Climate Science

Slide 26 of this series. 

 

The phsyics of Water Vapor in absorbing IR is dominant over CO2 to a great degree.  It is more prevalent.  It can absorb more of the spectrum, and it has a larger absorbtion area per moleculte.   The diagram below only shows the spectrum or wavelenght advantate of WV.

 

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NEXT:  The influence of WV on the atmosphere is huge.

 

 

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