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1 Re-thinking the IPCC radiative forcing bar chart: The sector based paradigm Nadine Unger NASA GISS Columbia University

2 RADIATIVE FORCING OF CLIMATE BETWEEN 1750 - 2005 [IPCC, 2007] PROBLEMS: 1. No information about human activities driving the RF 2. Obscures interactions between SLS 3. SLS RF depends on location of emissions (unlike for CO 2 )

3 NASA GISS EARTH SYSTEM MODELE: G-PUCCINI

4 RADIATIVE FORCING BY ECONOMIC SECTOR (20 YR) [Unger et al., 2009]

5 RADIATIVE FORCING BY ECONOMIC SECTOR (100 YR) [Unger et al., 2009]

6 RADIATIVE FORCING IMPACTS OF CONVERSION TO PHEV FLEET 50% reduction in on-road emissions; 20% penalty in power generation emissions Net non-CO 2 RF dominates CO 2 RF for 20- and 100-year time horizons! Assessment of technology change impacts must include climate effects of SLS [Unger et al., Atmos. Env., 2009]

7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Tami Bond (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Surabi Menon (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) James Wang (Environmental Defense) Drew Shindell (NASA GISS)

8 RADIATIVE FORCING FROM AVIATION SECTOR EMISSIONS Substantial cooling through aerosol direct RF Ozone RF overestimated when aerosol effects not considered Ice nuclei/cirrus effects? - Future work


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