He models
radiative energy transfer in free space and radiation transfer between atoms from pages 73 to 113.
In this case we need directly empirical data about the atmosphere and we need the theory of
radiative energy transfer in gases, that's all.
Not exact matches
(This just shows that while the stratosphere as a whole may be
in radiative equilibrium, i.e.,
energy transfer is primarily by
radiative means, there are some locations
in the stratosphere where dynamic
energy transport is also significant.)
All what I list
in the above is empirical evidence on the models of
radiative energy transfer.
An option then is to remove clothes if there is no wind (think bikini skiing
in the alps) to maximize
radiative energy transfer.
This bench experiment is used
in Universities around the world to demonstrate that maximum
radiative energy transfer occurs
in a vacuum.
For instance,
radiative transfer models (measuring heat balance) are quite well verified, and accurately predict the rise
in the temperature (and hence
energy) of the atmosphere as the CO2 level increases.
Your hypothesis assumes that increased absorption of
energy in the troposphere will be transmitted to the surface by convection, since
radiative transfer doesn't change if the temperature remains constant, and the
radiative imbalance at the TOA wouldn't change.
Studies have shown that these
radiative transfer models match up with the observed increase
in energy reaching the Earth's surface with very good accuracy (Puckrin 2004).
ii) The real question is whether changes
in radiative characteristics alone can result
in energy being
transferred from the
radiative SDL to the mechanical AAL so as to add to the
energy in that latterLoop and thereby significantly increase the temperature of atmosphere and surface by
in turn increasing the time delay
in the transmission of
energy through the system.
The problem with this particular fantasy kim is that the physics of
radiative transfer mean that increasing the fraction of atmospheric CO2 will cause
energy to accumulate
in the climate system (mainly the global ocean)-- exactly as observed.
However there is no law that says
radiative transfers have to balance,
in fact we know from the law of conservation of
energy that this isn't the case: a solar panel has no
radiative equilibrium because the incoming radiation is converted into heat.
I thought that
in the adiabatic case (
in order to mirror the atmosphere) there is nil
radiative or conductive heat flow.That is the standard atmosphere model where conduction is very small compared with other
energy transfers.
Well, as you can see from this thread, you might be OK with
radiative transfer code, but plenty of others are confused about radiation and the conservation of
energy,
in general.
Terms:
Radiative energy transfer =
energy moving away carried
in the radiation Mass
transfer =
energy moving away carried
in the thermal mass of a material,
in this case, gases.
In the real - world,
energy transfer from the Sun to Earth and Earth to Space is purely
radiative.
The shape of the CO2 band is such that, once saturated near the center over sufficiently small distances, increases
in CO2 don't have much affect on the net
radiative energy transfer from one layer of air to the other so long as CO2 is the only absorbing and emitting agent — but increases
in CO2 will reduce the LW cooling of the surface to space, the net LW cooling from the surface to the air, the net LW cooling of the atmosphere to space (except
in the stratosphere), and
in general, it will tend to reduce the net LW cooling from a warmer to cooler layer when at least one of those layers contains some other absorbing / emitting substance (surface, water vapor, clouds) or is space)
That gravity is responsible for the 33K
in unexplained heating and contrary to the assumptions of the
radiative transfer model, increasing the weight of N2O2
in the atmosphere will increase the surface temperature, as more and more molecules are packed into a smaller volume, resulting
in a net increase
in energy per cubic meter of atmosphere at the surface, which we measure as an increase
in temperature.
Therefore it is only the net
energy flows which need be considered when estimating the
radiative heat
transfers in the diagram.
The reason this warms the surface is most easily understood by starting with a simplified model of a purely
radiative greenhouse effect that ignores
energy transfer in the atmosphere by convection (sensible heat transport) and by the evaporation and condensation of water vapor (latent heat transport).
The fundamental equation of
radiative transfer at the emitting surface of an astronomical body, relating changes
in radiant -
energy flux to changes
in temperature, is the Stefan - Boltzmann equation --
Best estimates of the main
energy components involved
in radiative transfer and
energy flows through the climate system do not satisfy physical constraints for conservation of
energy without adjustments.
The parameter dTa / dFa is a nonsense which can only have a limited use for black bodies
in radiative equilibriums without other
energy transfer modes.
Physical science is highly constrained by what is known about
energy budgets, paleoclimate and
radiative transfer in gases, and alternate hypotheses are hard to come by as the skeptics well know by now after a decade of trying.