Long and Short Term Variability of Climate : Papers presented at a Symposium held in Bern, October 10-11, 1986 Atmospheric Research

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. Introduction....Pages 1-5 Variability of the solar "constant"....Pages 6-17 Causes of interannual global temperature variations over the period since 1861....Pages 18-34 Climatic information for the past hundred years in width and density of conifer growth rings....Pages 35-56 Variations in the spring-summer climate of central europe from the high middle ages to 1850....Pages 57-82 Norwegian sea deep water variations over the last climatic cycle: Paleo-oceanographical implications....Pages 83-116 Numerical models of climate....Pages 117-131 Sensitivity of present-day climate to astronomical forcing....Pages 132-152 Causes and effects of natural CO 2 variations during the glacial-interglacial cycles....Pages 153-171 Organized by the Swiss Commission for Climate and Atmospheric Research