- 11 Oct 2023 02:15
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No, that's where you go wrong. The new air has the same CO2 content, and usually very similar water vapor content. So moving it around has no effect on its IR absorption.
No, because we already know that convection moves heat upward whether there is any CO2 in it or not.
Pants-of-dog wrote:So the absorption rate (and the effects thereof) of an isolated part of this does not matter, since the heat, CO2, water vapour, et cetera is being moved around and new air can come in and absorb more.
No, that's where you go wrong. The new air has the same CO2 content, and usually very similar water vapor content. So moving it around has no effect on its IR absorption.
Instead, we should be looking at the total heat balance of this entire layer of air.
No, because we already know that convection moves heat upward whether there is any CO2 in it or not.