in case of green house gases like carbon di oxide is it possible to measure the exact amount of heat trapped by a certain amount of CO2 in a confined space and be able to tell the temperature rise?
Hi! The green house gases don't absorb heat at all wavelengths. The major contributor i.e. Carbon dioxide absorbs heat (infrared radiation) in narrow bands near 1.4,1.9, 2, 2.3, 4.3 & 15 micrometers wavelengths. You can search for 'absorption spectra of Atmosphere.' I have gone through a paper (http://jvarekamp.web.wesleyan.edu/CO2/FP-1.pdf) that details about measurement of Transmittance of near-infrared radiations through a chamber filled with various ratios of a mixture of Carbon dioxide & Nitrogen.