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Greenhouse effect of trace gases, 1970‐1980
Author(s) -
Lacis A.,
Hansen J.,
Lee P.,
Mitchell T.,
Lebedeff S.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl008i010p01035
Subject(s) - greenhouse gas , trace gas , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , global warming , greenhouse effect , global warming potential , climatology , climate change , geology , oceanography
Increased abundances were measured for several trace atmospheric gases in the decade 1970‐1980. The equilibrium greenhouse warming for the measured increments of CH 4 , chlorofluorocarbons and N 2 O is between 50% and 100% of the equilibrium warming for the measured increase of atmospheric CO 2 during the same 10 years. The combined warming of CO 2 and trace gases should exceed natural global temperature variability in the 1980's and cause the global mean temperature to rise above the maximum of the late 1930's.