TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - A Plan for a Research Program on Aerosol Radiative Forcing and Climate Change SN - 978-0-309-05429-4 DO - 10.17226/5107 PY - 1996 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/5107/a-plan-for-a-research-program-on-aerosol-radiative-forcing-and-climate-change PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Environment and Environmental Studies KW - Earth Sciences AB - This book recommends the initiation of an "integrated" research program to study the role of aerosols in the predicted global climate change. Current understanding suggest that, even now, aerosols, primarily from anthropogenic sources, may be reducing the rate of warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to specific research recommendations, this book forcefully argues for two kinds of research program integration: integration of the individual laboratory, field, and theoretical research activities and an integrated management structure that involves all of the concerned federal agencies. ER -