A1 | A family of scenarios in the IPCC Special Report on Emission Scenarios; see glossary under SRES scenarios |
A1T | One of the six SRES marker scenarios; see glossary under SRES scenarios |
A1B | One of the six SRES marker scenarios; see glossary under SRES scenarios |
A1FI | One of the six SRES marker scenarios; see glossary under SRES scenarios |
A2 | A family of scenarios in the IPCC Special Report on Emission Scenarios; also one of the six SRES marker scenarios; see glossary under SRES scenarios |
AOGCM | Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Model; see glossary under climate model |
B1 | A family of scenarios in the IPCC Special Report on Emission Scenarios; also denotes one of the six SRES marker scenarios; see glossary under SRES scenarios |
B2 | A family of scenarios in the IPCC Special Report on Emission Scenarios; also denotes one of the six SRES marker scenarios; see glossary under SRES scenarios |
CH4 | Methane; see glossary |
CFC | Chlorofluorocarbon; see glossary |
CO2 | Carbon dioxide; see glossary |
EIT | Economies in transition; see glossary |
EMIC | Earth Model of Intermediate Complexity |
ENSO | El Niño-Southern Oscillation; see glossary |
F-Gases | Fluorinated gases covered under the Kyoto Protocol; see glossary under F-Gases |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product; see glossary |
HCFC | Hydrochlorofluorocarbon; see glossary |
HFC | Hydrofluorocarbon; see glossary |
LOSU | Level of scientific understanding; see glossary |
MOC | Meridional overturning circulation; see glossary |
N2O | Nitrous oxide; see glossary |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development; see www.oecd.org |
PFC | Perfluorocarbon; see glossary |
pH | See glossary under pH |
PPP | Purchasing Power Parity; see glossary |
RD&D | Research, development and demonstration |
SCM | Simple Climate Model |
SF6 | Sulfur hexafluoride; see glossary |
SRES | Special Report on Emission Scenarios; see glossary under SRES scenarios |
UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; see www.unfccc.int |