Why Should Water Vapor Near-UV Absorption Be Included as a Component of Radiative Forcing?

Lei Zhu1, Linsen Pei2, Qilong Min3, Yuyi Du3, Zhechen Wang2, Bangsheng Yin3, Kai Yang4, Patrick Disterhoft5 and Thomas Pongetti6, (1)Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, United States, (2)Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, United States, (3)University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, United States, (4)University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (5)NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States