How do you calculate the instantaneous change in radiative forcing for a 1% decrease in TSI using the equation below, assuming the initial TSI is 1370 watts per meter square? Radiative Equilibrium When the rate of absorbed solar radiation is equal to the emission of infrared radiation The fundamental equation of climate describes the gain of solar energy and the loss of infrared energy from the system (observed at the TOA) R₁(TOA) S 20-a 4 1-a)-L S, solar radiation received at the TOA a, planetary albedo L., the difference between infrared radiation emitted from the Earth's surface and TOA
How do you calculate the instantaneous change in radiative forcing for a 1% decrease in TSI using the equation below, assuming the initial TSI is 1370 watts per meter square? Radiative Equilibrium When the rate of absorbed solar radiation is equal to the emission of infrared radiation The fundamental equation of climate describes the gain of solar energy and the loss of infrared energy from the system (observed at the TOA) R₁(TOA) S 20-a 4 1-a)-L S, solar radiation received at the TOA a, planetary albedo L., the difference between infrared radiation emitted from the Earth's surface and TOA
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Transcribed Image Text:How do you calculate the instantaneous change in radiative forcing for a 1% decrease in TSI using the equation below, assuming the initial TSI is 1370 watts
per meter square?
Radiative Equilibrium
When the rate of absorbed solar radiation is equal
to the emission of infrared radiation
The fundamental equation of climate describes
the gain of solar energy and the loss of infrared
energy from the system (observed at the TOA)
S
R₁(TOA)
-(1-a)-L
S, solar radiation received at the TOA
a, planetary albedo
L., the difference between infrared radiation
emitted from the Earth's surface and TOA
H
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