Never mind. The paper says the temperature of the ice was -45C which was also well below the air temperature of -20C. All directions are colder from a radiative standpoint, so that explains it. Sorry, to drag you into my confusion.
Harry On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Harry Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Alexander Hollins > <alexander.holl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Because up is colder. > > Then only the the tops of their shoulders and the tops of their head > should be colder. > > > Harry > > >> >> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Harry Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> So why is the surface preferentially emitting radiation in the up >>> direction? >>> >>> As an aside, I would like to remark that it is possible to invent >>> models which work according to the laws of physics which predict the >>> measured behaviour of a given system. However, upon reflection and >>> further study the model may posses characteristics which do not >>> actually correspond to the system being study.
