Monthly Archives: August 2011

Greenhouse effects of water and clouds

In the previous post “Water World” a model was proposed  whereby a water covered planet can self regulate its temperature while solar radiation increases by a third. The parameters of this model assumed that the net climate feedback of the … Continue reading

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Water World

    Abstract: A model is described for an Earth like planet “Water World”  with a surface 100%  covered in water able to self-regulate it’s temperature as incident solar radiation increases by a third. The model assumes that convective clouds increase while … Continue reading

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Oceans, Clouds and Climate

The Earth’s atmosphere, its climate, weather and lifeforms are all dominated by the presence of liquid water. The first oceans formed at least 4 billion years ago[1] which is “only” some 500 million years after the Earth itself. That means … Continue reading

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