Arthurs Smith does not explain the specific contribution of carbon dioxide to global warming, nor does he deal with the issue of convective overturning, but in ‘Proof of the Atmospheric Greenhouse Effect’ he elegantly explains the greenhouse effect in harmony with “the scientific standards of theoretical physics”. In particular he first defines basic terms and relevant equation for energy flow, considers a planet with no infrared-absorbing atmosphere, and then shows that by adding a simple infrared-absorbing layer it is possible to explain why we are not all freezing here on planet earth.
Read more here: http://arxiv.org/abs/0802.4324
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Hey, Cohenite, your famouse 🙂
rabett.blogspot.com/2008/10/believing-ten-impossible-things-before.html
Gordon; well done; Jennifer has my details; if our good host doesn't mind feel free to contact me through Jennifer; I think we must persuade G&T to do a post; for my part I am interested in the approach taken by Pielke, Motl, Lucia, Essex and McKitrick amongst others; my posts at 7.55pm and 8.08pm above on 24 OCT sum up my position; pity the equation wouldn't transpose.
cohenite...I heard back from Ralf Tscheuschner but he doesn't want to get into the blog scene. I think the nonsense at realclimate and deltoid has put him off, and who can blame him.
He has graciously invited questions on his paper and I plan to ask for some clarification. If you have any questions, pass them on, or I'll send you info on how to do it.
Like I said, I'm aware of my limitations.
SJT: "No, Jan. Like I have said before, I’m aware of my limitations"
The evidence is that you are not aware of your limitations you have been most vocal in you pretence that you understand it despite the fact that neither you nor the person you are defending have ever done any work in heat management and control nor have any knowledge of or experience in systems identification. Smith doesn't even correctly identify system in his own model and tries to shoehorn parameters from a different (potential divider) model into an equilibrium model and gets wrong results.
No, Jan. Like I have said before, I'm aware of my limitations. Other people don't appear to be.