Originally posted by suricat:
Geoman.
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Thanks SOM
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some is 'captured' by a greenhouse gas and then some of that is thrown back at the earth so adds to the energy from the sun
I also share your madness Geo. This is why I complain often about micro math (quantum stuff) and its often inverse function in comparison with macro math (classical stuff). There
is no amplification, only attenuation!
The confusion lays in the different energy levels between the two wavelengths of insolation and OLR (outgoing long-wave radiation). In this analysis, high frequency (short wavelength) = high energy transmission, however, low frequency (long wavelength) = low energy transmission.
The absorption of Earth's atmosphere in the full EM (electromagnetic) spectrum displays the properties of a high pass filter. In other words, insolation gets to the surface quite easily (with the exclusion of UVa frequencies and above), though is attenuated where there is cloud and particulates, but IR is blocked after only a few metres of attenuation below the mid troposphere. Thus, energy is quite easily introduced to regions below the mid tropo, but after being degraded to longer wavelengths below this region is strongly attenuated by the local mass (atmosphere).
To my logic, this is nothing more than attenuation biasing. Hope my madness helps.
Best regards, suricat.
