progressiveslol wrote on Mar 11
th, 2013 at 12:25am:
MOTR wrote on Mar 11
th, 2013 at 12:22am:
Well on a cool cloudy day there is actually more back radiation.
I am talking atmosphere, not surface temps. I like to give the official answer if you dont mind.
Effect on Surface Temperature
The natural greenhouse effect raises the Earth’s surface temperature to about 15 degrees Celsius on average—more than 30 degrees warmer than it would be if it didn’t have an atmosphere. The amount of heat radiated from the atmosphere to the surface (sometimes called “back radiation”) is equivalent to 100 percent of the incoming solar energy. The Earth’s surface responds to the “extra” (on top of direct solar heating) energy by raising its temperature.
Just an addition to complete what I was taliking about:
If the
surface responds to the “extra” (on top of direct solar heating) energy by raising its temperature. Then it goes without saying, that the oceans are going to respond similarly to the atmosphere. You say there is no trend change for the ocean temps from less than a human hair penetration from the atmospheric temps, but the surface has responded by being flat.
You are not making sense, progs. Try explaining it another way.
Just so we can be clear “back-radiation” is the the radiation emitted by the atmosphere which is incident on the earth’s surface. It is also more correctly known as downward longwave radiation – or DLR. The argument is that greater concentrations of GHGs increases DLR, which warms the top of the cool skin layer of the ocean. A reduction in the temperature gradient of the cool skin layer of the ocean (that is the temperature difference between the top and bottom of the layer) reduces the heat flowing out of the ocean, allowing more heat to accumulate in our oceans.
I don't get what you mean by, "You say there is no trend change for the ocean temps from less than a human hair penetration from the atmospheric temps."
Can you try and say this another way. I certainly believe there is a trend change in ocean temps, even in the range from 0-700m.