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To: nealm who wrote (152712)	6/12/2001 11:54:48 PM
From: Bill Jackson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

nealm, The thermal capacity of thin upper atmosphere layers is nothing compared to the mass of the ocennas. Most radiations transits the gasses of the air and hits the ground and turns into longer wave stuff that heats the air etc. Density of air is about 60 pounds per thousand cubic feet. water is 60 pounds per cubic foot, and has a higher specific heat. the average depth of the air if compressed to 15 psia and made equal over the earth would be about 10,000 feet deep, or about as much thermal capacity as 5 feet of water because water has lots of hydrogen and springy bonds to wiggle around and accept heat. The depth of the sea averages 20,000 feet or on the order of 4000 times the heat capacity of the air above the earth. Then there is the solid earth. All these are heting. Bill