Publication Date:
2017-06-21
Description:
A 156 kyr smoothed history of the atmospheric greenhouse gases CO 2 , CH 4 , and N 2 O and their radiative forcing Peter Köhler, Christoph Nehrbass-Ahles, Jochen Schmitt, Thomas F. Stocker, and Hubertus Fischer Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 363-387, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-363-2017, 2017 We document our best available data compilation of published ice core records of the greenhouse gases CO 2 , CH 4 , and N 2 O and recent measurements on firn air and atmospheric samples covering the time window from 156 000 years BP to the beginning of the year 2016 CE. A smoothing spline method is applied to translate the discrete and irregularly spaced data points into continuous time series. The radiative forcing for each greenhouse gas is computed using well-established, simple formulations.
Electronic ISSN:
1866-3591
Topics:
Geosciences
