Rebuttal of Miskolczi’s alternative greenhouse theory
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چکیده
Miskolczi (2007 and 2010) uses complex radiative transfer calculations on 228 measured atmospheric profiles of temperature and greenhouse gases to theorize ‘physical rules’ for the Earth’s energy balance. He deduces a ‘radiative exchange equilibrium law’, stating that on average the downward thermal infrared flux at the Earth’s surface (Ed) and the absorbed infrared radiation within the atmosphere (Aa) are equal. Miskolczi, shows that his law implies that the Earth’s atmosphere should have a constant infrared optical thickness. Therefore, when carbon dioxide concentrations increase, other greenhouse gases should decrease to compensate. He then performs additional radiative calculations to suggest that observations since 1950 show that this is happening.
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