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What influences the amount of solar energy absorbed at the earths surface?
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There are many factors associated with the absorption of solar energy based primarily on the wavelength or nature of the solar energy under consideration. For example, neutrinos are mostly not absorbed at all. "Albedo" is used to express how much incident radiation from the Sun is reflected or absorbed, and the albedo changes for different wavelengths of light (electromagnetic radiation); it is a specific term of "reflectivity." In turn, albedo is determined by the cloud cover, terrestrial terrain, composition of the atmosphere etc. Longwave (red-shift) radiation absorption may be very different than UV (shortwave), and some wavelenghts may "bounce" completely, and very little of the incident radiation may be absorbed on the Earth's surface.
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Which change would cause a decrease in the amount of insolation absorbed at Earths surface?
hmm. maybe you should pay attentin in school(:
What is the way the suns energy is absorbed by the earths surface and warms the earth?
the answer is conduction
Is all the radiation absorbed in the earths atmosphere absorbed in the stratosphere?
true
What is Water that falls to earths surface from the atmosphere as rain snow sleet or hail?
Water from precipitation that stays on the surface, such as in lakes or streams is "surface water." Water which is absorbed into the ground (and stored in aquifers) is "ground water."
Is all radiation absorbed in the earths atmosphere is absorbed in what atmosphere?
Not all the radiation is absorbed in the earth's atmosphere called the troposphere.
When the suns rays strike the earths surface energy is absorbed or reflected?
absorbed
Which change would cause a decrease in the amount of insolation absorbed at Earths surface?
hmm. maybe you should pay attentin in school(:
When the Sun's rays strike earths surface energy is what?
Absorbed
What absorbed the most energy that is radiated from earths surface?
the greenhouse
What happens to the energy from the sun that is absorbed. by earths surface?
Energy from the sun that is absorbed by the Earth's surface is reflected back into the atmosphere or absorbed by land and water and transformed into heat.
What is the way the suns energy is absorbed by the earths surface and warms the earth?
the answer is conduction
What is the way the sun's energy is absorbed by the earths surface and warms the earth?
the answer is conduction
What does the amount of energy in the atmosphere depend on?
the amount of energy absorbed by the sun and the amount of energy that escapes the earths atmosphere.
Most of the solar energy reaching planet Earth and its atmosphere is absorbed by what?
earths surface
What percentage of the solar energy the reaches the outer atmosphere is absorbed at the earths surface?
50%
Out of every 100 units of the suns radiation how many units are absorbed by Earths surface?
51
What are eight characteristics on which the amount of energy that is absorbed by earths surface depends?
Color, texture, composition, volume, mass, state of matter, transparency, and specific heat of the material on which the solar radiation falls.
