Tag Archives: Radiative forcing

Okay, Roger, an acknowledgement

Posted on October 24, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

I wrote, yesterday, a rather snarky – and insulting – post about what I thought was an embarrassing blunder by Roger Pielke Sr in his recent WUWT post. Roger responded with the following tweet Misinterpretation by @wottsupwiththat See http://t.co/fADmzTu23T and … Continue reading →

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Watt is up with Roger Pielke Sr

Posted on October 23, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

I wasn’t going to write another post today but I’ve just come across a new Watts Up With That (WUWT) post by Roger Pielke Sr. The title of the post is Radiative Forcing, Radiative Feedbacks and Radiative Imbalance – The … Continue reading →

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An acknowledgement, but not really a correction

Posted on October 20, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

A few days ago I wrote a post (what matters is the radiative imbalance) in which I claimed that a post by David Stockwell was wrong. David made a few comments on my post, claiming that I had made a … Continue reading →

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What matters is the radiative imbalance

Posted on October 16, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

I started this blog because I was getting frustrated by how often I saw scientific claims being made, with regards to global warming, that were just simply wrong. I was following, and partially involved with, a brief exchange between Joanne … Continue reading →

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Watt about the Cloud Radiative Effect?

Posted on October 4, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

Watts Up With That (WUWT) has a new post by Willis Eschenbach called the Cloud Radiative Effect (CRE). The CRE refers to the influence that clouds have on the Earth’s albedo. Clouds act to reflect incoming radiation and hence have … Continue reading →

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Watt about wondering Willis Eschenbach?

Posted on September 22, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

Firstly, credit to Sou at HotWhopper for the wondering part of the title. It seems too apt to not use it. It appears that either Willis Eschenbach is back from his tour of Great Britain or he’s had a moment … Continue reading →

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Watt about the CFCs?

Posted on May 31, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

Watts Up With That (WUWT) has a new post about a new study suggesting that global warming is caused by CFCs not carbon dioxide. It refers to a paper by Q.-B. Lu with the title Cosmic-ray-driven reaction and greenhouse effect … Continue reading →

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Is Otto et al. (2013) just simply wrong?

Posted on May 26, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

Addendum – 27 May 2013 Just in case you don’t get as far as the comments, the answer, unsurprisingly, to the question I pose in the title is No. I did not properly understand what one of the terms in … Continue reading →

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Nic Lewis on Climate Sensitivity

Posted on May 25, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

Nic Lewis has another post on Watts Up With That (WUWT) called Updated climate sensitivity estimates using aerosol-adjusted forcings and various ocean heat uptake estimates. Basically he tries various different changes in radiative forcing and ocean heat uptake rates to … Continue reading →

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Watt about the effectiveness of carbon dioxide?

Posted on May 9, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

There is a recent post on Watts Up With That (WUWT) about the the effectiveness of CO2 as a greenhouse gas. It makes the following statement According to well understood physical parameters, the effectiveness of CO2 as a greenhouse gas … Continue reading →

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