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

change in climate (3.8.1) that persists for an extended period, typically decades or longer