APRIL 1959 MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW 147 NOTE ON LOWEST ANTARCTIC TEMPERATURE ESTIMATED BY SHLIAKHOV
In the preceding note, Miss Stepanova referred to Shliakhov’s estimate of lowest Antarctic temperature [l] which has been proven too high by subsequent events. It appears that the basic error commit,ted by Shliakhov is in the association of a zero radiation balance with a certain temperature-the the...
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| Summary: | In the preceding note, Miss Stepanova referred to Shliakhov’s estimate of lowest Antarctic temperature [l] which has been proven too high by subsequent events. It appears that the basic error commit,ted by Shliakhov is in the association of a zero radiation balance with a certain temperature-the theoretical minimum. This is not true within the likely range of atmospheric temperatures b’ecause of the mater-vapor absorption spectrum with its “window ” near the maximum of t,he black-body radiation spectrum. As explained in an earlier paper [ 21, although the surface temperature may reach a, state of “quasiradiative equilib~rium ” wherein the back at.mospheric radiation exactly equals the upcoming radiation from the surface, the surface temperature continues to fall for the following reason: All of the back radiation from the |
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