tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post3661483872977804758..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: One Paper and Another - Clouds and MethaneEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-36008757642078657232013-06-29T13:42:45.490-04:002013-06-29T13:42:45.490-04:00Stay tuned to watch wannabe stratoengineers and Do...Stay tuned to watch wannabe stratoengineers and Dow flacks line up on Fox to propose spiking the polar vortex with photocatalysts to make the world safe for methusaleh gasesTHE CLIMATE WARShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578106673226403151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-79358224329446298142013-06-29T06:29:53.220-04:002013-06-29T06:29:53.220-04:00Another possible spanner in the aerosol--clouds sy...Another possible spanner in the aerosol--clouds system is the effect of <a href="http://www.biogeosciences.net/10/1893/2013/bg-10-1893-2013.pdf" rel="nofollow">ocean acidification on DMS production</a>.<br /><br /><i>Cymraeg llygoden</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-56089315751182784622013-06-28T12:34:32.228-04:002013-06-28T12:34:32.228-04:00On your question about bolts ons, ask Steve Easter...On your question about bolts ons, ask Steve Easterbrook.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-9350933915379646692013-06-28T12:33:26.308-04:002013-06-28T12:33:26.308-04:00a) Eli's friend is working on this at the mome...a) Eli's friend is working on this at the moment (Eli will take some credit)<br /><br />b) All in all, since the methane atmospheric lifetime is built into observations it will only shift the proportion of oxidation among different mechanisms in the models. And yes, it can be a bolt on. <br /><br />However, it may have a significant effect going forward based on aerosol scenarios. You might get a change of a year or so one way or another depending on the number of forests cleared, mountains blown up etc. but that is just a wild guess.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-46138618685797280692013-06-28T12:24:22.047-04:002013-06-28T12:24:22.047-04:00and "this oxidation pathway—which is currentl...and "this oxidation pathway—which is currently included in only one of the 12 major global climate models—will have a significant impact ...."<br /><br />Any idea if that's 'significant at the five percent level' or significant as in oh wow?<br /><br />Has anyone written up the process by which a new item gets worked into a climate model, for the general reader?<br /><br />I'd imagine it doesn't just bolt on.Hank Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521410755553979665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-35740135783774663072013-06-28T12:21:46.113-04:002013-06-28T12:21:46.113-04:00Because cesium's work function is so low, the ...Because cesium's work function is so low, the photoionization of surface atoms of the not-so-rare element on plagioclase and orthoclase may figure disproportionately in nucleation processes.THE CLIMATE WARShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578106673226403151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-51184380021273901932013-06-28T02:22:40.437-04:002013-06-28T02:22:40.437-04:00yes. Google sahara, aerosols and hurricanes or br...yes. Google sahara, aerosols and hurricanes or brazil aerosols and sahara for a startEliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-72236802095088231162013-06-27T14:13:16.872-04:002013-06-27T14:13:16.872-04:00So, does this suggest that enhanced erosion from m...So, does this suggest that enhanced erosion from more extreme weather events, and more desertification, will have a feedback on clouds? <br /><br />Lots of variation in what's called "feldspar" -- widely found and used<br />http://www.ima-europe.eu/about-industrial-minerals/industrial-minerals-ima-europe/feldspar<br /><br />Human contribution not much:<br /><br />Medical Geochemistry 2013, pp 127-148<br />Dust, Metals and Metalloids in the Environment: From Air to Hair<br />http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-007-4372-4_8#page-2<br /><br />Hank Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521410755553979665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-43776251967156764342013-06-27T13:44:09.998-04:002013-06-27T13:44:09.998-04:00And along with sodium and potassium , feldspar dus...And along with sodium and potassium , feldspar dust particles are inevitably studded with zillions of rubidium and cesium atoms as well--- Thanx Eli- one begins to understand that it isn't ll physics !THE CLIMATE WARShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578106673226403151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-10526649081889112242013-06-27T00:06:36.532-04:002013-06-27T00:06:36.532-04:00Nothing easier to ionize than alkalai atoms.Nothing easier to ionize than alkalai atoms.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-36747898688245239432013-06-26T23:55:29.772-04:002013-06-26T23:55:29.772-04:00Odd thing about Cziczo et al is that they find fe...Odd thing about Cziczo et al is that they find feldspar dust more efficient in nucleation than silica or clayTHE CLIMATE WARShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578106673226403151noreply@blogger.com