[ancient_geezer]

Apparently there's a little problem with the proper units to use in the Stefan-Boltzmann equation, and the reviewers didn't notice it.

Interesting, I have no problem demonstrating similar relationships using absolute temperatures and appropriate temperature values for the Newtonian cooling example, within the range of current arctic/tropical saltwater temps with ambient temperature set at the current global surface average.

http://home.earthlink.net/~a_geezer/Climate/Fig1Kelvin.gif

 

I would say for demonstration purposes, the distinction is without significance, being only a matter of scaling and setting up the conditions to demonstrate the principle.

[AFPhys]

LOL...

I had a strong suspicion that cogitator's civilians who were criticizing the example were a bit less reliable than the researchers and reviewers. When I looked at the data and graph, I didn't see anything wrong with them at first blush.

Thanks for your quick refutation.