Thanks Chet, that is a huge help. As someone whose background is in medicine I am at a bit of a disadvantage when debating physics with a doctorate in quantum chemistry. Its always so odd hearing an extremely well educated man defending the topic Which Can Not Be Named. At least he isn't a...
Thanks ultra, since this shows a nice smooth average decline I get the impression that this exclusively speaks to attenuation/absorption of incoming solar radiation. I am wondering if when we add the radiation reflected/emitted from the ground and the IR emitted from the surrounding excited gas...
Chet, if I understand flux correctly it is a measure of photons present in a cross section at a given time. If it is a surface then of course the photons are coming form one side. My question pertains to a circle suspended parallel to the surface. In this case I am viewing flux as a total...
Can anyone speak on the spectrum of sunlight reaching the upper atmosphere and the surface ? Specifically I interested in finding out if there are any IR wavelengths disproportionally represented when compared to the original source.
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Does anyone know of any papers describing the interaction between radiation and gas. Specifically I am trying to find out is the relationship between PPM and the flux of the radiation. At what point do the two intersect to give a measurable response and does the interaction increase linearly...
A friend is a quantum chemist. He is in agreement that climate change is bad (he feels the primary problems with CO2 is ocean acidification).
Anyway he states there is no credible research showing that atmospheric CO2 re-emits radiation to the planet. His belief is that the intersection of IR...