Trace-gas greenhouse effect and global warming: Underlying Principles and Outstanding Issues Volvo Environmental Prize Lecture-1997

Ambio

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 187-197

  Ramanathan, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; TRACE GAS;

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63. Acknowledgments. I thank the Volvo Foundation for the honor. This paper was written while the author was visiting the NASA-Goddard space flight center and I thank Drs. Yoram Kaufman and M King for hosting me. Numerous colleagues contributed to the work described here and I thank in particular, Drs: B. R. Barkstrom, R. D. Cess, W. D. Collins, P. J. Crutzen, E. A Frieman, J. T. Kiehl, J. Kuettner and C. Weaver. I thank Drs. L. Bengtsson and K. Noone for their detailed comments on this paper. This work was funded by NSF, NASA and DOE. This is publication #187 from the Center for Clouds, Chemistry and Climate.