HypocrisyOverheard the other day: "I've told you before - stop swearing in front of the kids, for fuck's sake." Your tales of double standards please.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 19 Feb 2009, 12:21)
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Well,the difference is actually that the percentage of water vapour in the atmosphere is nearer to 5% whereas CO2 is nearer to 0.01%. Therefore the absorption bands of H2O are almost completely saturated whereas the fringe bands of the CO2 have yet to be.
(, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 0:00, 1 reply)
Well, that andcorrect me if I'm wrong, but I believe water vapour absorbs over a much larger portion of the infrared spectrum. (The large band between about 2 and 20 microns is thought to be more or less one big continuum, which is a lot wider than the adjacent CO2 band around 15 microns.)
(, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 10:23, closed)
Yeah I think that's correct,it's been too long since I studied all that *gets a book out*
(, Sat 21 Feb 2009, 9:13, closed)
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