期刊
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 49, 期 15, 页码 -出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2022GL098270
关键词
radiative forcing; methane; solar
资金
- NERC Scenario Doctoral Training Partnership [NE/L002566/1]
This study presents a comprehensive quantification of the effects of methane on solar shortwave radiation. The results show that methane's shortwave radiation effect is smaller than previous estimates and its absorption also influences stratospheric temperature.
Methane (CH4) has significant absorption bands at wavelengths of 1.7, 2.3, 3.3 and 7.6 mu m which absorb incoming solar 'shortwave' (SW) radiation and contribute to radiative forcing (RF). A comprehensive quantification of CH4 SW RF is presented using a narrow-band radiative transfer model to calculate spatially and monthly resolved estimates of CH4 SW RF and its impact on longwave (LW) stratospheric temperature adjusted RF (SARF). These new calculations include satellite measurements of CH4 distribution and spectrally varying surface albedo, and include absorption of solar mid-infrared radiation by methane's 7.6 mu m band. These factors substantially influence methane's SW effect. For a 750-1,800 ppb perturbation, the all-sky top-of-atmosphere SW instantaneous RF is 0.082 W m(-2); at the tropopause it is 0.002 W m(-2), considerably smaller than previous estimates. Including the impact of SW absorption on stratospheric temperature increases tropopause SARF by 0.039 W m(-2) (or 7%) compared to the LW-only SARF.
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