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How radiation from the sun penetrates the atmosphere by heating the air?
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Solar radiation penetrates most of the atmosphere and is mostly absorbed by earth's surface. The surface then radiates energy of a different wavelength (in the thermal infrared part of the spectrum, which we perceive as heat) back to the atmosphere, heating the lower atmosphere.
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What is most of heating in the troposphere comes from the movement of air called?
it is called radiation
How is the earths energy tansferred between the earths surface and the atmosphere?
Heat transfer within the atmosphere occurs via all three modes of heat transfer:Conduction - as the air contacts existing heat sources. These might be surfaces that have been heated previously viaabsorptionof solar radiation or from chemical reactions Convection - as warm air mixes with cold air as air currents move the air around and as buoyancy effects cause warm air to rise and cooler air to sink. Radiation - much of the air is composed of heat absorbing molecules such as water vapor. Solar radiation is absorbed by these molecules, causing them to warm up.
What are global winds affected by?
Global winds are *e*ffected by differences in air pressure caused by uneven solar heating of the atmosphere.
Why is the air troposphere unstable most of the time?
Because it is being heated from below, and warm air likes to rise. Solar radiation generally does not heat the atmosphere, but heats the earth's surface, which then radiates thermal energy (heat) back into the atmosphere. Since this warm air rises, there tends to be constant vertical motion in the lower atmosphere, which is the essence of instability.
What are some ways people can effect earths energy budget?
This is straight from the book: 1.Solar radiation hits Earth and it's atmosphere 2.Earth loses energy by reflection of sunlight from its surface and from clouds, dust, and air molecules in the atmosphere 3.Earth's surface, clouds, and atmosphere lose infrared radiation(heat) to space 4.Greenhouse gasses, such as carbon dioxide, let sunlight in but keep infrared radiation from escaping to space
Once heat from the Sun penetrates the Earth's atmosphere the heat is circulated as warm air rises and cold air sinks. What is this process called?
RADIATION
Can uneven heating of air in earth's atmosphere cause convection to occur?
yes
What is the main method of heat transfer in your atmosphere?
it receives it from the sun in forms of electromagnetic waves / or radiation
What causes the air in earths atmosphere to move?
The heating of the air goes up while heating and when it gets to the top and goes to the bottom it cools
What is most of heating in the troposphere comes from the movement of air called?
it is called radiation
How do the three types of heat transfer work together to heat the atmosphere?
Three types of heat transfer all work together to heat the troposphere by heating the solid with air and radiation which comes from the sun
Does uneven heating of air in earth's atmosphere can cause convection to occur?
yes
What is the energy that heats earth's atmosphere?
1. Most of the short wave energy produced by the sun passes easily through the atmosphere and heats the surface of the earth. 2. The earth's surface then returns long- wave energy into the atmosphere. but this energy cannot easily pass out through the gases of the atmosphere. So some heat is retained in the atmosphere. 3. this is sometimes called the greenhouse effect because the glass of a greenhouse, like the atmosphere allows solar energy to pass through it and traps some of the energy inside.
Does Air high in the atmosphere that pluges downard tends to cool?
no, it warms by compression heating.
What protects the earth from meteoroid and Sun's radiation?
The atmosphere protects us. It is a blanket of air.
The atmosphere and clouds directly absorb about20 percent of the solar radiation that strikes earth How does the sun indirectly warm the atmosphere?
Earth's land and sea absorb solar radiation, then reradiate it to the air
How does the sun effect the wind presher?
The sun affects the wind and air pressure when it heats up the atmosphere. As heating occurs by radiation of the sun, This encourages the activity of air molecules to increase which in return reduces the density of air. In return, the amount of density drives air pressure levels up or down depending on the level of density.
