Better explicating the strengths and shortcomings of these models will help refine projections and improve transparency in the years ahead.
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Communicated by James E. Hansen, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, July 30, 2004 (received for review May 3, 2004)
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- *International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria; †Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912; and §Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs and Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
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Communicated by James E. Hansen, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, July 30, 2004 (received for review May 3, 2004)
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Abbreviations: TAR, Third Assessment Report; SRES, Special Report on Emissions Scenarios; IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; SC, slow change; RC, rapid change; OS, overshoot; THC, Thermohaline Circulation.
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