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What is the greenhouse gas that absorbs the sun's incoming shortwave radiation?
No greenhouse gas absorbs the sun's incoming shortwave radiation. All the greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, nitrous oxide, CFCs etc) absorb the outgoing longwave infrared radiation from the warmed surface of the earth.
What does carbon dioxide and water vapor absorb?
Carbon dioxide and water vapor absorb infrared radiation from the sun and the Earth's surface, contributing to the greenhouse effect and trapping heat in the atmosphere.
What are water vapor and carbon dioxide in earth's atmosphere good absorbers of?
Water vapor and carbon dioxide are good absorbers of infrared radiation. They trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere, contributing to the greenhouse effect and helping to regulate the planet's temperature.
What makes carbon dioxide a greenhouse gas?
Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas because it traps heat in the Earth's atmosphere by absorbing and re-emitting infrared radiation, which contributes to the warming of the planet.
Why is carbon dioxide considered a greenhouse gas and how does it contribute to global warming?
Carbon dioxide is considered a greenhouse gas because it traps heat in the Earth's atmosphere. When sunlight reaches the Earth's surface, some of it is absorbed and re-emitted as infrared radiation. Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide trap this radiation, preventing it from escaping into space. This trapped heat leads to an increase in the Earth's temperature, known as global warming.
What is the greenhouse gas that absorbs the sun's incoming shortwave radiation?
No greenhouse gas absorbs the sun's incoming shortwave radiation. All the greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, nitrous oxide, CFCs etc) absorb the outgoing longwave infrared radiation from the warmed surface of the earth.
What gases asorbs uktraviolet radiation?
Carbon Dioxide
What does carbon dioxide and water vapor absorb?
Carbon dioxide and water vapor absorb infrared radiation from the sun and the Earth's surface, contributing to the greenhouse effect and trapping heat in the atmosphere.
Greenhouse effect events in order starting with lights origin?
Incident infrared radiation is blocked. Visible and ultraviolet radiation heat Earth. Earth radiates infrared radiation. Infrared radiation is blocked and heats Earth. Visible and shortwave radiation heat Earth.Earth radiates longwave radiationLongwave radiation is reflected downward Longwave radiation heats Earth
What two principle absorbers of radiation emitted by Earth's surface are carbon dioxide and?
Water vapor.
What is a gas composed of molecules that absorb and radiate infrared radiation from the sun?
Carbon dioxide (CO2).
What 2 gases absorb the most of earths outgoing radiation?
Water vapor and carbon dioxide are the two most significant greenhouse gases that absorb a large portion of Earth's outgoing radiation. These gases trap heat in the atmosphere, contributing to the greenhouse effect and global warming.
What are water vapor and carbon dioxide in earth's atmosphere good absorbers of?
Water vapor and carbon dioxide are good absorbers of infrared radiation. They trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere, contributing to the greenhouse effect and helping to regulate the planet's temperature.
What gases absorb infrared radiation?
The gases that absorb infrared radiation are known as greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor.
Why do scientists believe that the process in which carbon is released as carbon dioxide is causing your climate to change?
Because they have [experimentally] determined that carbon dioxide {CO2} is a significant green-house gas. Green-house gases let electromagnetic Solar radiation In yet then prevent any re-radiation of it back into Space.
How will the increase in carbon dioxide affect the transmission of solar radiation through the atmosphere?
The increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere means that more solar radiation (in the form of infra-red heat from the warmed earth) is absorbed in the atmosphere and prevented from escaping to space. It will not change the transmission of incoming solar radiation through the atmosphere.
Which molecule absorbs infrared radiation?
The greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, ozone ( minor contribution), water vapour are the molecules of the gases which absorb infrared radiations.
