Yes, it absorbs solar radiation in the form of infrared rays rising from the surface of the earth. This heat is absorbed by the greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4)) and this is causing global warming.
Incoming Solar Radiation
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The balance between incoming and outgoing energy is called radiation balance.
Incoming solar radiation is either absorbed by the Earth's surface, reflected back into space, or absorbed by the atmosphere and clouds. This solar energy is crucial for driving the Earth's climate and weather patterns through processes like evaporation, photosynthesis, and the creation of winds.
Approximately 51% of incoming solar radiation is absorbed by Earth's surface. The rest is reflected back into space or absorbed by the atmosphere.
incoming solar radiation = insolation
The wavelengths of incoming solar radiation are shorter than the wavelengths of reradiated heat.
About 6% of incoming solar radiation is reflected back into space from the atmosphere and 4% by the surface of the earth.Incoming solar radiation: 100%Reflected by the atmosphere: 6% : Absorbed by the atmosphere: 16%Continuing incoming solar radiation: 78%Reflected by clouds: 20% : Absorbed by clouds: 3%Continuing incoming solar radiation: 55%Reflected by the earth's surface: 4% : Absorbed by the earth's surface (lands and oceans): 51%
The solar radiation can be divided into many parts. The UV radiation part of it helps to form the ozone.
The Earth's surface absorbs the largest portion of incoming solar radiation. This absorption heats the surface, causing it to emit infrared radiation back into the atmosphere.
Incoming Solar Radiation
insolation
The ozone layer absorbs a portion of the incoming solar radiation, particularly harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation. By filtering out UV radiation, the ozone layer helps protect living organisms on Earth from skin cancer, cataracts, and other harmful effects of UV exposure.
Insolation is a measurement of the solar radiation received by a surface over a unit time. It is an abbreviation for "incoming solar radiation."the amount of sunlight that reaches a planet.
The strongest is in the tropics, where the sunlight is nearly perpendicular to the surface and about the same duration year-round.
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Any good absorber or conductor of short wave radiation like air, black substances etc. absorbs solar radiation finely as the sun emits short waves in the form of solar radiation.