Historical tropospheric and stratospheric ozone radiative forcing using the CMIP6 database

We calculate ozone radiative forcing (RF) and stratospheric temperature adjustments for the period 1850-2014 using the newly available Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 6 (CMIP6) ozone data set. The CMIP6 total ozone RF (1850s to 2000s) is 0.28 +/- 0.17 W m(-2) (which is 80% higher than our CMIP5 estimation), and 0.30 +/- 0.17 W m(-2) out to the present day (2014). The total ozone RF grows rapidly until the 1970s, slows toward the 2000s, and shows a renewed growth thereafter. Since the 1990s the shortwave RF exceeds the longwave RF. Global stratospheric ozone RF is positive between 1930 and 1970 and then turns negative but remains positive in the Northern Hemisphere throughout. Derived stratospheric temperature changes show a localized cooling in the subtropical lower stratosphere due to tropospheric ozone increases and cooling in the upper stratosphere due to ozone depletion by more than 1 K already prior to the satellite era (1980) and by more than 2 K out to the present day (2014).

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Author Checa-Garcia, Ramiro
Hegglin, Michaela I.
Kinnison, Douglas
Plummer, David A.
Shine, Keith P.
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Library
Publication Date 2018-04-16T00:00:00
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Suggested Citation Checa-Garcia, Ramiro, Hegglin, Michaela I., Kinnison, Douglas, Plummer, David A., Shine, Keith P.. (2018). Historical tropospheric and stratospheric ozone radiative forcing using the CMIP6 database. UCAR/NCAR - Library. http://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d7445q8x. Accessed 19 July 2025.

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