UNCERTAINTIES IN CARBON-DIOXIDE RADIATIVE FORCING IN ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL-CIRCULATION MODELS

Authors
CESS RD ZHANG MH POTTER GL BARKER HW COLMAN RA DAZLICH DA DELGENIO AD ESCH M FRASER JR GALIN V GATES WL HACK JJ INGRAM WJ KIEHL JT LACIS AA LETREUT H LI ZX LIANG XZ MAHFOUF JF MCAVANEY BJ MELESHKO VP MORCRETTE JJ RANDALL DA ROECKNER E ROYER JF SOKOLOV AP SPORYSHEV PV TAYLOR KE WANG WC WETHERALD RT
Citation
Rd. Cess et al., UNCERTAINTIES IN CARBON-DIOXIDE RADIATIVE FORCING IN ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL-CIRCULATION MODELS, Science, 262(5137), 1993, pp. 1252-1255
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00368075
Volume
262
Issue
5137
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1252 - 1255
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-8075(1993)262:5137<1252:UICRFI>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Global warming, caused by an increase in the concentrations of greenho use gases, is the direct result of greenhouse gas-induced radiative fo rcing. When a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide is considered, th is forcing differed substantially among 15 atmospheric general circula tion models. Although there are several potential causes, the largest contributor was the carbon dioxide radiation parameterizations of the models.