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The U.S. Climate Change Science ProgramGlossary, Acronyms, and AbbreviationsSICISLESLPSLRSMOWSRALTSSTTAGATHCTNAUNFCCCUSGSVOCWAISWDCGGWGMSWMOWOCESmall Ice Cap Instabilitysea level equivalentsea level pressuresea level riseStandard Mean Ocean Watersatellite radar altimetrysea surface temperatureTropical Atlantic Global AtmosphereThermohaline CirculationTropical North AtlanticUnited Nations FrameworkConvention on Climate ChangeU.S. Geological SurveyVolatile Organic CarbonWest Antarctic Ice SheetWorld Data Centre for GreenhouseGasesWorld Glacier Monitoring ServiceWorld Meteorological OrganizationWorld Ocean Circulation ExperimentAbbreviationsayearBPbefore presentdS/dtsurface elevation change with timeggramGgigaGtgigaton (one billion metric tons)GtCgigatons of carbonhPahectoPascalka, kyrthousand years (ago)kgkilogramkmkilometermmeterMgmegagram; magnesiummmmillimetersPaPascalpCO 2 atmospheric partial pressure of CO 2ppbparts per billionppmparts per millionppmVparts per million as measured involumePWpetawattsseconds.d.standard deviationSvsverdrupTteraTgteragramWwattyryearµm micrometer‰ per mil244
Contact InformationGlobal Change Research Information Officec/o Climate Change Science Program Office1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWSuite 250Washington, DC 20006202-223-6262 (voice)202-223-3065 (fax)The Climate Change Science Programincorporates the U.S. Global Change ResearchProgram and the Climate Change Research Initiative.To obtain a copy of this document, placean order at the Global Change ResearchInformation Office (GCRIO) web site:http://www.gcrio.org/ordersClimate Change Science Program and theSubcommittee on Global Change ResearchWilliam J. Brennan, ChairDepartment of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationDirector, Climate Change Science ProgramJack Kaye, Vice ChairNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationAllen DearryDepartment of Health and Human ServicesAnna PalmisanoDepartment of EnergyMary GlackinNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationPatricia GruberDepartment of DefenseWilliam HohensteinDepartment of AgricultureLinda LawsonDepartment of TransportationMark MyersU.S. Geological SurveyTim KilleenNational Science FoundationJacqueline SchaferU.S. Agency for International DevelopmentJoel ScheragaEnvironmental Protection AgencyHarlan WatsonDepartment of StateEXECUTIVE OFFICE ANDOTHER LIAISONSRobert MarlayClimate Change Technology ProgramKatharine GebbieNational Institute of Standards & TechnologyStuart LevenbachOffice of Management and BudgetMargaret McCallaOffice of the Federal Coordinator for MeteorologyRobert RaineyCouncil on Environmental QualityDaniel WalkerOffice of Science and Technology PolicyPatrick NealeSmithsonian Institution
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TABLE OF CONTENTSAuthor Team for th
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PREFACEReport Motivation and Guidan
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1CHAPTERAbrupt Climate ChangeIntrod
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Abrupt Climate Change-35Arctic temp
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Abrupt Climate ChangeFigure 1.2. Po
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Abrupt Climate Changewell below sea
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Abrupt Climate ChangeBox 2.1. Glaci
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Abrupt Climate Changetion, and accu
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Abrupt Climate ChangeBox 2.2. Mass
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Abrupt Climate Changeof the glacier
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