Sentences with phrase «radiative properties of the atmosphere»

This is the additional concentration of CO2 that would have approximately the same effect on the radiative properties of the atmosphere - and thus the same direct effect on climate - as the concentrations shown of those GHGs.

The report then considers (a) how the radiative properties of the atmosphere can be modified as a result, possibly leading to climate change, and (b) how the ozone layer could be modified, leading to changes in ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth's surface.

Changing the radiative properties of the atmosphere — which is what increasing carbon dioxide does — must alter the character of weather events as well as the climate.