<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The authors show that the mean global temperature - and, therefore, climate - is determined mainly by the reflected portion of the total heat received from the Sun. The heat reflected directly by infra-red radiation is insufficient for maintenance of the temperature necessary for the Earth life, since it is limited by absorption windows created by green-house gases (mainly water molecules). The deficient heat is transported by a strong vertical convective air stream - a component of the total air circulation. This heat - limited only by Newton's law - is delivered to the upper troposphere layers not containing water molecules, from where it is dissipated, practically unlimitedly, at the infra-red radiation wavelengths corresponding to cooled media. The convection, in compliance with Newton's law, creates a negative feedback, which stabilizes the processes of temperature changes on the Earth reducing them by half.</p></abstract>

The authors show that the mean global temperature - and, therefore, climate - is determined mainly by the reflected portion of the total heat received from the Sun. The heat reflected directly by infra-red radiation is insufficient for maintenance of the temperature necessary for the Earth life, since it is limited by absorption windows created by green-house gases (mainly water molecules). The deficient heat is transported by a strong vertical convective air stream - a component of the total air circulation. This heat - limited only by Newton's law - is delivered to the upper troposphere layers not containing water molecules, from where it is dissipated, practically unlimitedly, at the infra-red radiation wavelengths corresponding to cooled media. The convection, in compliance with Newton's law, creates a negative feedback, which stabilizes the processes of temperature changes on the Earth reducing them by half.

Climate as a Result of the Earth Heat Reflection

The Institute of Power Engineering, Riga Technical University, 1 Kronvalda Blvd., Riga LV-1010, LATVIA

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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The authors show that the mean global temperature - and, therefore, climate - is determined mainly by the reflected portion of the total heat received from the...

Climate as a Result of the Earth Heat Reflection

Published Online: May 18, 2009

Page range: 29 - 40

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10047-009-0007-0

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