Glossary W-X-Y-Z

Glossary of acronyms and specialised terms on the IPCC-DDC website.
The definitions shown here are from the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) working group glossaries: WGI, WGII and WGIII. The source working group is indicated on each definition.

A | B | C | D | E | F-G | H-I | J-K | L-M | N-O | P-Q | R | S | T | U-V | W-Z

WCRP

World Climate Research Programme

WDCC

World Data Centre for Climate

WGCM

Working Group on Coupled Modelling

WGI

IPCC Working Group I: The Physical Science Basis

WGII

IPCC Working Group II: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

WGIII

IPCC Working Group III: Mitigation of climate change

WMO

World Meteorological Organisation

WWW

World Wide Web