Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis
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  1. Front Matter - 0.8MB
  2. Summary for Policymakers - 2.3MB
  3. Technical Summary - 18.1MB
  4. Frequently Asked Questions - 30MB

Chapters

  1. Introduction - 4.5MB
  2. Observations: Atmosphere and Surface - 38.3MB
  3. Observations: Ocean - 48.3MB
  4. Observations: Cryosphere - 12.8MB
  5. Information from Paleoclimate Archives - 10.8MB
  6. Carbon and Other Biogeochemical Cycles - 23.8
  7. Clouds and Aerosols - 19.2MB
  8. Anthropogenic and Natural Radiative Forcing - 18.9MB
  9. Evaluation of Climate Models - 24.6MB
  10. Detection and Attribution of Climate Change: from Global to Regional - 10.4MB
  11. Near-term Climate Change: Projections and Predictability - 14.1MB
  12. Long-term Climate Change: Projections, Commitments and Irreversibility - 36.6MB
  13. Sea Level Change - 32.9MB
  14. Climate Phenomena and their Relevance for Future Regional Climate Change - 10.6MB

Annexes

  1. Atlas of Global and Regional Climate Projections - 44.7MB
  2. Climate System Scenario Tables - 1.5MB
  3. Glossary - 0.4MB
  4. Acronyms - 0.1MB
  5. Contributors to the WGI Fifth Assessment Report - 0.2MB
  6. Expert Reviewers of the WGI Fifth Assessment Report - 0.5MB

  1. Changes to the Underlying Scientific/Technical Assessment (IPCC-XXVI/Doc.4) 0.2MB
  2. List of Substantive Edits (30 January 2014) 0.5MB
  3. Index 0.2MB
  4. Errata 3.1MB (Updated 26/09/2014)
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Summary Volume (SPM, TS & FAQs) into UN Languages

Translation of the WGI AR5 SPM TS FAQ Volume from English into the other five official languages of the United Nations was done by translators working for the WMO Language, Conference and Publishing Services Department. The assistance of scientists from the WGI chapter teams who acted as scientific translation editors for each language is gratefully acknowledged.

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SPM in UN and other languages

Translation of the WGI AR5 SPM from English into the other five official languages of the United Nations was done by translators working for the WMO Language, Conference and Publishing Services Department. The assistance of scientists from the WGI chapter teams who acted as scientific translation editors for each language is gratefully acknowledged.

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Drafts and Review Materials

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Summary for Policymakers 5.2MB 2.1MB 6.1MB 1MB

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General comments on the entire report - 0.3MB 0.3MB
Technical Summary - - 8.8MB 1MB
Introduction 1.5MB 0.9MB 2MB 0.7MB
Observations: Atmosphere and Surface 12MB 1.9MB 8.2MB 1.9MB
Observations: Ocean 14.9MB 0.6MB 7.9MB 0.9MB
Observations: Cryosphere 3.8MB 0.6MB 5.4MB 1.2MB
Information from Paleoclimate Archives 4.7MB 1.3MB 6.8MB 1.4MB
Carbon and Other Biogeochemical Cycles 8.2MB 1.5MB 9.2MB 1.6MB
Clouds and Aerosols 6.5MB 1.2MB 7.3MB 1.5MB
Anthropogenic and Natural Radiative Forcing 7.1MB 1MB 15.9MB 1MB
Evaluation of Climate Models 10.8MB 1.2MB 11.5MB 1.6MB
Detection and Attribution of Climate Change: from Global to Regional 5.6MB 0.8MB 5.5MB 1.4MB
Near-term Climate Change: Projections and Predictability 12.5MB 0.4MB 12MB 0.9MB
Long-term Climate Change: Projections, Commitments and Irreversibility 14.5MB 0.7MB 11.6MB 1MB
Sea Level Change 3.5MB 0.8MB 6.5MB 1MB
Climate Phenomena and their Relevance for Future Regional Climate Change 2.2MB 0.6MB 9.9MB 1MB
Annex I: Atlas of Global and Regional Climate Projections 26.9MB 0.1MB 34.1MB 0.07MB

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