New estimates of radiative forcing due to well mixed greenhouse gases

被引:553
作者
Myhre, G
Highwood, EJ
Shine, KP
Stordal, F
机构
[1] Univ Oslo, Dept Geophys, N-0315 Oslo, Norway
[2] Univ Reading, Dept Meteorol, Reading RG6 2AH, Berks, England
关键词
Greenhouse gas; Radiative forcing;
D O I
10.1029/98GL01908
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
We have performed new calculations of the radiative forcing due to changes in the concentrations of the most important well mixed greenhouse gases (WMGG) since pre-industrial time. Three radiative transfer models are used. The radiative forcing due to CO2, including shortwave absorption, is 15% lower than the previous IPCC estimate. The radiative forcing due to all the WMGG is calculated to 2.25 Wm(-2), which we estimate to be accurate to within about 5%. The importance of the CFCs is increased by about. 20% relative to the total effect of all WMGCT compared to previous estimates. We present updates to simple forcing concentration relationships previously used by IPCC.
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页码:2715 / 2718
页数:4
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