A physical demonstration of the increase in global surface energy due to increasing PCO2

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Franzen, Stefan Franzen This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3674188/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Although study of the effect of energy-absorbing gases in our atmosphere has a two-hundred year history and an unequivocal explanation based on scientific observation and theory, a significant fraction of the public and even a few scientists doubt the correlation between the increasing the partial pressure of atmospheric carbon dioxide ( PCO 2 ) and the observed increase in terrestrial temperature over the past 120 years. Although the basic science showing that CO 2 would absorb the infrared radiation emitted by the earth produce a surface-warming effect was first calculated by Arrhenius in 1896, the issue was neglected by the scientific community for decades. Today there are ample climate models of the climactic effects arising from the forcing term of increasing PCO 2 . In this paper we follow Arrhenius’ concept, although we use the HITRAN database as the input to prove the connection between earth’s surface temperature and atmospheric absorption of terrestrial radiation. The spectra of CO 2 are enormously complicated, broadened by Fermi Resonance, and intense because of the quantum coupling of the rotation of CO 2 to its bending. The absorption by CO 2 reduces the transmittance of the Earth’s thermal radiation through the atmosphere, which in turn results in heating of the surface. The model does not make any predictions other than that the global temperature will increase as a function of PCO 2 . A rigorous statement of that connection will hopefully foster greater appreciation of the significance of atmospheric chemistry. We hope that the presentation of a simple model will give scientists the impetus to reach out to the public with lucid explanations based on physical principles. Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Supplementary Files SupportingInformationSUBMIT122223.docx Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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