tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post675414358946033331..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: EliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-62800398035192854072007-06-14T10:12:00.000-04:002007-06-14T10:12:00.000-04:00Let the climate experts show you how to measure te...Let the <A HREF="http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=1710" REL="nofollow">climate experts</A> show you how to measure temperature.<BR/><BR/>Note in particular the black sawhorse legs close to where the temperatures are being taken.<BR/><BR/>Also note the direct relevance (??) of what is (purportedly) shown in the Watts experiment to temperatures taken at weather stations (ie, within Stevenson screens)<BR/><BR/>Here's <A HREF="http://www.norcalblogs.com/watts/2007/05/bad_paint_job_rising_surface_t.html" REL="nofollow">some more expert experimentation</A>.<BR/><BR/>Note Watts' use of an IR thermometer.<BR/><BR/>As any fool knows, <A HREF="http://www.temperatures.com/etrail4.html" REL="nofollow">IR thermometers</A> <I>always</I> give accurate temperature measurements (with no correction needed -- isn't that great?), <I>especially</I> for materials that are semi-transparent in the waveband of the Radiation Thermometer being used -- and gives precisely the same temperature for materials with different emissivity, to boot. (Not)<BR/><BR/>"Be certain you know the infrared spectral transmissivity of the material you plan to measure and try to select, if possible, a measuring waveband in a region where the material is opaque."<BR/><BR/>Latex paint is transparent to IR. No problem there. No indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-56661024860940113072007-06-14T09:48:00.000-04:002007-06-14T09:48:00.000-04:00Nice find.Mus musculus anonymouseNice find.<BR/><BR/>Mus musculus anonymouseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com