Sentences with phrase «radiative impact of greenhouse gases»

Radiative transfer codes that accurately calculate the radiative impact of greenhouse gases and other atmospheric constituents are an essential component of the global climate models used to simulate present and future climate.

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Land cover and land use change may have an impact on the surface albedo, evapotranspiration, sources and sinks of heat - trapping gases (greenhouse gases), or other properties of the climate system and may thus have a radiative forcing and / or other impacts on climate, locally or globally.

Tyndall's main interest was with water vapour and its impact on radiation, but he also dealt with the radiative forcing of other greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide.

In terms of greenhouse agents, the main conclusions from the WGI FAR Policymakers Summary are still valid today: (1) «emissions resulting from human activities are substantially increasing the atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gases: CO2, CH4, CFCs, N2O»; (2) «some gases are potentially more effective (at greenhouse warming)»; (3) feedbacks between the carbon cycle, ecosystems and atmospheric greenhouse gases in a warmer world will affect CO2 abundances; and (4) GWPs provide a metric for comparing the climatic impact of different greenhouse gases, one that integrates both the radiative influence and biogeochemical cycles.