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Economic Growth Assumptions In Climate And Energy Policy, Nir Y. Krakauer
Economic Growth Assumptions In Climate And Energy Policy, Nir Y. Krakauer
Publications and Research
The assumption that the economic growth seen in recent decades will continue has dominated the discussion of future greenhouse gas emissions and the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change. Given that long-term economic growth is uncertain, the impacts of a wide range of growth trajectories should be considered. In particular, slower economic growth would imply that future generations will be relatively less able to invest in emissions controls or adapt to the detrimental impacts of climate change. Taking into consideration the possibility of economic slowdown therefore heightens the urgency of reducing greenhouse gas emissions now by moving to renewable …
A Numerical Testbed For Remote Sensing Of Aerosols, And Its Demonstration For Evaluating Retrieval Synergy From A Geostationary Satellite Constellation Of Geo-Cape And Goes-R, Jun Wang, Xiaoguang Xu, Shouguo Ding, Jing Zeng, Robert Spurr, Xiong Liu, Kelly Chance, Michael I. Mishchenko
A Numerical Testbed For Remote Sensing Of Aerosols, And Its Demonstration For Evaluating Retrieval Synergy From A Geostationary Satellite Constellation Of Geo-Cape And Goes-R, Jun Wang, Xiaoguang Xu, Shouguo Ding, Jing Zeng, Robert Spurr, Xiong Liu, Kelly Chance, Michael I. Mishchenko
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications
We present a numerical testbed for remote sensing of aerosols, together with a demonstration for evaluating retrieval synergy from a geostationary satellite constellation. The testbed combines inverse (optimal-estimation) software with a forward model containing linearized code for computing particle scattering (for both spherical and non-spherical particles). a kernel-based (land and ocean) surface bi-directional reflectance facility, and a linearized radiative transfer model for polarized radiance. Calculation of gas absorption spectra uses the HITRAN (HIgh-resolution TRANsmission molecular absorption) database of spectroscopic line parameters and other trace species cross-sections. The outputs of the testbed include not only the Stokes 4-vector elements and their …