Climate Terms (S)

Salt-Water Intrusion/Encroachment :

Displacement of fresh surface water or groundwater by the advance ...

Scenario :

A plausible description of how the future may develop based on a ...

Sea Level Change :

Sea level can change, both globally and locally due to (1) change ...

Sea Surface Temperature :

The sea surface temperature is the subsurface bulk temperature in ...

semi-arid zone :

Areas where vegetation growth is constrained by limited water ava ...

sensitivity :

The degree to which a system or species is affected, either adver ...

Significant Wave Height :

The average trough-to-crest height of the highest one-third of th ...

sink :

Any process, activity, or mechanism that removes a greenhouse gas ...

Social Cost of Carbon :

The net present value of climate damages (with harmful damagesexp ...

Social protection :

In the context of development aid and climate policy, social prot ...

Socioeconomic Scenario :

A scenario that describes a possible future in terms of populatio ...

Southern Annular Mode :

The leading mode of variability of Southern Hemisphere geopotenti ...

Species Distribution Modeling :

Simulation of ecological effects of climate change. Species distr ...

SRES Scenarios :

SRES scenarios are emission scenarios developed by Nakicenovic an ...

storm surge :

The temporary increase, at a particular locality, in the height o ...

Storm Tracks :

Originally, a term referring to the tracks of individual cyclonic ...

stratosphere :

The highly stratified region of the atmosphere above the troposph ...

Stressors :

Events and trends, often not climate-related, that have an import ...

Subsistence Agriculture :

Farming and associated activities that together form a livelihood ...

Surface Temperature :

See Global mean surface temperature, Land surface air temperature ...

Sustainability :

A dynamic process that guarantees the persistence of natural and ...

sustainable development :

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromis ...