Research Article

Radiation Transfer Calculations and Assessment of Global Warming by CO2

Table 2

RT-calculations for CO2 concentrations of 380 and 760 ppm at a surface temperature of 20.3°C (293.45 K) and clear sky ( = 420 W/m2, water vapor at ground: 18,353.2 ppm, CH4 of 1.8 ppm and O3 varying over the stratosphere with a maximum concentration of 7 ppm).

CO2 ppm W/m2 W/m2 W/m2 W/m2 W/m2 % %

380270.22203.99334.02538.01353.5284.0862.08
760264.76203.31338.34541.65358.3085.2262.46

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