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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread
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To: Win Smith who wrote (26728)12/11/2009 1:40:52 PM
From: Alastair McIntosh2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 36917
 
I only skimmed the Tisdale site. I was just looking for a graph showing ocean heat content.

I wasn't thinking about various atmospheric forcings. My only point was that if the net forcing accepted by the IPCC is correct (1.6 W/m2?) the increase in heat energy of the planet is also known as 1 W = 1 joule/sec. There can be no lag. Of course, there can be a lag in air temperature increase depending on the rate of heat transfer between the ocean and the atmosphere.

If the DSCOVR satellite would provide a good measurement of the net radiation absorbed or lost by the earth I can't imagine why it wouldn't be launched. The expense seems to be trivial as it would pretty well settle the question of global warming.
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