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Low-cost long-term monitoring of global climate forcings and feedbacks

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We describe the rationale for long-term monitoring of global climate forcings and radiative feedbacks as a contribution to interpretation of long-term global temperature change. Our discussion is based on a more detailed study and workshop report (Hansenet al., 1993b). We focus on the potential contribution of a proposed series of inexpensive small satellites, but we discuss also the need for complementary climate process studies and ground-based measurements. Some of these measurements could be made inexpensively by students, providing both valuable climate data and science educational experience.

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    J. Hansen, W. Rossow, B. Carlson, A. Lacis, L. Travis, A. Del Genio, I. Fung, B. Cairns, M. Mishchenko & M. Sato

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Hansen, J., Rossow, W., Carlson, B. et al. Low-cost long-term monitoring of global climate forcings and feedbacks. Climatic Change 31, 247–271 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01095149

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