Dave, for some reason when you start a new thread your message appears in my spam folder.
I am not sure what you are asking, but the Earth supposedly generates some heat too. I am not sure how much of this heat contributes to the global temperature. Harry On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 1:00 PM, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com> wrote: > A thought occurred to me this morning concerning the temperature > measurements and output power calculations from the latest HotCat testing. > What if the same general type of effect is working in the CAT test that is > revealed by the Earth and the greenhouse gas process? > > We assume that the Earth is pretty much in equilibrium where the power > arriving from the sun is matching the power being radiated from our > planet. The reason that we are not frozen at this time is because the > radiation spectrum is modified by the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere > which make our temperature a lot warmer than would be expected for a black > body in open space. > > Perhaps something can be learned from this comparison and that is why I > open it to discussion amount this group of knowlegible and diverse folks. > > One might initially ask if the calibration technique used during the > testing of the HotCat would correct for the potential problems. Why would > a calibration of the heat emitted within the IR region not hold to a > reasonable degree at higher temperatures? Could the change in the shape of > the spectrum result in a large error? > > Have mercy on the messenger. > > Dave >
