[geeks] I really don't get it ...

[Dave McGuire]

On Tuesday, October 22, 2002, at 04:09 PM, Mike Hebel wrote:
> With the H2O thing I don't have enough data to judge what an increase 
> in
> the atmospheric moisture would do over time. IANAC (I Am Not A
> Climatologist - or whatever the proper term is.)  but I look at a 
> larger
> amount of moisture as a slightly denser atmosphere, thus affecting
> sunlight, thermal retention, and other unknowns.

   I'm not an atmospheric scientist either, but look at what we DO know 
about the atmospheric H2O system: it's self-balancing.  When the 
moisture density gets above a certain point, it condenses and forms 
rain (or snow, hail, whatever)...Increasing the amount of atmospheric 
moisture will simply increase the amount of precipitation, in those 
areas where the "new" moisture moves to and settles.

   The increased precipitation in some areas may cause other problems, 
though, of course.

       -Dave

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