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What portion of our insolation is reflected by aerosols clouds land and oceans?
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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 condenses to form clouds?
Water condenses onto aerosols in the air to create clouds.
Insolation is intercepted by?
Clouds that send it back into space as infrared energy
What is insolation changed into potential energy by?
rain and snow forming in clouds
What percentage of solar radiation reaches the earth and drives the hydro logic cycle?
About 50% of the incoming solar radiation reaches the surface of the planet. The rest is reflected or absorbed by the atmosphere & clouds, and a small portion is reflected by the oceans and land.
How do aerosols effect clouds?
there is a chemical (I'm certain which) that deteriorates the ozone (O3). that in effect leads to the clouds absorbing some of the radiation from space.
When light is reflected from the surface it is?
It is reflected and sent back into the atmosphere. Sometimes it is absorbed by clouds.
Why are clouds whilte?
Reflected sunlight, which we see as white.
What percentage of the suns radiation is reflected by the clouds?
5%
What is the sun's energy reflected into?
Solar energy reflected by clouds (20%) and the earth's surface (4%) is all reflected back into space.
How much of suns energy is absorbed or reflected by clouds?
45%
How are halos formed?
By light being reflected off of clouds
