Trenberth 2009 examined satellite measurements of incoming and outgoing radiation for the March 2000 to May 2004 period and found
the planet accumulating energy at a rate of 0.9 ± 0.15 Wm?
Not exact matches
While the
planet's surface didn't warm as fast, vast amounts of heat
energy continued to
accumulate in the oceans and with the switch in the PDO, some of this
energy could now spill back into the atmosphere.
The entire
planet is
accumulating heat due to an
energy imbalance.
Earth's Global
Energy Budget (Trenberth 2009) examines satellite measurements for the Mar 2000 to May 2004 period and finds the planet is accumulating energy at a rate of 0.9 ± 0.1
Energy Budget (Trenberth 2009) examines satellite measurements for the Mar 2000 to May 2004 period and finds the
planet is
accumulating energy at a rate of 0.9 ± 0.1
energy at a rate of 0.9 ± 0.15 W m?
In more meaningful terms, the
planet has been
accumulating energy at a rate of 190,260 GigaWatts.
If the
planet is
accumulating heat, the
energy must go somewhere.
A global
energy imbalance of 0.9 W / m2 means the
planet is
accumulating 145 x 1020 joules per year.
I am certain someone has already computed the
accumulated distance that will be achieved between now and October by Martin Creed's runners in Tate Britain, in terms of circumnavigations of the
planet or trips to the moon, the hours run and the
energy expended.
It did not: the entire
planet is
accumulating heat due to an
energy imbalance.
Thus, as more
energy accumulates in the lower - troposphere averaged over the whole
planet, we would expect the temperatures of the near - surface troposphere to increase.
Studies like this combined with the rather robust ARGO data from the past decade indicate quite nicely why there likely was a tropospheric pause, and the fact that overall the
planet continues to
accumulate energy.
Science: Climate changes in the past suggest that our climate reacts to
energy input and output, such that if the
planet accumulates more heat than it gives off global temperatures will rise.
The
planet accumulates additional
energy, warms and restores the nominal balance of incoming and outgoing
energy.
Increased concentrations of greenhouse gases, such as CO2, reduce the amount of outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) to space; thus,
energy accumulates in the climate system, and the
planet warms.
A natural consequence of science is that over time, as evidence
accumulates and points in a certain direction, is that the experts start agreeing on the most likely explanation (eg that smoking increases the risk of cancer; that GHG emissions will cause a positive
energy imbalance of the
planet which will warm up as a result).
The
accumulated energy has to come from something affecting the radiative balance of the
planet, not just distributional factors.
Meaning that long - term (on the order of multiple decades to a century) the
planet is
accumulating more Solar
energy than it is dissipating.