tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456970430923597281.post7194967884909809964..comments2024-03-28T09:40:46.354-07:00Comments on The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage: The Ocean and the Ill-Defined "Climate"Harry Dale Huffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03210275295826050501noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456970430923597281.post-10784632323246441402015-05-10T12:19:06.542-07:002015-05-10T12:19:06.542-07:00To readers:
You can forget the first sentence abo...To readers:<br /><br />You can forget the first sentence above, about the direction of energy flow; I only wrote that because "tallbloke" stressed that, as being from ocean to atmosphere. The direction of energy flow is irrelevant, because the atmosphere is warmed to its governing equilibrium state--the vertical temperature gradient of the Standard Atmosphere, which is precisely confirmed by the Venus/Earth comparison--by direct absorption of incident solar radiation, not by heat from the surface (the latter is responsible for winds and weather--i.e., local and transient variations, not global--only).Harry Dale Huffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03210275295826050501noreply@blogger.com