The thought experiment only
considers energy radiation.
Not exact matches
Astronomers long
considered two other main candidates in addition to synchrotron
radiation: black - body
radiation, which results from the emission of heat from an object, and inverse Compton
radiation, which results when an accelerated particle transfers
energy to a photon.
Of course this is a global average but in principle I see no reason not to
consider that some large percentage of the
energy warming the tropical Pacific will be from «back
radiation» (for which CO2 will be partly responsible) and thus not «direct from the sun.»
Too simple Doc, you need to determine the S - B equivalent
energy per put forced by the candle and the fluorescent lighting while
considering the downwelling longwave
radiation mean of the bathroom atmosphere and the rate of
energy transfer to the tub bottom before proposing that internal harmonics might impact
energy transfer in the put put boat manifold leading to erratic propulsion.
There is little need to
consider other than the troposphere, just knowing that it acquires thermal
energy from the stratosphere and from absorption of downwelling and upwelling
radiation.
The surface and the atmosphere exchange
energy by convection and
radiation (conduction is so small it need not be
considered).
It might help you if you had a few concepds in mind too when
considering this subject, like «space» is the big
energy «sink» with old sol (and the internal heat generating processes (including nuclear) of the earth) as sources... any mechanism that results in a delay of
energy leaving earth, such as a «bounce - back» or a re-rad of
energy (like back
radiation) certainly is going to increase the «
energy flux» in the system, and this in any way you want to frame the argument translates to a «higher»
energy state, and a higher so - called temperature» (movement in matter, velocity of air molecules or oscillations in certain «resonant molecules) as well.
(2) Just saying the words «lapse rate» and «ideal gas equation» doesn't get you around having to explain how one could conserve
energy if one
considers the current surface temperature of the earth and imagines that one had an atmosphere transparent to IR
radiation from the earth's surface.
Anyone who supports Trenberth's diagram and
considers that the back
radiation theory is correct should be asked to explain why we are not utilising this fanastic
energy source.
Considering that Trenberth and Kiehl in their
energy balance diagrams use the term «greenhouse gases» instead of the proper term «atmosphere» as the causative agent for their 324Watts / m ^ 2 «back
radiation»; this can not be
considered valid science.
It might be useful to
consider other sources of
energy into the earth - system than the obvious
radiation one, the electromagnetic route (EM).