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suricat (notice the lower case, apols such sensitivity has never been my strong suit).
No problemo! There isn't much comms traffic here anyhow.
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Anyway have you seen this interesting aerosol article . Makes one feel warmer and warmer as it cools.
High five SoM! This brings back memories of ocean liner "smokestack IR tracings".
I've read the article, and most of the comments, now. How come nobody even mentions "global dimming" in conjunction with black carbon?
The 'global dimming' (GD) effect of 'black carbon' (BC) is an important factor for insolation biasing. Not only does BC prevent the landfall of insolation that interacts with Earth's surface, BC also prevents the landfall of insolation that doesn't interact with Earth's surface and would normally just "bounce in and out" through the "atmospheric window".
What is more, BC gets two chances of absorbing this "bounced" energy with both "incoming" and "outgoing" (after "the bounce") radiation. This makes BC one heck of an attractor for adding energy to the atmosphere and surface, whilst at the same time reducing "cloud cover" by way of increased local temp (CC relationship for humidity) it also supplies a CCN that won't facilitate precipitation. Thus, I believe, could be an attractor that increases the altitude of the tropopause (this is speculation on my part).
The "chemist joke" caused a wry smile. "Because you're worth it", or "that'll be the bounce" (based on UK adds)?
"Makes one feel warmer and warmer as it cools"? I presume you refer to ocean heat content!
This would also be a factor of the shorter wavelengths of insolation that would make Earth-fall being attracted to the atmosphere by BC and not being permitted to penetrate to ocean depths.
Astute comment!
Best regards, suricat.