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What is the balance between incoming and outgoing energy called?
The balance between incoming and outgoing energy is called radiation balance.
What three words make up insolation?
Incoming Solar Radiation
What term is used to describe incoming solar radiation?
25% is absorbed by clouds.25% is reflected by clouds.45% is absorbed by the earth's surface.5% is reflected by the earth's surface.So 50% reaches the surface of the earth (But 5% of that is reflected).
What is the fate of incoming solar radiation?
Incoming solar radiation is either absorbed by the Earth's surface, reflected back into space, or absorbed by the atmosphere and clouds. This solar energy is crucial for driving the Earth's climate and weather patterns through processes like evaporation, photosynthesis, and the creation of winds.
What percent of incoming radiation from the Sun is absorbed by Earth's surface?
Approximately 51% of incoming solar radiation is absorbed by Earth's surface. The rest is reflected back into space or absorbed by the atmosphere.
Another word for Incoming Solar Radiation?
incoming solar radiation = insolation
What is the balance between incoming and outgoing energy called?
The balance between incoming and outgoing energy is called radiation balance.
How would you describe the wavelengths of incoming solar radiation compared to the wavelengths of reradiated heat?
The wavelengths of incoming solar radiation are shorter than the wavelengths of reradiated heat.
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 incoming solar radiation is affected by the ozone in the atmosphere?
The solar radiation can be divided into many parts. The UV radiation part of it helps to form the ozone.
What is responsible for absorbing the largest portion of incoming solar radiation?
The Earth's surface absorbs the largest portion of incoming solar radiation. This absorption heats the surface, causing it to emit infrared radiation back into the atmosphere.
What three words make up insolation?
Incoming Solar Radiation
Combining parts of incoming solar radiation forms what word?
insolation
What term is used to describe incoming solar radiation?
25% is absorbed by clouds.25% is reflected by clouds.45% is absorbed by the earth's surface.5% is reflected by the earth's surface.So 50% reaches the surface of the earth (But 5% of that is reflected).
How does the ozone layer change the amount of incoming solar radiation?
The ozone layer absorbs a portion of the incoming solar radiation, particularly harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation. By filtering out UV radiation, the ozone layer helps protect living organisms on Earth from skin cancer, cataracts, and other harmful effects of UV exposure.
What is insolators?
Insolation is a measurement of the solar radiation received by a surface over a unit time. It is an abbreviation for "incoming solar radiation."the amount of sunlight that reaches a planet.
Where is the sun's incoming solar radiation the strongest?
The strongest is in the tropics, where the sunlight is nearly perpendicular to the surface and about the same duration year-round.
