tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142988674703954802.post4882206415740663937..comments2024-03-11T04:54:26.827-07:00Comments on THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Greenhouse Gases DO Have A Profound Effect On The ClimateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142988674703954802.post-9596108901103230302014-10-08T14:23:05.561-07:002014-10-08T14:23:05.561-07:00Nairobi desert? Typo for Gobi or Namib ?Nairobi desert? Typo for Gobi or Namib ?Martin Clarkhttp://tropicdesign.net.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142988674703954802.post-80939313531885749312014-10-08T11:03:59.768-07:002014-10-08T11:03:59.768-07:00Good points, but despite 465 absorption lines of t...Good points, but despite 465 absorption lines of the primary greenhouse gas water vapor, and as this essay demonstrates, water vapor has a net negative feedback cooling effect on climate. MShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714540297202434542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142988674703954802.post-36835220982459709842014-10-08T10:57:07.587-07:002014-10-08T10:57:07.587-07:00Absorbed radiation is immediately (0.1 nanosecond)...Absorbed radiation is immediately (0.1 nanosecond) thermalized.<br /><br />Water vapor at about 15,000 ppmv in the sea level atmosphere has 465 absorption lines in the range 5-13 microns.<br /><br />CO2 at 400 ppmv has only 1 absorption line in the range of significant terrestrial radiation.<br /><br />An increase of 100 ppmv of CO2 only increases the absorption lines by 1 in 70,000 which might explain why average global temperature change ignores CO2 change.<br /><br />Direct radiation through the spectral ‘window’, reverse-thermalization at high altitude and condensation to clouds allow all energy from surface radiation to reach space.<br /><br />This phenomenon along with the identity of the two drivers that explain the ups and downs of climate change since the Little Ice Age are described at http://agwunveiled.blogspot.com<br />Dan Pangburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07898549182266117774noreply@blogger.com