気候変化と気候変動
English translation: Climate change and climate variation
| 14:06 Feb 24, 2010 |
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|  Selected response from: Troy Fowler United States Local time: 08:59 | ||||||
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Climate change and climate variability Explanation: N/A -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 25 mins (2010-02-24 14:31:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2007/3108/fs2007-3108.pdf |
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climatic changes and climatic variations Explanation: - Reference: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1396357/Climatic-C... Reference: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/235402/global-warm... |
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6 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1Weather changes and weather fluctuations Explanation: 気候変化は気候の全体的な、ある程度長期的な、変化として、変動は比較的に短期的な又は相対的な変化と解釈して良いのでは。 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 48 mins (2010-02-24 14:55:03 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- WeatherかClimateか？ Climateは数十年の長期的な、統計的なものと定義されています。更に、Climateはある地域特有のものですので、climate fluctuationsはclimate changesと区別するのは難しくなりますね。 http://nsidc.org/arcticmet/basics/weather_vs_climate.html |
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10 hrs confidence:
Climate change and climate variation Explanation: 気候変化 is an alternative to 気候変更, and refers to "climate change", or the phenomenon of change to the Earth's climate in the macroscopic, general sense of the term. While I think 気候変更 is more common, 気候変化 is a suitable expression for "climate change." 気候変動 by contrast, refers to "climatic variation", and is a term that is more narrow in scope. I feel "climatic variation" would more likely be used in a scientific context to refer to a specific aspect of "climate change", while "climate change" is a more general term appropriate for both scientific and layman contexts. Hope this helps... |
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