Front Matter; A Focus on Climate During the Past 100 Years; From the Bottom to the Stratosphere Arctic Climate Features as Seen from the First International Polar Year (1882-1883) Until the End of World War II; Arctic Sea Ice Data Sets in the Context of Climate Change During the 20th Century; The Evolving SST Record from ICOADS; Upper-air Temperature Trends: Current Problems and Some Recent Results; Atmospheric Reanalyses and Climate Variations; Constructing Climate Quality Atmospheric Temperatures from Satellite Microwave Measurements; Total Ozone Observations During the Past 80 Years
Summary
The past 100 years are a key period for understanding climate variability and climate change as it marks the changeover from a climate system dominated by natural influences to a climate system dominated by anthropogenic influences. This volume compiles a number of contributions to a workshop held in Gwatt, Switzerland, in July 2006 dealing with different aspects of climate change, variability, and extremes during the past 100 years. The individual contributions cover a broad range of topics, ranging from the re-evaluation of historical marine data to the effect of solar variability on the str
