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Updated 12 October, 2003

US National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change Climate Section of the Foundation Document: Figures

The following are graphics generated in preparing the Climate Chapter of the  National Assessment's Foundation report (Scenarios for Climate Variability & Change, Chapter 1, available as PDF file). Figure 1:  Long-term paleoclimate record of CO2 and temperature (from Overview report) Figure 2: Historic carbon emissions, concentration and temperature Figure 3: Global and national average temperature from the instrumental record Figure 4: Historic climate trends over the last century Figure 5: Trends in precipitation by class Figure 6: Intermodel comparison of temperature Figure 7: Intermodel comparison of precipitation Figure 8:  Model Validation: Temperature Figure 9:  Model Validation: Precipitation Figure 10:  20th Century Trends Figure 11: CO2 emission scenarios Figure 12: Temperature trends over next century Figure 13: Temperature time series Figure 14: Heat index trends over next century Figure 15: Precipitation trends over next century Figure 16: Precipitation time series Figure 17: Summer soil moisture trends Figure 18: Sea level rise Figure 19: Global temperature delta Figure 20:  Global precipitation % difference Figure 21: Atmospheric circulation Figure 22: Future storms Figure 23: Winter snow cover extent Figure 24: Precipitation extremes Figure 25: Stabilization time series Figure 26: Stabilization trends Global Figures

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