FIGURE 1

Source:  http://data.giss.nasa.gov/modelforce/

FIGURE 2

Source:    http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/wg1/ar4-wg1-chapter2.pdf

Anthropogenic RFs and the natural direct solar RF are shown
( Volcanic aerosols contribute an additional natural forcing but are not included due to their episodic nature).


Climate efficacy = a measure of how effective a radiative forcing from a given mechanism is at changing the equilibrium global surface temperature compared to carbon dioxide. (CO2 increase by definition has an efficacy of 1.0.)


Timescale =  represents the length of time that a given RF term would persist in the atmosphere after the associated emissions and changes ceased. No CO2 time scale is given, as its removal from the atmosphere involves a range of processes that can span long time scales, and thus cannot be expressed accurately


The level of scientific understanding is shown for each term.

 

FIGURE 3

Source:  http://www.climatechange2013.org/images/report/WG1AR5_TS_FINAL.pdf

 

FIGURE 4

Source:  Robock, Alan, 2015: Climatic impacts of volcanic eruptions, Chapter 53 in Encyclopedia of Volcanoes, Second Edition,
Haraldur Sigurdsson (editor-in-chief), Bruce Houghton, Stephen R. McNutt, Hazel Rymer and John Styx (editors) (Elsevier, Amsterdam), 935-942

 

FIGURE 5

Source:   (SILSO data/image, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels)     http://www.sidc.be/silso/yearlyssnplot

 

 

FIGURE 6

Source:  Fig 1.17 in  SGC E-Text Chapter 6  (originally from Kitchen, D.E.  (2014) Global Climate Change, Chapter 1)

 

FIGURE 7

Source:  http://scrippsco2.ucsd.edu/graphics_gallery/mauna_loa_record/mauna_loa_record_smooth_curve


FIGURE 8

How does what I do contribute?  U.S. GHG Emissions Flow Chart

Source:  US human greenhouse gas emissions flowchart, from the World Resources Institute.

For a "magnifying glass" look of the flow chart go to: http://www.skepticalscience.com/how-much-meat-contribute-to-gw.html