/sci/ - Science & Math

>>3669641
>>3669545

If you want nothing but pure data, this is a very comprehensive list of primary sources:

http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/data-sources/

If you want lists of notable papers on particular aspects of climate change, this is a good source:

http://agwobserver.wordpress.com/

Rebutting the oft-repeated, endlessly multiplying skeptic memes:

http://www.skepticalscience.com

Introductions to atmospheric physics:

http://chriscolose.wordpress.com/
http://scienceofdoom.com/

Also see /rs/ for a two-part compendium of textbooks and scientific papers if you're serious about learning about it, but Christ Colose and Science of Doom are good for that too.

>>3611708

Why is this always asked after a fuckload of evidence and links to articles are posted? Whatever, it's a slow night.

CO2 is a greenhouse gas. This means it absorbs shortwave radiation and re-emits it as longwave radiation in all directions, raising the ambient temperature. This was first discovered by John Tyndall in 1859 and his findings were published 2 years later. Nowadays, any first-year student, using a reasonably-equipped physics lab at a research university, can replicate these kinds of experiments with much greater precision.

Mass spectrometry allows us to know which specific wavelengths of the EM spectrum are absorbed by various greenhouse gases, and we can detect these "bites" taken out of the spectrum by both ground instruments and satellites. So we have more than just laboratory experiments that lets us know about greenhouse gases, but real-world observation. In other words, Arrhenius correctly postulated in 1896 that anthropogenic greenhouse emissions could raise the surface temperature of the Earth.

How do we know these measurements are accurate? If you fire a heat-seeking missile, it generally manages to track and hit hot targets. If the sensor on that missile did not know what infrared wavelengths are absorbed in the atmosphere, they would be useless.

Might as well post this

http://www.mediafire.com/?am4chb1ydli36v1

http://www.mediafire.com/?vsewt7lu0hw85je

>>3143670

y u so mad

If it bothers you so much I won't repost them. All the links are in /rs/

In terms of difficulty level, and less math to more: TTC < Houghton = Pittock < IPCC < Archer < Letcher < Hartmann < Pierrehumbert

>>3122723

Houghton, Global Warming: The Complete Briefing. No math, super comprehensive, written by one of the most knowledgeable guys in the field.
http://www.mediafire.com/?px169hvqe603c4o

Pittock, Climate Change: The Science, Impacts and Solutions. No math, similar to first except shorter.
http://www.mediafire.com/?f9e48o0idwhnyql

Ahrens, Meteorology Today. Your basic first-year undergrad meteorology textbook.
http://www.mediafire.com/?26hacfo80dbyvbo

Archer, Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast. Some optional precalc and high school chem, very concise, written for the non-science major, comes with excellent online supplement.
http://www.mediafire.com/?a31tiy7cfy2sgde
http://geoflop.uchicago.edu/forecast/docs/index.html

Letcher (ed.), Climate Change: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth. Its authors are not associated with IPCC if you want an alternative perspective, very comprehensive, math is optional.
http://www.mediafire.com/?1wozy30z8co00ab

Pierrehumbert, Principles of Planetary Climate. College-/university-level math required, rigorous explanation of atmospheric physics, online supplement, best textbook of its kind.
http://www.mediafire.com/?eenoyepca1pacth
http://geosci.uchicago.edu/~rtp1/PrinciplesPlanetaryClimate/index.html

>>3015318

Houghton, Global Warming: The Complete Briefing. No math, super comprehensive, written by one of the most knowledgeable guys in the field.
http://www.mediafire.com/?px169hvqe603c4o

Pittock, Climate Change: The Science, Impacts and Solutions. No math, similar to first except shorter.
http://www.mediafire.com/?f9e48o0idwhnyql

Ahrens, Meteorology Today. Your basic first-year undergrad meteorology textbook.
http://www.mediafire.com/?26hacfo80dbyvbo

Archer, Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast. Some optional precalc and high school chem, very concise, written for the non-science major, comes with excellent online supplement.
http://www.mediafire.com/?a31tiy7cfy2sgde
http://geoflop.uchicago.edu/forecast/docs/index.html

Letcher (ed.), Climate Change: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth. Its authors are not associated with IPCC if you want an alternative perspective, very comprehensive, math is optional.
http://www.mediafire.com/?1wozy30z8co00ab

>>2453889

Arrhenius frowns upon your shenanigans