AR4-WG1 of AccessIPCC's FAR_OUT

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Fourth Assessment Report - (FAR or AR4) - 2007

With annotations by: AccessIPCC - Version 1.02 - 2010 Dec 14 - Contains annotated versions of all 44 Chapters of Working Groups 1, 2 & 3

Working Group WG1

With the exception of Chapter and Section headings, all coloured text has been inserted by AccessIPCC. The non-coloured text is the IPCC original.

A number of emails from the Climate Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia were published on the Internet in November 2009. This has provided a window into the world of climate science.

We have identified a number of key individuals involved in the emails whom we have designated as Persons of Concern [PoC]; a Journal in which a PoC has published has been designated as a Journal of Concern [JoC].

This is not to suggest that we believe such papers are necessarily flawed, but rather that, as Joseph Alcamo noted at Bali in October 2009, "as policymakers and the public begin to grasp the multi-billion dollar price tag for mitigating and adapting to climate change, we should expect a sharper questioning of the science behind climate policy".

References occur in a list at the end of each chapter. Citations are within the normal text of sections and paragraphs.

Definition of Tags Used
Tag Explanation Where Used References Citations
PoC

Person of Concern Key individual involved in CRU emails as defined in this spreadsheet.

NOTE: we anticipate that this definition will be expanded as more data is coded.

References, Citations, IPCC Roles 330 638
JoC

Journal of Concern A Journal which has published articles by one or more PoCs (Person of Concern)

 References, Citations 4564 7212
MoS

Model or Simulation Reference appears to be a model or simulation, not observation or experiment.

 References, Citations 2116 3497
NPR

Non Peer Reviewed Reference has no Journal or no Volume or no Pages or it has Editors.

 References, Citations 640 1070
SRC

Self Reference Concern Author of a chapter containing references to own work.

 References, Citations, IPCC Roles 1708 3303
ARC

Paper authored or co-authored by person who is also in list of Authors of another chapter.

 References, Citations 1127 1758
2007

Paper dated 2007, when IPCC policy stated cutoff was December 2005
with mid-February 2006 for exceptions.

 References, Citations 56 120
Ambiguous

The short inline citation matched with more than one reference; however, AccessIPCC will link to the first reference found.

 Citations - 176
NotFound

The short inline citation was not matched with any reference. Believed to be caused by typing errors.

 Citations - 36
Clean

The reference was probably peer reviewed.
The reference was dated before the cutoff (2005-2006).
Its authors were not members of the Team.
It was not published in a Journal of Concern.
Its authors were not AR4 Authors.

 References, Citations 533 696


Index to Chapters
Chapter Citations References
Document Title IPCC Text Clean Tagged NotFound Ambiguous PoC JoC MoS NPR SRC ARC 2007
AR4-WG1-1 Chapter 1: Historical Overview of Climate Change Science IPCC-Original 33 262 0 1 13 157 57 62 32 52 --
AR4-WG1-2 Chapter 2: Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing IPCC-Original 77 1229 2 11 19 585 262 54 165 113 6
AR4-WG1-3 Chapter 3: Observations: Surface and Atmospheric Climate Change IPCC-Original 108 1191 3 31 54 634 88 52 211 111 4
AR4-WG1-4 Chapter 4: Observations: Changes in Snow, Ice and Frozen Ground IPCC-Original 64 388 0 14 2 145 22 41 99 22 --
AR4-WG1-5 Chapter 5: Observations: Oceanic Climate Change and Sea Level IPCC-Original 49 415 1 4 3 194 25 28 124 23 3
AR4-WG1-6 Chapter 6: Palaeoclimate IPCC-Original 103 801 8 8 85 454 130 62 116 110 3
AR4-WG1-7 Chapter 7: Couplings Between Changes in the Climate System and Biogeochemistry IPCC-Original 133 1058 5 22 5 619 280 99 198 96 2
AR4-WG1-8 Chapter 8: Climate Models and their Evaluation IPCC-Original 12 776 1 20 32 539 418 77 198 168 3
AR4-WG1-9 Chapter 9: Understanding and Attributing Climate Change IPCC-Original 15 1009 4 18 73 460 195 48 171 184 10
AR4-WG1-10 Chapter 10: Global Climate Projections IPCC-Original 25 884 0 33 36 430 301 33 236 130 8
AR4-WG1-11 Chapter 11: Regional Climate Projections IPCC-Original 76 1013 9 13 8 347 338 84 158 118 17


