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Do clouds reflect some of the sun's radiation back into space?
Yes, they do, to a limited extent.
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.
Most of the solar radiation absorbed by Earth's surface is later radiated back into space as which type of electromagnetic radiation?
Thermal IR radiation.
Which type and color of land surface would reflect the most solar radiation?
The Solar System object with the highest albedo is Europa with a reflectivity of 0.64. Earth by comparison is 0.367. Europe is smooth and covered in fresh (clean) ice. So smooth and white would reflect the most.
The atmosphere is heated chiefly by radiation emitted by Earth?
The atmosphere is heated chiefly by radiation from Earth's surface rather than by direct solar radiation because about 50 percent of the solar energy is absorbed at Earth's surface. 30 percent is reflected back to space. 20 percent is absorbed by clouds and the atmosphere's gases.
Does the earths atmosphere reflect the suns radiation back into space?
Yes, about 30% of it goes back.
Do clouds reflect some of the sun's radiation back into space?
Yes, they do, to a limited extent.
Why is much of the sun's radiation reflected back in to space by earth?
Such reflection is called the albedo. For the earth it is 30 - 35%
True or False On avereage clouds reflect more solar radiation back to space than the earths surface?
no
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.
What gases such as co2 and water vapor absord the sun radiation and reflect it back to earth's surface?
Greenhouse gases.
Most of the solar radiation absorbed by Earth's surface is later radiated back into space as which type of electromagnetic radiation?
Thermal IR radiation.
What does the earth do with the radiation that reaches us?
Part of the radiation is immediately radiated back into space. The remainder is absorbed; most of what is absorbed will be radiated back into space soon (as the materials heat up, they radiate out more infrared radiation).
Earth has a what of about 30 percent reflecting much of the sun's radiation back into space?
Albedo.
What causes to reflect a portion of sunlight back to space?
Clouds can reflect some light back to space depending on the water content in the clouds. The water causes a prism which reflects light back into space.
Do white roofs reflect energy back out space?
"into space" Yes.
When does the earth receive less heat from the sun?
when earth absorbs the heat coming from the sunthere is too much moisture in the air3.when the clouds reflect the heat back to the space
