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One pathway where radiative forcing peaks at approximately 3 W m-2 before 2100 and then declines. Source: www.ipcc.ch

Two intermediate stabilization pathways in which radiative forcing is stabilized at approximately 4.5 W m-2 and 6.0 W m-2 after 2100. Source: www.ipcc.ch

One high pathway for which radiative forcing reaches greater than 8.5 W m-2 by 2100 and continues to rise for some amount of time. Source: www.ipcc.ch

Scenarios that include time series of emissions and concentrations of the full suite of greenhouse gases and aerosols and chemically active gases, as well as land use/land cover (Moss et al., 2008)1. The word representative signifies that each RCP provides only one of many possible scenarios that would lead to the specific radiative forcing characteristics. …

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Water that is available in those parts of the soil from which plant roots can extract water, thereby being an important limiting factor constraining crop productivity. Source: www.isipedia.org

The flow of water over the surface or through the subsurface, which typically originates from the part of liquid precipitation and/or snow/ice melt that does not evaporate or refreeze, and is not transpired. Source: www.ipcc.ch