Global warming in the light of an analytic model of the earth's atmosphere

H. Dehnen

University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

Abstract: Within a simplified atmospheric model the greenhouse effect is treated by analytic methods starting from physical first principles. The influence of solar radiation, absorption cross-sections of the greenhouse molecules, and convection on the earth's temperature is shown and discussed explicitly by mathematical formulae in contrast to the climate simulations. The analytic results are applied on the present atmospheric situation.

Keywords: global warming, greenhouse gases, modeling of atmospheric processes, numerical simulation.

UDC: 504.54

Received: 15.12.2010

Language: English