A Bivariate, Nonstationary Time-Series Model for Global Fossil Fuel Production,

Abstract

Mankind is returning fossil fuel generated C02 to Earth's atmosphere at an exponential rate, causing concern about a greenhouse warming. Jones, et.al. (1986) derived the record of yearly average temperature changes plotted in Fig. 1. The least squares straight line has slope 0.38 +/- 0.04 ( deg C) (century)-1, but the average slope since 1970 has been much greater and is thought by some to indicate the onset of the greenhouse.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADP007132

Entities

People

  • Bert W. Rust
  • Frank J. Crosby

Organizations

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Climate Change
  • Computer Science
  • Engineering
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Greenhouses
  • Production
  • Production Engineering
  • Statistics
  • Theoretical Computer Science

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Statistical inference.