Gulev, Sergey. K and Thorne, Peter and Ahn, Jinho and Dentener, Frank and Domingues, Catia. M and Gerland, Sebastian and Gong, Daoyi and Kaufman, Darrell. S. and Nnamchi, Hyacinth. C. and Quaas, Johannes and Rivera, Juan.A. and Sathyendranath, Shubha and Smith, Sharon.L and Trewin, Blair and von Schuckmann, Karina and Vose, Russell (2023) Changing State of the Climate System (Chapter 2). In Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science basis. In: Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 287-422.

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Chapter 2 assesses observed large-scale changes in climate system drivers, key climate indicators and principal modes of variability. Chapter 3 considers model performance and detection/attribution, and Chapter 4 covers projections for a subset of these same indicators and modes of variability. Collectively, these chapters provide the basis for later chapters, which focus upon processes and regional changes. Within Chapter 2, changes are assessed from in situ and remotely sensed data and products and from indirect evidence of longer-term changes based upon a diverse range of climate proxies. The time evolving availability of observations and proxy information dictate the periods that can be assessed. Wherever possible, recent changes are assessed for their significance in a longer-term context, including target proxy periods, both in terms of mean state and rates of change

Item Type:	Book Section
Keywords:	climate change; climate change drivers; Sixth Assessment Report; Intergovernmental Panel; Climate Change;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units, ICARUS
Item ID:	18818
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009157896.004
Depositing User:	Corinne Voces
Date Deposited:	03 Sep 2024 10:16
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
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