New estimates of radiative forcing due to well mixed greenhouse gases

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2715-2718

  Myhre, Gunnar ^a   Highwood, Eleanor J ^b   Shine, Keith P ^b   Stordal, Frode ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gas; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

RADIATIVE FORCING; WELL MIXED GREENHOUSE GASES; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; TOTAL EFFECT;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

GREENHOUSE GAS; RADIATIVE FORCING;

EID: 0032129093     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01908     Document Type: Article

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