Climate Terms (P)

Pacific Decadal Oscillation :

The pattern and time series of the first empirical orthogonal fun ...

Parameterization :

In climate models, this term refers to the technique of represent ...

Particulates :

Very small solid particles emitted during the combustion of fossi ...

Pastoralism :

A livelihood strategy based on moving livestock to seasonal pastu ...

Path Dependence :

The generic situation where decisions, events, or outcomes at one ...

Permafrost :

Ground (soil or rock and included ice and organic material) that ...

Persistent Organic Pollutants :

Toxic organic chemical substances that persist in the environment ...

Phenology :

The relationship between biological phenomena that recur periodic ...

Photochemical smog :

A mix of oxidizing air pollutants produced by the reaction of sun ...

Poverty :

Poverty is a complex concept with several definitions stemming fr ...

Poverty Trap :

Poverty trap is understood differently across disciplines. In the ...

Predictability :

The extent to which future states of a system may be predicted ba ...

Preindustrial :

See Industrial Revolution.

Probability Density Function :

A probability density function is a function that indicates the r ...

projection :

A projection is a potential future evolution of a quantity or set ...

Proxy :

A proxy climate indicator is a record that is interpreted, using ...

Public Good :

A good that is both non-excludable and non-rivalrous in that indi ...