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(Rorsch et al. (2005)). [Richard S Courtney] 2-7 A 3:50 3:50 Replace “second” with “third” because the statement in the draft is incorrect when the Water vapours role will be more clearly effect of water vapour is ignored as is the convention in this Chapter except for Section described in intro and put into context 3.2.8.

that it states that the radiative component of the greenhouse effect is the totality of the greenhouse effect and, for example, denies the existence of the convective and evapourative components of the greenhouse effect. [Richard S Courtney] 1-80 A 40:51 40:51 Replace the phrase, “the natural greenhouse effect” with “the natural radiative component Rejected for the reasons stated in the of the greenhouse effect” because the statement in the draft Answer is factually incorrect response to comment (1-76).

Rorsch A, Thoenes D The arguments made in Rorsch et al are and Courtney RS, (E&E v10 no2 (2005)). not accepted as they are inconsistent Confidential, Do Not Cite, Quote or Distribute TS: Batch AB (09/12/06) Page Page 15 of of 163

[Richard Courtney (Reviewer’s comment ID #: 49-61)] TS-186 A 7:39 7:39 For clarity, consider adding "atmospheric" before "CO2 on terrestrial …" Agreed [Melinda Marquis (Reviewer’s comment ID #: 162-105)] TS-187 A 7:39 7:44 This paragraph uderstates current knowledge.

International Journal of Climatology, vol. 23, 829-845 (2003)) [Richard S Courtney] 1-29 A 10:17 10:17 For accuracy and completeness, after “continues to grow.” it is important to add: Rejected because it isn’t accurate.

Indeed, the continued failure during the “last 6 years” to obtain a model with validation and predictive ability provides reason for reduced confidence in climate science. [Richard Courtney (Reviewer’s comment ID #: 49-39)] TS-36 A 3:7 Insert "by" after the second "as"?

[Richard S Courtney] 1-3 A 2:23 2:23 Replace “today’s comprehensive models of the climate system” with “today’s models of Accepted. the climate system” because no comprehensive model of the climate system has been developed to date (e.g.

It is an important and significant advance if the IPCC is - at last - starting to consider climate mechanisms that are more significant to climate change than radiative forcing. [Richard S Courtney] 2-25 A 8:41 8:41 To avoid being completely misleading and to be factually correct, at the start of Section Agree to some rewording.

Rorsch A, Thoenes D and Courtney RS, (E&E v10 no2 (2005)).

(It borders on deception to call opinion of unknown values “expert judgement about the state of that knowledge”.) [Richard Courtney (Reviewer’s comment ID #: 49-42)] TS-52 A 4:8 4:9 Reverse order of clauses in sentence to make it clearer.