The spectroscopic foundation of radiative forcing of climate by carbon dioxide

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 5318-5325

  Mlynczak, Martin G ^a   Daniels, Taumi S ^a   Kratz, David P ^a   Feldman, Daniel R ^b   Collins, William D ^b   Mlawer, Eli J ^c   Alvarado, Matthew J ^c   Lawler, James E ^d   Anderson, L W ^d   Fahey, David W ^e   Hunt, Linda A ^f   Mast, Jeffrey C ^f  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon dioxide; line shape function; radiative forcing; spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION LINES; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; LINE SHAPE; POLICY ASSESSMENT; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; SPECTROSCOPIC PARAMETERS; VOIGT LINE SHAPE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ABSORPTION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MIXING; RADIATIVE FORCING; SHAPE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84971264805     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068837     Document Type: Article

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