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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 25, NO. 14, PAGES 2715–2718, 1998

New Estimates of Radiative Forcing Due to Well Mixed Greenhouse Gases

Gunnar Myhre

Department of Geophysics, University of Oslo, Norway

Eleanor J. Highwood

Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK

Keith P. Shine

Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK

Frode Stordal

Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), Norway

Abstract

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 Wm⁻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.

Received 9 December 1997; accepted 8 April 1998.

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Citation: Myhre, G., E. J. Highwood, K. P. Shine, and F. Stordal (1998), New Estimates of Radiative Forcing Due to Well Mixed Greenhouse Gases, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25(14), 2715–2718.

Copyright 1998 by the American Geophysical Union.