Tag Archives: radiation

Temperature not a backradiation function

Can looking at some temperature graphs from actual thermomenters tell us anything of interest about what makes the monthly average change? Can it point to, or away from, “backradiation”? Continue reading

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CO2 does not Black Body Radiation make

CO2 does not do “black body” radiation and the general assumption that it does radiate IR in that way is simply wrong. It would rather heat up than radiate, so drives convection rather than “back radiation”. So much for “settled science”. Continue reading

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Tropopause Rules

Why the Tropopause matters and what it has to say about CO2 and heat radiation. Continue reading

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Where the Uranium Is

Some maps of natural exposure to radiation in the USA Continue reading

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