Monthly Archives: January 2016

The 2 Good Greenhouse Gas II

Posted on January 17, 2016 by gymnosperm

When show a Carbonist that there is no evidence of CO2 causing significant “global” warming at any scale from deep time to the last 35 years as we did in the last post, they usually look at you funny and say, … Continue reading →

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Quick and Dirty Irradiance to Radiance

Posted on January 6, 2016 by gymnosperm

Couldn’t believe it when it turned into a huge mathematical cluster to convert units of irradiance or spectral irradiance as used in models to radiance as used in measurements. Rather than get into the intricacies of spherical harmonics, figuring steradians, and … Continue reading →

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Quantum Dot

Posted on January 4, 2016 by gymnosperm

Twinkle, twinkle quantum dot, What is true and what is not? Is all Isaac, Albert, and Niels sought, Summarized inside you, dot? Should I believe, or should I not, A computer from your wiles be wrought? Should you shed more light … Continue reading →

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The 2 Good Greenhouse Gas

Posted on January 3, 2016 by gymnosperm

Anyone with a big picture perspective can see that there is no correlation between CO2 and temperature at any scale except the clear dependence of CO2 on temperature in the ice cores; and temperature control of the variation of CO2 … Continue reading →

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Much Ado About Noses II

Posted on January 1, 2016 by gymnosperm

We left off the nose theme with the quandary that the surface temperatures as measured about the height of the human nose in places humans frequent on the planet differs significantly in trend from measurements by satellite of various levels of … Continue reading →

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