Radiative Forcing of Climate Change

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OSTI ID:899821

Ramaswamy, V; Boucher, Olivier; Haigh, J; Hauglustaine, D; Haywood, J; Myhre, G; Nakajima, Takahito; Shi, Guangyu; Solomon, S; Betts, Robert E; Charlson, R; Chuang, C C; Daniel, J S; Del Genio, Anthony D; Feichter, J; Fuglestvedt, J; Forster, P M; Ghan, Steven J; Jones, A; Kiehl, J T ; Koch, D; Land, C; Lean, J; Lohmann, Ulrike; Minschwaner, K; Penner, Joyce E; Roberts, D L; Rodhe, H; Roelofs, G -J; Rotstayn, Leon D; Schneider, T L; Schumann, U; Schwartz, Stephen E; Schwartzkopf, M D; Shine, K P; Smith, Steven J; Stevenson, D S; Stordal, F; Tegen, I; van Dorland, R; Zhang, Y; Srinivasan, J; Joos, Fortunat

Chapter 6 of the IPCC Third Assessment Report Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis. Sections include: Executive Summary 6.1 Radiative Forcing 6.2 Forcing-Response Relationship 6.3 Well-Mixed Greenhouse Gases 6.4 Stratospheric Ozone 6.5 Radiative Forcing By Tropospheric Ozone 6.6 Indirect Forcings due to Chemistry 6.7 The Direct Radiative Forcing of Tropospheric Aerosols 6.8 The Indirect Radiative Forcing of Tropospheric Aerosols 6.9 Stratospheric Aerosols 6.10 Land-use Change (Surface Albedo Effect) 6.11 Solar Forcing of Climate 6.12 Global Warming Potentials hydrocarbons 6.13 Global Mean Radiative Forcings 6.14 The Geographical Distribution of the Radiative Forcings 6.15 Time Evolution of Radiative Forcings Appendix 6.1 Elements of Radiative Forcing Concept References.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 899821
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-39648; KP1207030; TRN: US200708%%551
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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