Long and Short Term Variability of Climate

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • U. Siegenthaler, H. Wanner

   Pages 1-5

3. Variability of the solar "constant"

   • C. Fröhlich

   Pages 6-17

4. Causes of interannual global temperature variations over the period since 1861

   • P. D. Jones, P. M. Kelly

   Pages 18-34

5. Climatic information for the past hundred years in width and density of conifer growth rings

   • F. H. Schweingruber

   Pages 35-56

6. Variations in the spring-summer climate of central europe from the high middle ages to 1850

   • Christian Pfister

   Pages 57-82

7. Norwegian sea deep water variations over the last climatic cycle: Paleo-oceanographical implications

   • J. C. Duplessy, L. Labeyrie, P. L. Blanc

   Pages 83-116

8. Numerical models of climate

   • Hartmut Grassl

   Pages 117-131

9. Sensitivity of present-day climate to astronomical forcing

   • Ch. Tricot, A. Berger

   Pages 132-152

10. Causes and effects of natural CO2 variations during the glacial-interglacial cycles

    • Ulrich Siegenthaler

    Pages 153-171

11. Back Matter

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The book deals with natural climate variations during the last 600,000 years. Among the topics astronomical influence on paleoclimates, climate and environment, natural CO2-variants based on investigations of ice curves and climatic information from wood density are the most important. This long and short term variability is the base for modelling and prediction of anthropogenically induced climatic changes.

• climate
• environment
• formation
• paleoclimate
• temperature
• water

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