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Radiative Forcing of Climate Change: Expanding the Concept and Addressing Uncertainties
FIGURE 4-2 Annual mean simulated clear-sky radiative forcing in watts per square meter at the top of the atmosphere (net), surface (net), and in the atmosphere calculated from the aerosol optical depths shown in Figure 4.1. SOURCE: Adapted from Collins et al. (2002).