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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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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.
What few troposphere are heated up by?
The troposphere is primarily heated up by the sun’s radiation, which warms the surface of the Earth. This warmth is then transferred to the air in the troposphere through processes like conduction, convection, and radiation. Additionally, the troposphere can also be influenced by human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels, which release heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere.
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
What heats up the earth during the day and what cools it down at night?
During the day, the Earth is heated primarily by the sun's radiation. At night, the Earth cools down as it releases the heat absorbed during the day back into the atmosphere through a process called radiation cooling.
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.
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.
What few troposphere are heated up by?
The troposphere is primarily heated up by the sun’s radiation, which warms the surface of the Earth. This warmth is then transferred to the air in the troposphere through processes like conduction, convection, and radiation. Additionally, the troposphere can also be influenced by human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels, which release heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere.
Is radiation heating something up?
no it is not heating up the atmosphere
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
What heats up the earth during the day and what cools it down at night?
During the day, the Earth is heated primarily by the sun's radiation. At night, the Earth cools down as it releases the heat absorbed during the day back into the atmosphere through a process called radiation cooling.
What is the defiition of thermal energy?
when your phone or an object gets heated up or gets hot.
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 near earths surface heated from below?
The atmosphere near Earth's surface is heated from below primarily through the process of conduction. This occurs as the Earth's surface absorbs solar radiation and heats up, transferring this heat to the adjacent air molecules through direct contact. As the air warms, it becomes less dense and rises, creating convective currents that distribute the heat throughout the atmosphere.
