In the short run. See my link above. The short run means that water vapor (and clouds) reflect more or less short wave and capture more or less long wave energy. Those changes can result in planetary changes in temperature ("global average temperature") of 0.1C in just a week. Meanwhile the theory says that CO2 might add 0.1C in a decade or more provided there are no negative feedbacks. So while H2O is more responsible it also fluctuates and gets capped by natural processes like rain.
Those changes can result in planetary changes in temperature (”global average temperature”) of 0.1C in just a week. Meanwhile the theory says that CO2 might add 0.1C in a decade or more provided there are no negative feedbacks. So while H2O is more responsible it also fluctuates and gets capped by natural processes like rain.<<
H2O causes changes that are clear within one week. CO2 may cause a fluctuation equally that is visible within one decade or 520 weeks. One is roughly 520 times more responsible as a warming cause. Or if you like rounding 500 times more or 50,000% more responsibly than CO2.
I looked at the absorption spectra diagrams in the link. They really made it clear that given the MASSIVE difference in H2O representation in the atmosphere, heat and not temperature is the key, and water is KING.
That is the key to the nonsense science of climatology.
DK