Sentences with phrase «affect equilibrium temperature»

That scenario avoids the problem of imbalance inherent in AGW theory, keeps PV = nRT in balance and explains why any extra energy absorbed by GHGs is no longer available to affect equilibrium temperature.

Jim, the bottom line for me is that for the earth to be in radiative thermal equiibrium with the sun, it has not been demonstrated that any change in chemical composition of the earth or atmosphere is able to affect the equilibrium temperature, providing this does not change albedo.

So, on those grounds, more GHGs could not affect equilibrium temperature because they provoke an equal and opposite system response to any effect they might have on the transfer of energy through the planetary system.

The solar heating affects the equilibrium temperature profile of the stratosphere.

Not exact matches

However, there is an additional shortcoming due to the fact that the equilibrium temperature is also affected by the ratio of the Earth's geometrical cross-section to its surface area as well as how much is reflected, the planetary albedo (A).

All else equal, if CO2 goes up, it affects that balance, and temperature increases until a new equilibrium is reached (which takes a long time as the ocean is a big heat sink).

In the case of removing all greenhouse agents, there is no temperature profile feedback to the surface temperature change, because after all greenhouse agents are removed, the vertical temperature profile, while it will respond to the change, will not affect the equilibrium surface temperature.

(PS a skin temperature can be lower than the brightness temperature of the OLR because a very thin layer at the top of the atmosphere will absorb a tiny fraction of OLR, thus barely affecting OLR, but must in equilibrium emit that same amount of energy both upwards and downwards; if it were as warm as the brightness temperature of the OLR then it would emit twice what it absorbs and thus cool.

The skin layer planet is optically very thin, so it doesn't affect the OLR significantly, but (absent direct solar heating) the little bit of the radiant flux (approximatly equal to the OLR) from below that it absorbs must be (at equilibrium) balanced by emission, which will be both downward and upward, so the flux emitted in either direction is only half of what was absorbed from below; via Kirchhoff's Law, the temperature must be smaller than the brightness temperature of the OLR (for a grey gas, Tskin ^ 4 ~ = (Te ^ 4) / 2, where Te is the effective radiating temperature for the planet, equal to the brightness temperature of the OLR — *** HOWEVER, see below ***).

re inline comment on 24, What I noted was that the ocean skin equilibrium referenced in RC 5 Sept 06 could be influenced by variations in ocean currents and the cryosphere to affect atmospheric temperature on the scale of decades.

Aaron Lewis @ 24 — «What I noted was that the ocean skin equilibrium referenced in RC 5 Sept 06 could be influenced by variations in ocean currents and the cryosphere to affect atmospheric temperature on the scale of decades»

The only things that can change that resultant point of temperature equilibrium are changes in solar radiance coming in or changes in overall atmospheric density which affect the radiant energy going out.

The only things that can change that resultant point of temperature equilibrium significantly are changes in solar radiance coming in and changes in overall atmospheric density (a function of mass and pressure) which affect the radiant energy going out or a change in the speed of the water cycle which, because of the unique characteristics of the phase changes of water altering the speed of energy flow through the system is capable of exerting a powerful regulatory effect.

The things that I say can affect the long term equilibrium are things that affect the rate of cloud formation, as that is the main control on excess temperature.

willb, further, heat plus radiation is net from the ocean, but what CO2 affects is the downward IR, which offsets part of that net, and results in a higher equilibrium ocean temperature.

For these conditions, when radiation - rate - equilibrium is reached for the «two - shell system» (i.e., when the rate of energy being radiated outward by the outer shell equals the rate of energy being generated in the wall of the inner shell, I believe the presence of body «A» will affect the temperature of the external surface of the inner shell.

Given that the blackbody equilibrium temperature of earth as seen from space is a function of solar irradiance arriving and earth albedo and not much of anything else apart from factors that change those two, anyone claiming earth's temperature isn't affected by solar output better have a pretty good theory and data to support that.

There was — according to ice cores — a dynamic equilibrium in atmospheric CO2, only affected by temperature variations.

This may produce «pauses» in the temperature record, but does not appreciably affect the long - term equilibrium temperature of the climate system

ii) Changes in the air alone can not affect the global equilibrium temperature because of oceanic dominance that always seeks to maintain sea surface and surface air equilibrium whatever the air tries to do.