Greenhouse Gas Theory and the Trembling Leaves on a Tree

Sorry to disappoint, but this post is not a poem, or at least not a very good one.   It’s not even about CO2 and photosynthesis by plants.  It is simply an exploration of the most appropriate ...

NOAA’s Description of the Greenhouse Gas Theory

This summer I posted a short essay on greenhouse gases and infrared (IR) spectroscopy.  That post explored the connections between IR spectroscopic techniques and the theory of greenhouse gas (GHG) e...

The Intertropical Convergence and Divergence Zones

The conventional narrative of Hadley-Walker circulation asserts that the atmospheric circulation converges more or less uniformly from mid latitude  winds which are primarily directed eastward, towar...