The hydrological cycle and its influence on climate

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The paucity of quantitative information about the hydrological cycle is the chief barrier to better comprehension of how this cycle affects climate. The hydrological cycle involves the movement of water in the oceans, atmosphere and biosphere. Overcoming the current lack of knowledge will require innovative instruments, new techniques for gathering data and the synthesis of previously separate scientific disciplines. The new combined research effort should focus on clouds, radiation, atmospheric humidity, precipitation, ocean fluxes, land surface processes and data from space.

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Evidence for human influence on climate from hemispheric temperature relations

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There is growing evidence that some of the Earth's temperature increase is attributed to the concentration of greenhouse gases. However it is difficult to interpret the results of studies of global temperatures. A standard econometric time-series criteria for model selection is used to alleviate such difficulties. The results show that human activity has played a part in the historical record of temperature.

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Better climate data required

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Issues are presented concerning the lack of uniformity in the nature of the climatic data supplied globally to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The need to increase the accuracy of the climatic models produced is discussed.

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