Global Energy Balance Te/KTm/KTsurf/K Venus Earth Mars [Jupiter ]
Simple Greenhouse analogy
Infra-red emission spectrum (over sunny mediterranean)
Atmospheric profile DR Leadley
More on atmospheric profiles
Troposphere and Stratosphere
Tropopause views
Calculated Radiation-Convection temperature profiles
Infra-red emission spectrum (over sunny mediterranean)
Digest of the emission spectrum What matters, for each part of the spectrum, is the temperature at the height above which the atmosphere is transparent. Water (vapour) absorbtion bands: saturated as far as the vapour rises. Eq’m vapour pressure strongly controlled by T, so temperature of vapour emission somewhat buffered. !!Water clouds are much more delicate to assess …… CO2 bands: saturated to Stratosphere. Average T of emission only sensitive at edge of these bands, but these are quite broad. !!This does assume the stratosphere temperature is insensitive. Under query. Atmospheric windows: anything which does scatter IR here will have a strong effect per molecule. CH4, CFC’s act in this way.
More complete radiation balance
Shifted radiation balance
Temperature Selection including albedo
Two thousand year temperature record 2005
The Globe is Warming (IPCC TS2001) “Hockey Stick”
Sea Levels are rising … (IPCC TS2001)
Planetary temperature profiles