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ra·di·ance also ra·di·an·cy n. 1. The quality or state of being radiant. 2. Physics The radiant energy emitted per unit time in a specified direction by a unit area of an emitting surface. Any reason why it couldn't be applied to the surface of the sun? Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Thomson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 12:08 AM Subject: RE: [Vo]: Re:[VO]: Fw:{Bob Parks...Feb.2 > Hi Michel, > > Thank you for your advice, but save your ignorance for someone else. "Black > hole" is a "physics term," too, but it is the wrong term for discussing the > Sun's output. Do a Google search for -"solar irradiance" "earth radiance"- > to see how real physicists use the terms. > > Dave > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Michel Jullian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 4:38 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Vo]: Re:[VO]: Fw:{Bob Parks...Feb.2 >> >> > It's irradiance, not radiance. >> >> Radiance is a physics term David, don't apologize you couldn't possibly >> know. >> >> Michel >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "David Thomson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 11:14 PM >> Subject: RE: [Vo]: Re:[VO]: Fw:{Bob Parks...Feb.2 >> >> >> > Hi Robin, >> > >> >> An increase in Solar radiance may very well be partially to blame, >> > >> > It's irradiance, not radiance. >> > >> >> however I fail to see what that has to do with sun spots. Furthermore >> sun >> >> spots follow an approximately 11-12 year cycle, and I don't see global >> >> warming doing the same. >> > >> > You would have to look further than a single 11 year cycle. Sunspots >> ceased >> > to exist for about 100 years around the 1500s. The intensity of the >> cycles >> > have been increasing in the last 50 years or so. Similarly, global >> warming >> > has been taking place for the past 10,000 years, although the alarmists >> are >> > particularly concerned about the past 150 years, not the past 11 years. >> > >> > Dave >> > >