Index to Chapters - with percentages
Chapter Citations References
Document Title IPCC Text Total Clean Tagged NotFound Ambiguous Total PoC JoC MoS NPR SRC ARC 2007
AR4-WG1-1 Chapter 1: Historical Overview of Climate Change Science IPCC-Original 296 11.1% 88.5% 0.0% 0.3% 264 4% 59% 21% 23% 12% 19% --
AR4-WG1-2 Chapter 2: Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing IPCC-Original 1319 5.8% 93.2% 0.2% 0.8% 758 2% 77% 34% 7% 21% 14% 0.7%
AR4-WG1-3 Chapter 3: Observations: Surface and Atmospheric Climate Change IPCC-Original 1333 8.1% 89.3% 0.2% 2.3% 802 6% 79% 10% 6% 26% 13% 0.4%
AR4-WG1-4 Chapter 4: Observations: Changes in Snow, Ice and Frozen Ground IPCC-Original 466 13.7% 83.3% 0.0% 3.0% 257 0.7% 56% 8% 15% 38% 8% --
AR4-WG1-5 Chapter 5: Observations: Oceanic Climate Change and Sea Level IPCC-Original 469 10.4% 88.5% 0.2% 0.9% 289 1% 67% 8% 9% 42% 7% 1%
AR4-WG1-6 Chapter 6: Palaeoclimate IPCC-Original 920 11.2% 87.1% 0.9% 0.9% 609 13% 74% 21% 10% 19% 18% 0.4%
AR4-WG1-7 Chapter 7: Couplings Between Changes in the Climate System and Biogeochemistry IPCC-Original 1218 10.9% 86.9% 0.4% 1.8% 868 0.5% 71% 32% 11% 22% 11% 0.2%
AR4-WG1-8 Chapter 8: Climate Models and their Evaluation IPCC-Original 809 1.5% 95.9% 0.1% 2.5% 686 4% 78% 60% 11% 28% 24% 0.4%
AR4-WG1-9 Chapter 9: Understanding and Attributing Climate Change IPCC-Original 1046 1.4% 96.5% 0.4% 1.7% 535 13% 85% 36% 8% 31% 34% 1%
AR4-WG1-10 Chapter 10: Global Climate Projections IPCC-Original 942 2.7% 93.8% 0.0% 3.5% 545 6% 78% 55% 6% 43% 23% 1%
AR4-WG1-11 Chapter 11: Regional Climate Projections IPCC-Original 1111 6.8% 91.2% 0.8% 1.2% 609 1% 56% 55% 13% 25% 19% 2%


NOTE: In the Summary of Reviewer Comments,
Accepted includes only those responses that were unambiguously Accepted.
There are other categories of responses that we have not yet quantified
due to inconsistencies of usage.

Summary of Reviewer Comments - Second Order Draft
Chapter Govt Rep IPCC Role Independent Expert
Abbrev Title Comments Accepted % Comments Accepted % Comments Accepted %
AR4-WG1-1 Chapter 1: Historical Overview of Climate Change Science 108 41 37% 72 28 38% 376 170 45%
AR4-WG1-2 Chapter 2: Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing 200 89 44% 298 153 51% 659 287 43%
AR4-WG1-3 Chapter 3: Observations: Surface and Atmospheric Climate Change 310 43 13% 384 101 26% 576 104 18%
AR4-WG1-4 Chapter 4: Observations: Changes in Snow, Ice and Frozen Ground 74 38 51% 245 147 60% 197 81 41%
AR4-WG1-5 Chapter 5: Observations: Oceanic Climate Change and Sea Level 123 22 17% 300 97 32% 249 28 11%
AR4-WG1-6 Chapter 6: Palaeoclimate 228 88 38% 498 200 40% 505 142 28%
AR4-WG1-7 Chapter 7: Couplings Between Changes in the Climate System and Biogeochemistry 128 53 41% 441 166 37% 478 140 29%
AR4-WG1-8 Chapter 8: Climate Models and their Evaluation 165 52 31% 521 277 53% 108 31 28%
AR4-WG1-9 Chapter 9: Understanding and Attributing Climate Change 152 44 28% 244 105 43% 762 91 11%
AR4-WG1-10 Chapter 10: Global Climate Projections 288 110 38% 450 198 44% 593 176 29%
AR4-WG1-11 Chapter 11: Regional Climate Projections 133 21 15% 742 149 20% 774 97 12%