Earth's balanced climates in view of their energy budgets
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Abstract Earth’s well-known energy budget scheme is subjected to variations representing changes of insolation and atmospheric absorption. The Charney Report variability cases of doubled atmospheric CO2 concentration and insolation increase by 2 % are found reproducible. The planetary emissivity is revealed linear to surface temperature, conformant with measurements. Atmospheric water vapor with its characteristic concentration-temperature dependency appears as a major component in Earth’s energy balancing mechanisms. From this, shift towards fewer and stronger rainfall events is prescribed for rising temperatures.
1994 ◽
Vol 99
(C3)
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pp. 5219
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1998 ◽
Vol 103
(D18)
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pp. 23173-23180
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2002 ◽
Vol 40
(6)
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pp. 1211-1219
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