In Part One I made the observation: If the atmosphere has an invariant optical thickness then surely all molecules should be included? Meaning all ‘radiatively-active’ gases. Then I cited some results from Collins (2006) on the ‘radiative forcing’ for other gases, and added: ..So if total optical thickness from CO2 and water vapor has stayed [...]
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The Mystery of Tau – Miskolczi – Part Six – Minor GHG’s
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The Mystery of Tau – Miskolczi – Part Five – Equation Soufflé
Posted in Basic Science, Debunking Flawed "Science" on May 15, 2011 | 38 Comments »
In previous articles in this series we looked at a number of issues first in Miskolczi’s 2010 paper and then in the 2007 paper. The author himself has shown up and commented on some of these points, although not all, and sadly decided that we are not too bright and a little bit too critical [...]
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The Mystery of Tau – Miskolczi – Part Four – Emissivity
Posted in Basic Science, Commentary on May 1, 2011 | 293 Comments »
In Part Two we looked at the claimed relationship ED=AA in Miskolczi’s 2007 paper. Ed = downward atmospheric radiation absorbed by the surface Aa = surface radiation absorbed in the atmosphere I showed that they could not be exactly equal. Ferenc Miskolczi himself has just joined the discussion and confirmed: I think I was the first [...]
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