Saluki
2006-Apr-11, 04:13 PM
I noticed an error on their website at this address:
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=34067
The error is in the following sentence:
Incident sunlight is trapped by the atmosphere and cannot radiate out into space with a resulting boost to the surface temperature by over 475 K (202 °C).
When they say that the surface temp is "boosted", they are referring to a change in temperature, not an actual temperature reading. Therefore, the change in Kelvin should be equal to the change in Celcius since both scales use the same increments.
I have contacted them at their standard contact email, but if anyone here has an inside line, it might be worth letting them know.
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=34067
The error is in the following sentence:
Incident sunlight is trapped by the atmosphere and cannot radiate out into space with a resulting boost to the surface temperature by over 475 K (202 °C).
When they say that the surface temp is "boosted", they are referring to a change in temperature, not an actual temperature reading. Therefore, the change in Kelvin should be equal to the change in Celcius since both scales use the same increments.
I have contacted them at their standard contact email, but if anyone here has an inside line, it might be worth letting them know.