[TML] "Dies the Fire"

[shadow at shadowgard.com]

On 12 Dec 2007 at 13:01, Timothy Little wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 12:06:22PM -0800, shadow at shadowgard.com wrote:
> > Nope. You forget that heating depends on both heating from the light 
> > passing thru the air but also heating due to the way the surface 
> > under the air heats up (which is mostly due to albedo)
> 
> True.  If there are large-scale variations in average albedo, that
> would do it.

The ocean/land effects I mentioned before work due to differences in 
heat capacity. Even if they reach the same temp by midday, it takes 
the water a lot longer to heat up and cool down. So the temps are 
different for a while after sunrise and after sunset.

Given the length of the days, this will be a significant effect...


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Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
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