concerning possible effects of air pollution on climate: Testimony before the Subcommittee on Environment and the Atmosphere of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, 13–14 November 1975
A summary is given of testimony before the subcommittee on Environment and the Atmosphere in the House of Representatives. The testimony is a response to questions in six areas: threats, response characteristics, ambiguities of prediction, ambiguities of measurement, research needs and comments on setting standards. Included is a table of some of the pollutants (all of which are emitted as an inadvertent by-product in the course of achieving a desirable goal) and briefly describes their importance. All act to disturb either the radiation balance or the precipitation mechanisms, two processes having a fundamental impact in determining the climate.