There are many misconceptions about how atmospheric processes work, and one that often seems to present a mental barrier is the idea of How much work can one molecule do? This idea – presented in many ways – has been a regular occurence in comments here and it also appears in many blogs with eloquent [...]
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How Much Work Can One Molecule Do?
Posted in Climate Models on March 30, 2010 | 91 Comments »
CO2 in the Solar Spectrum
Posted in Climate Models on March 28, 2010 | 60 Comments »
One commenter asked about CO2 absorption in the solar spectrum. If CO2 absorbs incoming solar radiation then surely an increase in CO2 will reduce incoming radiation and balance any increase in longwave radiation. The important factor is the usual question of quantifying the different effects. Let’s take a look. The CO2 absorption spectrum is from [...]
Models, On – and Off – the Catwalk – Part Two
Posted in Climate Models on March 23, 2010 | 60 Comments »
In Part One, we introduced some climate model basics, including uses of climate models (not all of which are about “projecting” the future). And we took at a look at them in their best light – on the catwalk, as it were. Well, really, we took a look at the ensemble of climate models. We [...]
The Earth’s Energy Budget – Part Three
Posted in Climate Models on March 21, 2010 | 86 Comments »
In the previous article in this series, The Earth’s Energy Budget – Part Two we looked at outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) and energy imbalance. At the end of the article I promised that we would look at problems of measuring things and albedo but much time has passed, promises have been forgotten and the fascinating subject [...]
The Imaginary Second Law of Thermodynamics
Posted in Commentary on March 15, 2010 | 103 Comments »
Many readers of this blog would like progress towards the solution of the great questions in climate science. Other readers have stopped by still pondering the basics. Some of those pondering the basics might have read many of the exciting claims on the internet that the “greenhouse” effect can’t exist because it would violate the [...]
On Having a Laugh – by Gerlich and Tscheuschner (2009)
Posted in Commentary on March 14, 2010 | 59 Comments »
There’s a paper out which has created some excitement, On Falsification Of The Atmospheric CO2 Greenhouse Effects, by Gerlich & Tscheuschner (2009). It was published in International Journal of Modern Physics B. I don’t know what the B stands for. Usually I would try and read a paper all the way through to understand it, [...]
American Thinker – the Difference between a Smoking Gun and a Science Paper
Posted in Climate Models, Measurement on March 10, 2010 | 41 Comments »
Gary Thompson at American Thinker recently produced an article The AGW Smoking Gun. In the article he takes three papers and claims to demonstrate that they are at odds with AGW. A key component of the scientific argument for anthropogenic global warming (AGW) has been disproven. The results are hiding in plain sight in peer-reviewed journals. [...]
The Real Measure of Global Warming & the Sad Case of the Expendable Bathythermographs
Posted in Measurement on March 7, 2010 | 23 Comments »
The title should really be: The Real Measure of Global Warming – Part Two – How Big Should Error Bars be, and the Sad Case of the Expendable Bathythermographs But that was slightly too long. This post picks up from The Real Measure of Global Warming which in turn followed Why Global Mean Surface Temperature [...]
The Real Measure of Global Warming
Posted in Measurement on March 6, 2010 | 34 Comments »
In an earlier post – Why Global Mean Surface Temperature Should be Relegated, Or Mostly Ignored – I commented: There’s a huge amount of attention paid to the air temperature 6ft off the ground all around the continents of the world. And there’s an army of bloggers busy re-analyzing the data. It seems like one [...]
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American Thinker Smoking Gun – Gary Thompson’s comments examined
Posted in Commentary on March 27, 2010 | 31 Comments »
Recap This post is a follow on from my original article: American Thinker – the Difference between a Smoking Gun and a Science Paper. Gary Thompson who wrote the article in American Thinker that prompted my article was kind enough to make some comments and clarifications. Instead of responding in the comments to the first [...]
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