[ RadSafe ] Auer on Global Warming

[Hans J Wiegert]

I guess I am showing my age. Thanks to everyone for trying to straighten me
out! How long do you have to cook crow before it is tender enough to eat???

Hans

*Retirement is, when the only day you have to set your alarm clock is
Sunday - so you are not late for church!*


On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 11:42 PM, Bob Cherry <bobcherry at satx.rr.com> wrote:

> For clarification on Celsius vs. centigrade, please see:
> http://tinyurl.com/bwj799x
>
> And yes, as others have noted, the man's name is Kelvin and the SI unit for
> temperature is kelvin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin).
>
> "... the degree Celsius is a special name for the kelvin for use in
> expressing Celsius temperatures and the magnitude of the degree Celsius is
> exactly equal to that of the kelvin ... "
>
> Bob C
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Hans J Wiegert
> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 8:34 PM
> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Auer on Global Warming
>
> Just for "Bleeps and Giggles", there is no such thing as "Centigrade"! The
> correct term is degrees "Celsius". Or in other units it's degrees
> "Fahrenheit" or degrees "Kelvin" or degrees "Rankine" !
>
> Sorry, but I am a stickler for this!
>
>
> Hans
>
> * Retirement is, when the only day you have to set your alarm clock is
> Sunday - so you are not late for church!*
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 8:43 PM, Otto G. Raabe <ograabe at ucdavis.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > August H. "Augie" Auer Jr (10 June 1940 - 10 June 2007) was
> > distinguished scientist and Professor of Atmospheric Science at the
> > University of Wyoming for 22 years.
> > After retirement became the Chief Meteorologist for the Meteorological
> > t Service of New Zealand.
> >
> > As a boy growing up in St. Louis, Missouri, Auer was reportedly
> > fascinated by weather.
> > He studied meteorology at Colorado State University before becoming a
> > Professor at the University of Wyoming.
> > A land use typing method to classify land as urban or rural is used by
> > the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
> >
> > After retirement, Auer moved to New Zealand and became the Chief
> > Meteorologist for the Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited
> > from 1990 to 1998.
> > He also presented the weather forecast on TV News for several years,
> > often preferring to use colloquialisms instead of technical jargon.
> > Auer was frequently quoted in the New Zealand press regarding weather
> > and climate issues.
> >
> > In a May 2007 interview with The Timaru Herald newspaper, Auer stated
> > that a combination of misinterpreted and misguided science, media
> > hype, and political spin had created the current global warming
> > hysteria and it was time to put a stop to it stating, "It is time to
> > attack the myth of global warming."
> >
> > According to Auer: " Water vapor is responsible for 95 per cent of the
> > greenhouse effect, an effect which is vital to keep the world warm.
> > if we didn't have the greenhouse effect the planet would be at minus
> > 18 degrees Centigrade but because we do have the greenhouse effect it
> > is plus 15 degrees Centigrade, all the time.
> > The other greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen dioxide,
> > and various others including CFCs, contributed only five per cent of
> > the effect, carbon dioxide being by far the greatest contributor at
> > 3.6 per cent.
> > However, carbon dioxide from man's activities is only 3.2 per cent of
> > that
> > 3.6 per cent,
> > so it is only 0.12 per cent of the greenhouse gases in total.
> > Human related methane, nitrogen dioxide, and CFC's etc. make similarly
> > minuscule contributions to the effect: 0.06, 0.047, and 0.046 per
> > cent, respectively.
> > It would be like trying to increase the temperature of bath tub full
> > of water using one drop from an eye dropper."
> >
> >
> >
> > **********************************************
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