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It looks like Fabian decided to close TES Forums four days early.

RIP TES Forums.

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“Intellect is invisible to the man who has none”
Arthur Schopenhauer

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."
Albert Einstein

Another question if I may. Is there another heat source for the Earth other than the Sun?

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Potato chip enthusiast.

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With friends like Guido, you will not have enemies for long.

“Intellect is invisible to the man who has none”
Arthur Schopenhauer

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."
Albert Einstein

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With friends like Guido, you will not have enemies for long.

“Intellect is invisible to the man who has none”
Arthur Schopenhauer

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."
Albert Einstein

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TANG SOO!

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With friends like Guido, you will not have enemies for long.

“Intellect is invisible to the man who has none”
Arthur Schopenhauer

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."
Albert Einstein

Gnomes. They're called Gnomes, Wayne.


So TES has gone belly-up eh?

It's the Mole Men! I saw them in a Superman episode when I was kid!

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“Those Who Have the Privilege to Know Have the Duty to Act”…Albert Einstein

I have some questions about this Global Energy Budget. Every measurement is in Watts per square meter. 341 of shortwave radiation comes in. 102 of the shortwave is reflected back out. 239 IR going out. All outgoing adds up to 341. What comes in goes out. That makes sense. Here’s where things get a little muddy in my mind. 161 Wm^2 absorbed by the surface. But the surface releases almost twice the (356) watts per square meter of IR.

How is that possible? 356 Wm^2 is above the measured amount of shortwave radiation coming in from the Sun hence my last question in the post proceeding. "Is there another source of heat other than the Sun?"

Another question. Almost 100 percent of that release is back radiated 333 Wm^2.

How is it possible that according to this study the atmosphere (CO2?) is back radiating almost 100 percent of IR?

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More questions. Does this study treat the Earth as a flat disk? Where is the night half in this study? Does this study take into consideration radiation hitting the equator is different than at 50 degrees north latitude? Angle of radiation is crucial as the season demonstrate. Is there any relation between heat transfer between the daylight and night time?

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