Subject: Re : Planetary temperature
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 15:23:26 -0800
To:       RichardLindzen <rlindzen@mit.edu>
From:     Bob Armstrong <bob@cosy.com>

 Dear Dr Lindzen ,

 This follows up the inquiry I sent back on Feb 19 asking
 for some link to the equations determining the temperature
 of radiantly heated spheres .  

 I see there are indications that  Mars  is growing warmer
 in concert with Earth , which , of course , is necessarily
 true if it is the sun's radiance and the distance from it
 which is the sole determinant of a planet's mean
 temperature .

 To state my question in another form , what is the
 " null hypothesis "  mean temperature of a planet ?  This
 should be a rather simple equation which I figure I could
 work out myself , but I would much rather be directed to
 standard literature . 

 I would expect it to be clear in such an equation how the
 spectral reflectivity or other parameters relating to
 insulative properties of the planet changes its asymptotic
 temperature , if they do .

 I really would appreciate a response to this question 
 because you appear to be one of the few objective and
 analytic enough to provide a meaningful answer .

Thanks again ,

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>From: Bob Armstrong <bob@cosy.com>
>Subject: How can ants change the temperature of their sphere ?
>Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:56:41 -0800
>To: RichardLindzen <rlindzen@mit.edu>
>
>Dear Dr Lindzen ,
>
>I just read your note on =A0http://lomberg.org =A0in reply to
>the apparently sadly bias Scientific American article
>following links from Victor Niederhoffer's Libertarian
>Junto here in NYC .
>
>I've addressed this note to you because you are just up
>the road in Boston , and Lomberg has no email address
>on his site .
>
>Frankly , I fail to understand how any change in albedo
>or insulative properties can change the mean temperature
>of a radiantly heated sphere -- at all .
>Only direct creation of heat can change its equilibrium
>with its surroundings .
>
>It should be simple to point out how I am misunderstanding
>what I find now is called "the 0th law of thermodynamics"
>if I am .
>
>I would appreciate any links to enlightenment on this
>subject .
>
>The link to my own thoughts on this , is :
>=A0C:\CoSy\views\warm.htm .
>
>Thank you for your insights ,
>
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