[smart (OP)]

I define radiative forcing as the management of solar radiation and heat production
by altering cloud composition in-situ.



What do you think?

[Atomic-S]

Radiation reaching the surface heats it, which in turn contributes to convection, which moves air upward. If that air is moist, it will tend to form clouds when it reaches the lower pressures of the higher altitudes. Radiation absorbed in the atmosphere itself heats it directly, which encourages it to rise while at the same time requiring it to rise further than it otherwise would have to form condensation. The precise details of how this all works out requires more meteorological knowledge than I currently have.

[Bored chemist]

I define radiative forcing as the management of solar radiation and heat production
by altering cloud composition in-situ.

Really?
Why would you do that, rather than using a sensible definition?

[smart (OP)]

I define radiative forcing as the management of solar radiation and heat production
by altering cloud composition in-situ.

Really?
Why would you do that, rather than using a sensible definition?

Whatever the definition I may use, your judgement appears unbalanced. Perhaps I suspect I should have mentioned that radiative forcing can be performed by injecting aerosols in the troposphere:

[Bored chemist]

I define radiative forcing as the management of solar radiation and heat production
by altering cloud composition in-situ.

Really?
Why would you do that, rather than using a sensible definition?

Whatever the definition I may use, your judgement appears unbalanced. Perhaps I suspect I should have mentioned that radiative forcing can be performed by injecting aerosols in the troposphere:

You decided to randomly change the definition of a well understood technical term for no reason.
Then you tell me I'm unbalanced.

Do you see any potential problems there?

[smart (OP)]

You decided to randomly change the definition of a well understood technical term for no reason.

Randomly? Let me assure you that aerosol radiative forcing is not well understood.