Radiative Forcing of Climate: The Historical Evolution of the Radiative Forcing Concept, the Forcing Agents and their Quantification, and Applications
Venkatachalam Ramaswamy,William D. Collins,Jim Haywood,Judith Lean,Natalie M. Mahowald,Gunnar Myhre,Vaishali Naik,Keith P. Shine,Brian J. Soden,Georgiy L. Stenchikov,Trude Storelvmo +10 more
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In this paper, the historical evolution of the conceptualization, formulation, quantification, application, and utilization of radiative forcing (RF) of Earth's climate is described.Abstract:
We describe the historical evolution of the conceptualization, formulation, quantification, application, and utilization of “radiative forcing” (RF) of Earth’s climate. Basic theories of sh...read more
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