relevant to possible future events
climate
statistical description of the weather in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities over a period of time ranging from months to thousands or millions of years
climate
statistical description of weather in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities over a period of time ranging from months to thousands or millions of years
climate sensitivity
<climate change> degree to which a system or species is affected, either adversely or beneficially, by climate (3.8.1) variability or climate change (3.8.3)
baseline scenario
hypothetical reference case that best represents the conditions most likely to occur in the absence of a proposed greenhouse gas project (3.9.26)
climate change risk
potential of negative climate change impacts (3.8.10) that reflects the interaction among vulnerability (3.8.13), climate change exposure (3.8.15) and hazard (3.1.8)
climate risk
potential of negative climate change impacts (3.8.10) that reflects the interaction among vulnerability (3.8.13), climate change exposure (3.8.15) and hazard (3.1.8)
climate change
change in climate (3.8.1) that persists for an extended period, typically decades or longer