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