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most citedAtmosphere and Greenhouse Gas Primer

4 citations · 4 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.ao-ph2024

Net Zero Averted Temperature Increase

R. Lindzen, W. Happer, W. A. van Wijngaarden

Using feedback-free estimates of the warming by increased atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and observed rates of increase, we estimate that if the United States (U.S.) eliminated n…

physics.ao-ph2024

Effect of Greenhouse Gases on Thermal Emissivity by Clouds

W. A. van Wijngaarden, W. Happer

Greenhouse gases, most importantly water vapor, increase the emissivity and decrease the albedo of clouds for thermal radiation. The modifications, which can be of order 10% for op…

physics.ao-ph2023

Radiation Transfer in Cloud Layers

W. A. van Wijngaarden, W. Happer

For 2n-stream radiation transfer theory, a stack of m clouds can be represented as an equivalent cloud. Individual clouds, indexed by c = 1, 2, 3, ..., m are characterized by 2n x…

physics.ao-ph2023

Impact of Changing Greenhouse Gas Concentrations on Ontario's Climate

W. A. van Wijngaarden

The effect of changing greenhouse gas concentrations on climate was examined. Calculations of the climate sensitivity, the warming of the Earth due to a doubling of atmospheric CO2…

physics.ao-ph20234 cited

Atmosphere and Greenhouse Gas Primer

W. A. van Wijngaarden, W. Happer

We discuss how greenhouse gases affect radiation transfer in Earth's atmosphere. We explain how greenhouse gases like water vapor or carbon dioxide, differ from non-greenhouse gase…

physics.ao-ph2023

2n-Stream Thermal Emissions from Clouds

W. A. van Wijngaarden, W. Happer

We analyze thermal emission of radiation in homogeneous clouds. The clouds have negligible horizontal variation, but the temperature can vary vertically. The radiation at optical d…