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The observed depletion of the stratospheric
ozone (O3)
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layer
from 1979 to 2000 is
estimated to have caused a
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negative
radiative forcing (–0.15 Wm-2).
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The total amount of O3 in the troposphere is
estimated
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to
have increased by 36% since 1750, due primarily to
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anthropogenic
emissions of several O3-forming gases.
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This
corresponds to a positive radiative forcing of
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0.35 Wm-2.
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