Can you give me a link to a site with the mathematical function[s] describing the greenhouse gas effect?

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In other words I am looking for the math function[s] that quantifies the effect of changes in greenhouse gas concentrations on heat retained.  Some kind of integral I am guessing since each time some of the heat is reflected off the earth's surface some of the energy is temporarily captured by the gas, then some of it is emitted back toward the earth, where some is reflected again, and so on until the energy approaches a limit of zero. You would need to add those instances up, and so it sounds like an integral function to me.  But I am thinking that someone else has already worked this out. 

If I have the wrong paradigm please feel free to let me know. But if you just want to claim that there is no global warming, I suggest you save the band width and try to fool someone else.

Jeff M · Accepted Answer

You can probably find it on this site somewhere

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html

or on this free online textbook

http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/contents.html

or in one of these videos

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmospheric-and-planetary-sciences/

though I don't know which.

edit: here are ore articles and texts  found online

http://geoflop.uchicago.edu/forecast/docs/archer.ch4.greenhouse_gases.pdf

and here are some more equations

http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~showman/greenhouse.html

d/dx+d/dy+d/dz · Answer

There are multiple paths to describe the greenhouse gas effect ranging from a simple empirical models to a detailed radiative transport model.  The simple models try to capture the underlying complexity in a small number of adjustable parameters meant to represent the net effect of a large number of underlying parameters.  An analogy would be the P&L statement of a major corporation like GE.  You can model the profit by looking at every sale and expense or you can focus on summary data.  In this analogy the simple models are summary data and the serious scientists like Hansen look at every sale and expense.  The spectral database used in the serious models is HITRAN.  
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/HITRAN/

? · Answer

thought is a perception contained in one in each and every of those electro-chemical reactions which grant the philosopher the sensation of existence and actuality. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! purely a thought............ :)

Dana1981 · Answer

I discussed how you convert changes in CO2 concentration to changes in surface temperature in the link below, if that helps.

Koshka · Answer

I wont let you know if you have the wrong paradigm, if you are able to use these you should know =)

http://ecee.colorado.edu/~bart/book/book/chapter1/ch1_4.htm

http://www.spectralcalc.com/info/about.php

http://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/AtmosphericSciences.html

A Guy · Answer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiative_forcing#IPCC_usage
may help, and says "3K for doubling of CO2"

? · Answer

CO2 is like a blanket. No foolin :).

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Can you give me a link to a site with the mathematical function[s] describing the greenhouse gas effect?

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