Radiative forcing

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005352",
  "term": "Radiative forcing",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A change in the balance between incoming solar radiation and outgoing infrared radiation. Without any radiative forcing, solar radiation coming to the Earth would continue to be approximately equal to the infrared radiation emitted from the Earth. The addition of greenhouse gases traps an increased fraction of the infrared radiation, radiating it back toward the surface and creating a warming influence (i.e., positive radiative forcing because incoming solar radiation will exceed outgoing infrared radiation).",
  "synonyms": [
    "climate forcing",
    "greenhouse forcing"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "atmospheric sciences",
    "Earth system science",
    "greenhouse effect",
    "troposphere",
    "climate change",
    "global warming",
    "greenhouse gases"
  ],
  "references": [
    "US Environmental Protection Agency",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "forzamiento radiativo"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/radiative-forcing/"
}