Open AccessChanges in Earth's radiation balance between 1985 and 2012
Author(s) -
Orwig Jessica
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo460017
Subject(s) - sunlight , environmental science , earth's energy budget , greenhouse effect , earth (classical element) , atmospheric sciences , atmosphere (unit) , planet , longwave , greenhouse gas , radiant energy , energy balance , greenhouse , radiation , outgoing longwave radiation , astrobiology , global warming , meteorology , climate change , physics , geology , astronomy , optics , convection , thermodynamics , oceanography , biology , horticulture
Since the turn of the century, surface temperatures on Earth have continued to increase, but at a slower rate than between 1985 and 1999. This is despite increasing greenhouse gas emissions due to human activity. Consistent with the steadily increasing strength of the greenhouse effect, Allan et al. find that heating of the planet—measured as the difference between the amount of sunlight absorbed by Earth and the longwave radiative energy emitted to space—was greater between 2000 and 2012 than during the earlier time period, 1985–1999, despite the slowing rate of surface warming.