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Present CO2 radiative forcing is about 2W/m^2. This seems far too high. If a 1m^2 column of air stretching from the earth’s surface through the atmosphere, how long would it take 2W to heat this by 1 degree C.
Heat capacity of air is 1j/g /C.
Weight of air = 760mmHg by 1 sq meter. So the air would weigh 10 tonnes, or 10000000 grams, therefor it would take 10000000j to raise 10000000g of air by 1 degree C.
2W x 5000000 = 10000000 joules
so it would take 5 million seconds for 2 watts of energy to increase the temperature of this 10 tonnes of air by 1 degree C. 5 million seconds is nearly two months, but if the IPCC average is 1 degree C rise every 33 years, what happens to all the heat over the remaining 32 years and 10 months.
According to this, 99% of CO2 raditive forcing is NOT used in raising the temperature of the atmosphere. Perhaps its absorbed by the oceans, but I didn’t realise 99% of it was. Am I wrong. Hhave I placed a decimal point in the wrong place?
Heat capacity of air is 1j/g /C.
Weight of air = 760mmHg by 1 sq meter. So the air would weigh 10 tonnes, or 10000000 grams, therefor it would take 10000000j to raise 10000000g of air by 1 degree C.
2W x 5000000 = 10000000 joules
so it would take 5 million seconds for 2 watts of energy to increase the temperature of this 10 tonnes of air by 1 degree C. 5 million seconds is nearly two months, but if the IPCC average is 1 degree C rise every 33 years, what happens to all the heat over the remaining 32 years and 10 months.
According to this, 99% of CO2 raditive forcing is NOT used in raising the temperature of the atmosphere. Perhaps its absorbed by the oceans, but I didn’t realise 99% of it was. Am I wrong. Hhave I placed a decimal point in the wrong place?