Radiative forcing of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide: A significant revision of the methane radiative forcing

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 12,614-12,623

  Etminan, M ^a   Myhre, G ^b   Highwood, E J ^a   Shine, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

methane; radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES;

GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; NITROUS OXIDE; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SIMPLIFIED EXPRESSIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

EID: 85009814725     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071930     Document Type: Article

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