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Myhre et al. 1998

Myhre, G., Highwood, E.J., Shine, K.P. and Stordal, F. (1998). New estimates of radiative forcing due to well mixed greenhouse gases. Geophysical Research Letters 25: doi: 10.1029/98GL01908. issn: 0094-8276.

We have performed new calculations of the radiative forcing due to changes in the concentrations of the most important well mixed greenhouse gases (WMGG) since pre-industrial time. Three radiative transfer models are used. The radiative forcing due to CO2, including shortwave absorption, is 15% lower than the previous IPCC estimate. The radiative forcing due to all the WMGG is calculated to 2.25 W m-2, which we estimate to be accurate to within about 5%. The importance of the CFCs is increased by about 20% relative to the total effect of all WMGG compared to previous estimates. We present updates to simple forcing-concentration relationships previously used by IPCC. ¿ 1998 American Geophysical Union

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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, General or miscellaneous, Global Change, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, General or miscellaneous

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Geophysical Research Letters
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