What is it about?
The controlling factor in determining the Earth's average temperature is the ratio of its absorptivity to emissivity. Relatively modest changes in that ratio brought about by changes in cloudiness are sufficient to account for the observed 20th century variations in temperature. The small CO2 composition of the atmosphere is irrelevant.
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Why is it important?
The paper contradicts the IPCC paradigm.
Perspectives
This perspective was later proved to be correct by Svensmark's observations correlating cloudiness with temperature as cloudiness was influenced by cosmic ray activity as modulated by solar activity.
Dr. Martin Hertzberg
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This page is a summary of: Earth's Radiative Equilibrium in the Solar Irradiance, Energy & Environment, January 2009, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1260/095830509787689295.
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