Climate Terms (R)

Radiative Forcing :

Radiative forcing is the change in the net, downward minus upward ...

Reanalysis :

Reanalyses are estimates of historical atmospheric temperature an ...

Reasons For Concern :

Elements of a classification framework, first developed in the IP ...

Reference Scenario :

See Baseline/reference.

Reflexivity :

A system attribute where cause and effect form a feedback loop, i ...

Reforestation :

Planting of forests on lands that have previously contained fores ...

Relative Sea Level :

Sea level measured by a tide gauge with respect to the land upon ...

Representative Concentration Pathways :

Scenarios that include time series of emissions and concentration ...

resilience :

The capacity of social, economic, and environmental systems to co ...

return period :

An estimate of the average time interval between occurrences of a ...

Return Value :

The highest (or, alternatively, lowest) value of a given variable ...

Risk :

The potential for consequences where something of value is at sta ...

Risk Assessment :

The qualitative and/or quantitative scientific estimation of risk ...

risk management :

Plans, actions, or policies to reduce the likelihood and/or conse ...

risk perception :

The subjective judgment that people make about the characteristic ...

risk transfer :

The practice of formally or informally shifting the risk of finan ...

Runoff :

That part of precipitation that does not evaporate and is not tra ...