Understanding Correlation between Temperature & CO2

[Howlin]

What equation do the scientists use to get the correlation between CO2 and Temperature to find the relationship, is it the correlation equation or do they use a different maths equation?
and if they don't use the correlation equation could it be used to get the same result?

 

[Borek]

Your question - without context - doesn't make sense. Please elaborate.

 

[Howlin]

climate scientists have released graphs that shows that when CO2 increases, temperature also increses and i want to know what formula (if any) do they use to to show that
I was doing correlation questions and i want to know if the correlation equation qould be suitable to find out the correlation number
do i need to explain myself better?

 

[pete20r2]

It would be a thermo dynamics equation.
At the base of it is the way that energy can pass through CO2 as certain colours of light while other colours (infra-red aka heat) are partially reflected. The equation would most likely involve the specific heat of the world (overall), the energy allowed into the atmosphere with different percentages of CO2 and the energy allowed to escape our atmosphere with different percentages of CO2.
The equation itself is most likely very complicated.

 

[JaredJames]

climate scientists have released graphs that shows that when CO2 increases, temperature also increses and i want to know what formula (if any) do they use to to show that

Measure the amount of CO2 and the temperature, plot it. The equation would be that of the line on the graph.

It's a bit basic, but it would do the job.

With that, knowing either value would allow you to work out the other one. E.g. you know the CO2 value, you can get the temperature from it.

Or have I completely missed the point?

As far as I'm aware, there isn't some magic equation which gives you the level of CO2 at any time and the temperature. You have to measure them and work from there.

 

[pete20r2]

Do you have a link to such a graph by the way?
JaredJames (JJ?) is right, just by viewing the graph you could make an equation, but knowing the fundamental factors of the equation would be far more complex.

 

[Howlin]

ok thanks
im thinking out loud
if you do a scatter plot of CO2 on the x-axis and temperature on the y-axis and get a range of values for c02 and the corresponding temperature, it should be a "close" fit line and if you use the correlation equation to find r, the answe should be in the .80's or .90's

Am i wrong in my thinking?