IPCC Figures

These figures were obtained from the 4th IPCC Report.

• Global Energy Budget Illustration
• Greenhouse Effect Illustration
• Climate Processes Illustration
• Aerosol Direct and Indirect (Cloud) Radiative Effects Illustration
• Historical Global Climate Model Development Illustration
• Historical Increase in Global Climate Model Grid Spacing Illustration

• Measured Variations of Land Surface Temperature Back to 1850
• Measured Variations of Sea Surface Temperature Back to 1850
• Measured Variations of Land+Sea Surface Temperature Back to 1850
• Spatial Distribution of Trends in Surface Temperature From 1979 to 2005
• Estimated Variations of NH Surface Temperature Back to 700

• Variations of Tropospheric and Stratospheric Temperature Back to 1958
• Natural and Anthropogenic Contributions to Changes in Atmospheric Temperature Between 1890 and 1999

• Spatial Distribution of Change in NH Spring Snow Cover From 1967 to 2004
• Variations in Arctic Sea Ice Cover From 1979 to 2005

• Estimated Variations of NH Surface Temperature and Natural Radiative Forcing Back to 700
• Measured Variations of Solar Radiation Back to 1980
• Estimated Variations of Solar Radiation Back to 1600
• Estimated Variations of Volcanic Aerosol Optical Depth Back to 1860

• Ice Core Data Back to 650 000 Years Ago
• Ice Age Radiative Forcing and Temperature Change
• Estimated Temperature and CO2 Variations Back to 70 Million Years Ago

• Components of Anthropogenic Radiative Forcing in 2005
• Components of Anthropogenic Radiative Forcing in 2005 (Detailed)
• Components of Anthropogenic Radiative Forcing in 2005 (Cooling and Warming)
• Spatial Distribution of Aerosol Optical Depth in 2001
• Variations of Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gases Back to 0 A.D.
• Variations of Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gases Back to 20 000 Years Ago

• Sources and Sinks of Anthropogenic Gases
• Anthropogenic Perturbation of the Carbon Cycle
• Spatial Distribution of Sea-to-Air CO2 Flux
• Horizontal Distribution of Anthropogenic CO2 in the Ocean
• Vertical Distribution of Anthropogenic CO2 in the Ocean

• Values for Climate Feedbacks in Global Climate Models
• Estimated Probability Distributions of Climate Sensitivity to Doubled CO2

• Temperature Predictions by Previous IPCC Reports
• Vertical Weighting Functions for Satellite Remote Sensing of Temperature
• Observed and Simulated Spatial Distributions of Precipitation