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How much of the Sun's radiant energy is reflected by clouds or scattered by the atmosphere?
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27%
Ashlee Farrell
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When light is reflected from the surface it is?
It is reflected and sent back into the atmosphere. Sometimes it is absorbed by clouds.
What is the primary reason why the albedo of the Earth is roughly 30 percent?
albedo
Is the sky opaque?
No. The atmosphere is transparent, which is why you can see the stars and moon at night. During the day the light from the stars is drowned out by scattered light from the sun. Clouds in the sky are translucent.
What percentage of the suns radiation is reflected by the clouds?
5%
What are clouds that are very high in the atmosphere?
they are called flationexary clouds
What happens to solar energy when it reaches the earth is it absorbed reflected or scattered?
All three.Incoming solar radiation: 100%Reflected or scattered by the atmosphere: 6% : Absorbed by the atmosphere: 16%Continuing incoming solar radiation: 78%Reflected by clouds: 20% : Absorbed by clouds: 3%Continuing incoming solar radiation: 55%Reflected by the earth's surface: 4% : Absorbed by the earth's surface (lands and oceans): 51%
In what form is radiant energy reflected back into space?
Energy is re-radiated by the Earth as infrared (thermal) radiation.
What happens to the infrared rays that the hot earth radiates?
They're ... radiated. Outward. Some of them get absorbed by stuff (trees, buildings, clouds, the atmosphere itself), some of them get reflected by stuff (trees, buildings, clouds, the atmosphere itself), some of them get scattered by stuff (you know the drill), some of them make it out of the atmosphere.
When light is reflected from the surface it is?
It is reflected and sent back into the atmosphere. Sometimes it is absorbed by clouds.
Is Neptune's atmosphere blue and no clouds?
Neptune's atmosphere is blue but it has some clouds. They are like white streaks and are scattered all over the planet Neptune.
Why is the sky red when the moon is out?
If you are referring to what occurs at sunset, the light must travel through more of the atmosphere than at daytime. As it travels through more atmosphere, the light is subjected to more and more gas molecules in the air. The result is that more and more blue light is scattered out of the beam of light that eventually reaches your eyes. So Blue is "scattered out" and the part of light that is left over is red, orange and yellow. When the blue has been scattered out, even the clouds which scatter all colors, look reddish. The only color the clouds can reflect, is the color that shines on it. If blue is scattered out, only red will be reflected and scattered off of the clouds and in to your eyes.
What percentage od the incoming is reflected by clouds dust and gases in the atmosphere?
25%
How much solar energy is reflected by the atmosphere and earth's surface?
About 6% of incoming solar radiation is reflected back into space from the atmosphere and 4% by the surface of the earth.Incoming solar radiation: 100%Reflected by the atmosphere: 6% : Absorbed by the atmosphere: 16%Continuing incoming solar radiation: 78%Reflected by clouds: 20% : Absorbed by clouds: 3%Continuing incoming solar radiation: 55%Reflected by the earth's surface: 4% : Absorbed by the earth's surface (lands and oceans): 51%
How is 34 percent of the energy from the sun reflected off the troposphere?
About 26% of incoming solar radiation is reflected back into space from the clouds and atmosphere. Another 16% is absorbed by the atmosphere.Incoming solar radiation: 100%Reflected by the atmosphere: 6% : Absorbed by the atmosphere: 16%Continuing incoming solar radiation: 78%Reflected by clouds: 20% : Absorbed by clouds: 3%Continuing incoming solar radiation: 55%Reflected by the earth's surface: 4% : Absorbed by the earth's surface (lands and oceans): 51%
Solar radiation that is not reflected is absorbed by what?
Solar radiation that is not reflected is absorbed by clouds, the atmosphere and the surface of the earth.Incoming solar radiation: 100%Reflected by the atmosphere: 6% : Absorbed by the atmosphere: 16%Continuing incoming solar radiation: 78%Reflected by clouds: 20% : Absorbed by clouds: 3%Continuing incoming solar radiation: 55%Reflected by the earth's surface: 4% : Absorbed by the earth's surface (lands and oceans): 51%Source: (NASA)
What is the difference between direct radiation and deffuse radiation?
*Difuse* radiation is light that reaches the surface after being reflected and scattered by clouds or other particles in the sky. Direct is that light which has not been reflected.
What percentage of the solar energy that reaches the outer atmosphere is absorbed at the earths atmosphere?
what you want to know: about 50% is absorbed by Earth's surface other stuff: 30% is reflected by earths surface 20% is absorbed by ozone, clouds, and atmospheric gases and 25% is scattered and reflected by clouds and air where i got the info from Hold Science & Technology Weather and Climate Hold, Rinehart and Winston A Hardcourt Education Company Orlando- Austin- New York- San Diego- Toronto- London
