Extended Data Table 1 Effect of UV on CO2 and global-mean air temperature for different scenarios

From: The Montreal Protocol protects the terrestrial carbon sink

  1. The effect of the underlying climate scenario on the end-century (2080–2099 average) atmospheric CO2 concentrations and resulting change in global-mean air temperature (GSAT) was calculated using the offline energy balance and carbon cycle models. Results are included for RCP 6.0 (worldProj), RCP 2.6 and RCP 8.5. For each scenario, the left-hand column shows the additional change in CO2 and temperature in worldAvd, calculated by comparing against the equivalent worldProj simulation. The right-hand column shows the extra temperature change that results from including the effect of UV in worldAvd (that is, resulting from the additional atmospheric CO2 concentrations), calculated by comparing against the worldAvd simulation with the UV response strength set to zero. The central values are for the reference UV response strength and the ranges are from the 50%–150% UV response strength sensitivity simulations.
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