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Heat radiating from the sun causes the water in the oceans to evaporate. This water vapor accumulates in the atmosphere creating more clouds. The clouds form sort of a blanket that reflects heat away from the earth's surface.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoIt is called the greenhouse gas effect. It is not the clouds that reflect the heat to the Earth, but the ozone layer. The ozone, lets light and heat into our atmosphere, but does not let the heat escape (much like a greenhouse).
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∙ 13y agoClouds are formed by the dust particles and they have the capacity of reflection.
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∙ 12y agoFor one thing, their absence will increase the amount of 'Incident Sunlight' striking Our Earth's surface.
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They conduct heat from the Earth surface
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Why are cloudy days cooler but cloudy nights warmer than the clear ones?
During a clear night, as heat absorbed by the earth during the day seeps out, the atmosphere allows the heat to pass through. During a cloudy night, however, the clouds catch and retain the heat in the atmosphere.Clouds trap heat being reflected from the earthThe heat radiation lost from the earth gets reflected by the clouds back to the earth, warming it. Whereas on a clear night it just escapes into space.
Why is there frost on the cars on mornings when the day is going to be warm but not on days its going to stay cold?
One scenario is this: If there are no clouds in the sky the night will generally be more chilly since clouds tends to reduce the heat emission from the earth. Likewise, in the daytime the absence of clouds let's the sun heat up the earth and make the day relatively warmer.
Many clouds reflect on a lot of sun light because they have an high?
Clouds have high albedos.
How do clouds increase or decrease global warming since they trap heat but they also reflect heat?
Clouds do reflect incoming sunlight back into space, as well as retain heat in the lower atmosphere. High clouds tend to have more of a warming effect because it is easier for solar radiation to pass through them, and also because the temperature at which they emit infrared radiation (heat) back to space is much less due to their cold temperature. Conversely, low clouds tend to be optically thick and reflect more solar radiation back to space, causing more of a cooling effect. They also emit more infrared radiation upward because they're emitting at a warmer temperature lower in the atmosphere, further adding to their cooling effect. However, scientists are not yet certain whether the net effect globally is cooling or warming.
Does the earth release heat back into the atmosphere at night?
It does not, the night side of the planet loses (radiates) heat away into space. However, cloud cover and the presence of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reflect some of this lost heat back to the planet surface, they act a s a blanket.
When does the earth receive less heat from the sun?
when earth absorbs the heat coming from the sunthere is too much moisture in the air3.when the clouds reflect the heat back to the space
What happens when clouds reflect heat back to the earth?
Some of it is reflected back into space.reflected heat does not warm the earth.we feel cooler
How do clouds help heat the earth?
Clouds don't really heat the Earth. Some clouds keep the Earth from losing heat. Heat is moved in different ways. One way is radiation. The Sun warms the Earth with radiated heat. But, the Earth also radiates heat. Clouds absorb some of the heat the Earth radiates and radiate it back to the Earth. If there are no clouds present all of the heat the Earth radiates go out into space and is lost.
What are two ways in which clouds affect Earth's climate?
The pattern of precipitation and low altitude clouds, which are thick and reflect more sunlight
How do clouds reflect heat to earth?
Cloud cover prevents IR radiation and light from escaping to space, preventing cooling by radiation.
Do high or low clouds heat the earth?
Clouds do not heat the earth though they can reduce heat radiating to space.
What effect do clouds have on weather?
Clouds are part of the weather process. The driving factor is not the clouds but the heat from the Sun. This said however, clouds are reflective and when these is a dense cloud cover less solar radiation hits the planets surface. They also tend to act like a blanket and reflect back any heat that the Earth is radiating.
What are two ways that clouds protect the earth?
They reflect light as well as heat. They also contain water which will become rain, wetting the land enabling life.
Do clouds slow the rate at which the Earth loses heat?
Clouds in our atmosphere has many functions which includes slowing the rate of heat loss. Regarding the question at hand, clouds slow down the rate of heat loss by absorbing heat emitted from the surface and re-radiating it back down to the surface. Cloud's basic role in climatology is to modulate Earth's basic radiation balance and to produce precipitation.
What helps heat to be trapped on the earth's surface?
the clouds
Sunlight passes through but does not heat the earth watercloudsor air?
it does not heat the clouds
What reflects heat back into space and traps heat near Earth?
Clouds and the atmosphere.
