Abstract
Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) serve a useful purpose in providing a set of numbers, one for each trace gas, which represent their relative climate impact on a mass emitted basis. GWPs for a number of trace gases are presented for a sustained or slab emission scenario of 1 million tonnes per year over a 100 year time horizon. Direct and indirect radiative impacts are described for methane, carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, hydrocarbons and ozone.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Beck, I.P., Reeves. C.R, de Leeuw, F.A.A.M. and Penkett, S.A. 1992 The effect of aircraft emissions on tropospheric ozone in the northern hemisphere. Atmos. Environ. 26A, 17–19.
Crutzen, P.J. and Bruhl, C. 1990 Air traffic and the environment, in Lecture Notes in Engineering. Vol 60 pp96–106. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Derwent, K.G. 1982 Two-dimensional model studies of the impact of aircraft exgaust emissions on tropospheric ozone. Atmos. Environ. 16, 1997–2007.
Derwent, R.G. 1990 Trace gases and their relative contribution to the greenhouse effect. AERE-R13716. London: H.M. Stationery Office.
Hough, A.M. 1991 Development of a two-dimensional global tropospheric model: Model chemistry. J Geophys. Res. 96, 7325–7362.
Hough, A.M. and Derwent, K.G. 1990. Changes in the global concentration of tropospheric ozone due to human activities. Nature 344, 645–650.
Hansen, J., Johnson, D., Lacis, A., Lebedeff, S., Lee, P., Rind, D. and Russell, G. 1990 Global climate changes as forecast by Goddard Institute for Space Studies three-dimensional model. J Geophys. Res. 93, 957–966.
Hidalgo, H. and Crutzen, P.J. 1977 The tropospheric and stratospheric composition perturbed by NOx emissions of high-altitude aircraft. J Geophys. Res. 82, 5833–5866.
Houghton, J.T., Jenkins, G.J. and Ephraums, J.J. 1990 Climate change: The IPCC scientific assessment. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Houghton, J.T., Callander, B.A. and Varney, S.K. 1992 Climate change 1992: The supplementary report to the IPCC scientific assessment. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Isaksen, I. S.A. 1980 The tropospheric ozone budget and possible man-made effects, in Proc. Quadrennial Ozone Symposium pp 845–852. Boulder, USA: NCAR
Johnson, C.E. and Henshaw, J. 1991 The impact of NOx emissions from tropospheric aircraft. AEA-EE-0127. Harwell, UK.
Johnson, C.E., Henshaw, J. and McInnes, G. 1992 Impact of aircraft and surface emissions of nitrogen oxides on tropospheric ozone and global warming.
Lacis, A.A., Wuebbles, D.J. and Logan, J.A. 1990 Radiative forcing of climate by changes in the vertical distribution of ozone. J Geophys. Res. 95, 9971–9981.
Lashof, D.A. and Ahuja, D.K. 1990 relative global warming potentials of greenhouse gas emissions. Nature, 344, 529–531.
Rodhe, H. 1989. Vaxt luseffekten. Naturvardsverket Rapport 3647, Box 1302, 17125 Solna, Sweden.
Siegenthaler, U. 1975 A box diffusion model to study the carbon dioxide exchange in nature. Tellus, 27, 168–192.
WMO/UNEP. 1991. Scientific assessment of ozone depletion: 1991. WMO Global ozone research and monitoring report- Report No. 25, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland.
Wuebbles, D.J., Grant, K.E., Connell, P.S. and Penner, J.E. 1989 The role of atmospheric chemistry in climate change. J. Air Pollut. Contr. Assn. 39, 22.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1994 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Derwent, R. (1994). The Estimation of Global Warming Potentials for a Range of Radiatively Active Gases. In: van Ham, J., Janssen, L.J.H.M., Swart, R.J. (eds) Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases: Why and How to Control?. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0982-6_33
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0982-6_33
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-94-010-4425-7
Online ISBN: 978-94-011-0982-6
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive