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By Theo|May 15th, 2012|0 Comments

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  • Fireworks concept presented at ICCC7 and ICCC10
  • The chapters summarised
  • 1. The Fireworks Theory for greenhouse gases
  • 2. The Fireworks atmospheric simulation
  • 3. The Fireworks simulation: Layer determination
  • 4. The Fireworks simulation: Climate sensitivity
  • 5. The Fireworks balance sheet: Climate sensitivity of CO2, including clouds
  • 6. Convection and the thermohaline circulation
  • 7. Convection: the cooling feed back of CO2
  • 8. CO2 does not – directly – heat up the atmosphere
  • 9. The standard greenhouse theory reconsidered
  • 10. Analysing the Hadley Cell
  • 11. Analysing The (Missing?) Tropical Hot Spot
  • Elevator Pitch
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