Radiation theory refers to the scientific understanding and study of radiation. It involves studying how radiation is produced, how it travels or propagates, and how it interacts with various objects or substances. Radiation includes forms like light, sound, heat, or even radio waves. By analyzing
radiation theory, scientists can gain insights into its properties and applications in various fields such as medicine, technology, and environmental studies.
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As I understand it, soon after Max Planck developed black -
body radiation theory, there was an Einstein - Planck formula relating the temperature of radiation to frequency.
The comparison of solar activity change over the past century (0.19 %) and United States temperature change (in K)(0.21 %) assumes that readers are sufficiently ignorant of basic
blackbody radiation theory to think that the similarity of the numbers supports their thesis, rather than being convincing evidence against their thesis.
Why claim that it has fundamentally changed the the general concept of the inappropriately - named «greenhouse» theory when it — if true — has overturned generally
accepted radiation theory?
Anyone who didn't believe that it was a necessary consequence of Kirchhoff would be writing the equations in the maths section above (which come from well -
proven radiation theory) and realizing that it is impossible for AA = ED.
When you set aside
the radiation theory, as Trenberth has done, and talk about specific mechanisms that are described in terms of temperatures then you will have entered the realm where you can take seriously the limited processes that make up the Earth.
Most of the attendants did not see
the radiation theory as their core competence and were careful in formulating their reaction, but in general my feeling was that the theory was considered to be promising.