tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post8828265391098619514..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: Eli's Thermo Class Is In SessionEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-36860569888300078782018-10-28T23:10:40.910-04:002018-10-28T23:10:40.910-04:00Sad to see that Nikolov hasn't gotten any smar...Sad to see that Nikolov hasn't gotten any smarter after all these years. When he first burst onto the scene, with his first manuscript with Zeller that appeared on Anthony Watts' blog among others, they had a cute demonstration of how putting convection in "correctly" in the shell model of the radiative greenhouse effect destroyed the effect. And, sure enough, the way they put it in the model did just that because in their model, they were having the Earth and the "atmospheric shell" exchange energy in such a way that they were being driven to the same temperature. In other words, they neglected the all-important fact that the atmosphere is only unstable to convection when the lapse rate is greater than the adiabatic lapse rate. As far as I know, they never acknowledged this elementary error. (At best, they just stopped using it to focus on the spacious curve fitting exercises.)<br /><br />Or maybe he is smarter, but he just knows his intended audience isn't?Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06510687524626136184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-86298165703678160942018-10-21T22:03:11.271-04:002018-10-21T22:03:11.271-04:00@CIP. . .as long as we have Lumo we shall never di...@CIP. . .as long as we have Lumo we shall never dieUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141923572695179691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-52620276749563797292018-10-12T10:42:07.342-04:002018-10-12T10:42:07.342-04:00@Eli - Well do I know the feeling.@Eli - Well do I know the feeling.CapitalistImperialistPighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17523405806602731435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-49019183221302887262018-10-11T18:05:41.012-04:002018-10-11T18:05:41.012-04:00Yep, but at Eli's advanced age abusing bags of...Yep, but at Eli's advanced age abusing bags of wind is the only fun leftEliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-48091961679152410102018-10-09T10:48:19.661-04:002018-10-09T10:48:19.661-04:00Emptying the ocean of stupidity is truly a Sisyphe...Emptying the ocean of stupidity is truly a Sisyphean task, no matter how large one's spoon. Perhaps Eli's analogies will help, but I'm not optimistic, especially since it apparently involves understanding my bank accounts - or Eli's.<br /><br />I thought I had more or less settled the red plate, green plate question by always ordering my enchiladas green, but these blue plates confuse me.<br /><br />I just hope Mr. Nikolic's PhD is not in something like civil engineering of things like bridges that can break and kill me.<br /><br />I guess Ned just doesn't understand that conservation of energy requires that all inputs and outputs be counted.CapitalistImperialistPighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17523405806602731435noreply@blogger.com