A study of the radiative forcing and global warming potentials of hydrofluorocarbons

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 220-229

  Zhang, Hua ^a   Wu, Jinxiu ^b   Lu, Peng ^a,c  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b Shanghai Meteorologic Center   (China)

^c STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

Correlated k distribution; Global temperature potential (GTPs); Global warming potential (GWPs); HFCs; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL (GWPS); HFCS; K-DISTRIBUTION; RADIATIVE FORCINGS;

GLOBAL WARMING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROFLUOROCARBON; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; STRATOSPHERE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78649524012     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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