Published November 29, 2024 | Version v3
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Letter: Errors in Lightfoot & Ratzer (2024), Reliable Physics Demand Revision of the IPCC Global Warming Potentials

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Abstract:  Lightfoot & Ratzer (2024) purports to deduce Global Warming Potentials of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from their heat content. That is a fundamental error, because the heat content of GHGs is irrelevant to the radiative processes which cause warming. I recommended retraction of the paper.

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  • Lightfoot, H. D., & Ratzer, G. (2024). Reliable Physics Demand Revision of the IPCC Global Warming Potentials. Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences, 20, 54–58. doi:10.29169/1927-5129.2024.20.05
  • World Meteorological Organization (WMO) (2023). State of the global climate 2022. WMO-No. 1316, Geneva, Switzerland. https://library.wmo.int/records/item/66214-state-of-the-global-climate-2022
  • Kiehl, J. T., and K. E. Trenberth (1997). Earth's Annual Global Mean Energy Budget. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 78, 197–208. doi:10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<0197:EAGMEB>2.0.CO;2