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Radiative forcing of climate change : expanding the concept and addressing uncertainties / Committee on Radiative Forcing Effects on Climate, Climate Research Committee, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.
Van Pelt Library QC981.8.C5 R335 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes.
- Greenhouse gases--Environmental aspects.
- Greenhouse gases.
- Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 207 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2005]
- Contents:
- Earth's Climate System 12
- Radiative Forcing: Perturbation to Earth's Energy Budget 16
- Theoretical Development of the Radiative Forcing Concept 19
- The Radiative Forcing Concept and Climate Policy 23
- 2 State of Scientific Understanding 28
- Well-Mixed Greenhouse Gases 30
- Tropospheric and Stratospheric Ozone 32
- Direct Effect of Aerosols 34
- Indirect Effect of Aerosols 39
- Land-Cover and Land-Use Changes 44
- Solar Forcing 49
- Volcanic Eruptions 57
- Ocean Color 59
- Teleconnections and Radiative Forcing 60
- 3 Radiative Forcing over Earth's History 63
- Geological Timescales 63
- Glacial-Interglacial Timescales 70
- Holocene 71
- Last 1000 Years 75
- Last 25 Years 80
- 4 Rethinking the Global Radiative Forcing Concept 83
- The Current Concept 83
- Global Mean Radiative Forcing with Adjusted Tropospheric Temperatures 87
- Global Mean Radiative Forcing at the Surface 89
- Regional Radiative Forcing 92
- Regional Nonradiative Forcing 93
- Ocean Heat Content 98
- 5 Uncertainties Associated with Future Climate Forcings 100
- Future Emissions of Greenhouse Gases and Aerosols 100
- Solar Variability 113
- Land-Use and Land-Cover Change 113
- Abrupt Climate Change 115
- 6 Research Approaches to Furthering Understanding 117
- Observations of Radiative Forcing and Response 117
- Laboratory and Process Studies for Aerosols 132
- Atmospheric Reanalysis and Data Assimilation 133
- Relating Concentrations of Greenhouse Gases and Aerosols to Sources 134
- Climate Forcing and Response over Earth's History 138
- Climate Models 140
- 7 Recommendations 144
- Expanding the Radiative Forcing Concept 145
- Addressing Key Uncertainties 148
- Improving the Observational Record 152
- Addressing Policy Needs 155
- A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff 191
- B Statement of Task 197.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-190).
- ISBN:
- 0309095069
- 0309546885
- OCLC:
- 59765839
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