Violation of
the radiative exchange equilibrium law.
It will be convenient here to define the term
radiative exchange equilibrium between two specified regions of space (or bodies) as meaning that for the two regions (or bodies) A and B, the rate of flow of radiation emitted by A and absorbed by B is equal to the rate of flow the other way, regardless of other forms of transport that may be occurring.
Radiative exchange equilibrium?
Not exact matches
I didn't know that data since 1850 as summarized is essentially useless for estimating climate sensitivity given that the Earth's
radiative heat
exchange is not in
equilibrium over that period.
For those who want to check out the physics, read up the statistical thermodynamics which leads to Kirchhoff; s law of radiation and realise that «Prevost
exchange energy» is needed to connect the IR density of states in the two objects in
radiative equilibrium and maintain absorptivity = emissivity.
Kirchhoff showed this
radiative exchange must be equal under the restrictive condition of thermal
equilibrium.
Radiative equilibrium implies that temperatures have reached
equilibrium via
exchange of radiation only.