Radiative Forcing of Climate Change:

Expanding the Concept and Addressing Uncertainties

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Publication Year:2005

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Committee on Radiative Forcing Effects on Climate, Climate Research Committee, National Research Council
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Changes in climate are driven by natural and human-induced perturbations of the Earth s energy balance. These climate drivers or "forcings" include variations in greenhouse gases, aerosols, land use, and the amount of energy Earth receives from the Sun. Although ...
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Front Matter	i-xiv
Executive Summary	1-10	(skim)
1 Introduction	11-27	(skim)
2 State of Scientific Understanding	28-62	(skim)
3 Radiative Forcing Over Earths History	63-82	(skim)
4 Rethinking the Global Radiative Forcing Concept	83-99	(skim)
5 Uncertainties Associated with Future Climate Forcings	100-116	(skim)
6 Research Approaches to Furthering Understanding	117-143	(skim)
7 Recommendations	144-158	(skim)
References	159-190	(skim)
Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff	191-196	(skim)
Appendix B: Statement of Task	197-197	(skim)
Appendix C: Glossary and Acronyms	198-208	(skim)

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Changes in climate are driven by natural and human-induced perturbations of the Earth s energy balance. These climate drivers or "forcings" include variations in greenhouse gases, aerosols, land use, and the amount of energy Earth receives from the Sun. Although climate throughout Earth s history has varied from "snowball" conditions with global ice cover to "hothouse" conditions when glaciers all but disappeared, the climate over the past 10,000 years has been remarkably stable and favorable to human civilization. Increasing evidence points to a large human impact on global climate over the past century. The report reviews current knowledge of climate forcings and recommends critical research needed to improve understanding. Whereas emphasis to date has been on how these climate forcings affect global mean temperature, the report finds that regional variation and climate impacts other than temperature deserve increased attention.

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Expanding the Concept and Addressing Uncertainties

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