Climate “Science” on Trial; The Forensic Files: Exhibit E

Exhibit E: Water Vapor is by far the most significant Green House Gas (GHG)



Talking Points:

  1. Incoming visible radiation has a wavelength between 0.4 and 0.7 microns and is consistent with a black body with a temperature around 5,525 degrees Celsius (the Sun). CO2 is transparent to those wavelengths. (See chart above/below)
  3. CO2’s absorbs between 13 and 18 microns, with a peak near 15 microns. Those wavelengths are consistent with a black body of temperature -80 degrees Celsius. CO2’s signature would be to cause warming in Antarctica, which is a natural control for CO2. There has been no observed warming in Antarctica over the past 50 years.SpectralCalc2
  6. H2O largely absorbs the same IR spectrum as CO2, and is at much higher concentrations in the atmosphere. H2O IR absorption usually makes CO2’s contribution to warming inconsequential. The following 2 charts demonstrate the impact on the lower 1.0 km of the earth’s atmosphere (the layer where all ground measurements are taken) from doubling CO2 from 400 ppm to 800 ppm. The W/M^2 remains UNCHANGED at 407.572.800400
  7. CO2 has changed from 0.0003 to 0.0004 over the past 100 years and absorbs a very very very small % of the outgoing radiation. H2O can change from 0.001 to 0.04 in a day and absorbs a vast majority of the outgoing IR spectrum. Neither H20 or CO2 have ever caused catastrophic warming of the globe, and CO2 has been as high at 7,000 ppm.co2-and-geocraft-graph
  9. Water vapor and temperature are almost indistinguishable in the atmosphere.h2o-and-temperature-cross

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