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Acted on by the combined effects of the earth's motions and energy from the sun, our planet's formless and invisible envelope of air reacts by producing an infinite variety of weather.
Solar radiation hitting the earth, a sphere which is tilted on its axis, puts into effect differential heating of the earth's surface. This affects weather and climate all across the globe. For example, the tropics along the equator get a lot more heat than at the poles. The air at the equator is heated. This air becomes less dense and rises. This rising air creates low pressure at the equator. The rising air cools and as it cools water vapor condenses with increasing altitude. This creates the high rainfall that we get at the Intertropical Convergence Zone in the tropics. This is just one example of how solar radiation affects weather in one specific area of the earth.
Solar radiation also is what drives atmospheric circulation or the winds across the globe. We all know that heat rises, right? Well, the excess heat in the tropics rises. Then this rising air is circulated around the globe due to the Coriolus force, or the force of the rotation of the earth.
The earth then gets major wind belts along it's surface which in turn affect weather all over the world.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoWell the sun does give off Ultraviolet waves to the Atmosphere. Sun is a source of radiation. Radiation can be heat that spreads from a distance.
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∙ 9y agoAtmosphere continuously receives radiation. Some like UV are absorbed by ozone.
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∙ 8y agoSun's rays can actually affect the atmosphere. Like UV rays of the sun can help to create the ozone layer.
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∙ 11y agoyes it does !
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Explain why earth's atmosphere is mainly heated from the ground up?
Earth's atmosphere is mainly heated from the ground up because the heat is absorbed into the ground. The warmed surface of the earth then emits heat as infrared radiation which rises into the atmosphere. There the greenhouse gases like water vapour, carbon dioxide and methane absorb and hold the heat.
Describe how radiation.conductionconvection heat up atmosphere?
describe how radiation,conduction,and convection heat up atmosphere?
How is the atmosphere being heated?
the earths atmosphere is not heated by the sun. The suns light comes in through the atmosphere. 25% of it is lost through reflection and then 50% is used to heat the surface of the earth, which then makes the Earth warmer, and heats up the atmosphere. This heat is then stored around the earth because of the ozone layer, keeping us warm.
What heats earths atmosphere?
The sun heats the atmosphere. Solar radiation largely passes through the atmosphere and warms the surface of the earth. The earth then radiates heat up into the lower levels of the atmosphere where greenhouse gases warm. The warmed greenhouse gases then continue to radiate heat in all directions warming the atmosphere and again the earth's surface.
What form of radiation heats up the Earths atmosphere?
infrared rays
Why is Earth's atmosphere mainly heated from the ground up?
Solar radiation mostly passes through the atmosphere without heating it, due to its wavelength. It does not pass through the ground, however, and it heats the ground. The ground emits radiation at a wavelength dependent on its temperature. This radiation happens to be in the thermal infrared part of the spectrum, or in other words, sensible heat. Therefore, the atmosphere is heated by the surface, whereupon the heat tends to rise and heat the lower atmosphere.
Explain why earth's atmosphere is mainly heated from the ground up?
Earth's atmosphere is mainly heated from the ground up because the heat is absorbed into the ground. The warmed surface of the earth then emits heat as infrared radiation which rises into the atmosphere. There the greenhouse gases like water vapour, carbon dioxide and methane absorb and hold the heat.
Is radiation heating something up?
no it is not heating up the atmosphere
Describe how radiation.conductionconvection heat up atmosphere?
describe how radiation,conduction,and convection heat up atmosphere?
What happens to the chemical reaction when it gets heated?
It may speed up when heated.
What can radiation not do that convection and conduction can do?
Since radiation is done by electromagnetic waves, it can travel through space. i.e no matter is required. That way you can heat up objects through space. Or, for example, the earth gets heated by the suns electromagnetic waves.
What happens to the ice when a comet passes close enough to the sun to be heated by solar system radiation?
When a comet passes close enough to the sun to be heated by solar system radiation, the ice will be heated up and given off as gas
How does the temperature chang as you travel up the atmosphere?
It gets colder as you travel up in the atmosphere.
How does the temperature changes as you travel up the atmosphere?
It gets colder as you travel up in the atmosphere.
How is the atmosphere affected by conduction convection radiation?
The atmosphere is affected by convention because convection heats the lower atmosphere. Radiation transfers energy which other gases heat up. Conduction does not impact the atmosphere in these same ways.
What is the defiition of thermal energy?
when your phone or an object gets heated up or gets hot.
Why are mountains covered in ice?
The atmosphere gets colder as you go up. The reason is that the lower portion of the atmosphere is heated from below (by the heating of the land surface), and the higher you go the farther you are from the heat source, that is why it is cooler and covered in ice most of the time.
