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What percentage of solar radiation does the earth atmosphere absorb?
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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
Why can both the sun and earth be treated as blackbodies?
I don't know whether this is the case, but if it is so, that would mean that they absorb a large percentage of incoming radiation.
What is the ideal radiation budget?
Radiation budget is Earth's atmosphere. The Earth's atmosphere has more solar energy than it radiates back to space.
Which planet has an atmosphere that protects life from the suns radiation?
Earth.
Why cant all the wavelengths enter the earth's atmosphere?
The atmosphere absorbs the electromagnetic solar radiation.
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
What do greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb and retain?
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb and retain infrared radiation (heat) from the surface of the earth.
Would uv radiation decrease if the earth's atmosphere vanished?
It would increase, because there would be nothing to absorb it in the atmosphere before reaching the ground.
What would happen if gases absorbs visible light?
Earth's atmosphere does have greenhouse gases. These gases absorb some of the infrared radiation emitted by Earth's surface. If it did not, Earth would grow warmer and warmer as it absorbed more and more solar radiation. Greenhouse gas molecules absorb and emit infrared radiation.
If clouds absorb only a small amount of solar radiation how is Earth's atmosphere heated?
From the surface. Solar radiation is absorbed by the surface and emitted at a longer wavelength, which is essentially heat.
Does earth's atmosphere block all uv radiation from space?
No, Earth's atmosphere does not block all UV radiation from space. It does absorb a portion of the UV radiation, particularly the most harmful UV-C rays. However, UV-A and UV-B rays are able to penetrate the atmosphere to some extent and reach the Earth's surface.
What absorbs Earth's radiation?
It depends on the type of radiation.
What is the source of radiation for both the Earth's atmosphere and the greenhouse?
Sol.The Sun is the source of radiation for both the earth's atmosphere and the greenhouse effect.
What is the source of radiation for both the earth's atmosphere and the greenhouse effect?
The sun is the source of radiation for both the earth's atmosphere and the greenhouse effect.
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.
Why can both the sun and earth be treated as blackbodies?
I don't know whether this is the case, but if it is so, that would mean that they absorb a large percentage of incoming radiation.
When does the earth emit terrestrial radiation?
Terrestrial radiation refers to heat emitted from the earth's atmosphere and surface.
