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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (39977)	5/23/2013 1:36:44 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) of 86356

"First those winds are horizontal." "The global atmospheric circulation is characterized by air slowly rising in the tropics into the upper atmosphere and sinking at higher latitudes. " Rising... going vertical; sinking... going unvertical "Also at 10 miles, 16 KM 90% of the CO2 in the atmosphere is shielding, or blocking or reflecting the long wave radiation so it ends up in space, not back on the earth." Long wave radiation comes from earth, it is absorbed by CO2, and then radiated in both directions. That's the greenhouse effect. Here's another finding; as the lower atmosphere warms, it is compressing and cooling the upper atmosphere. climatecentral.org

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