Glossary

A Representative Concentration Pathway where radiative forcing peaks at approximately 3 W m-2 before 2100 and then declines. Source: www.ipcc.ch

Two intermediate stabilization Representative Concentration 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

A Representative Concentration 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. The term pathway emphasizes

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