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What percent of radiation is lost before reaching earth's surface?
25% is absorbed by clouds.25% is reflected by clouds.So 50% of the sun's radiation is lost before it reaches earth's surface.See the diagram link below.
How does the atmosphere reflect energy?
Some sunlight is absorbed or reflected by the atmosphere before it can reach the surfaces.
How does radiation work in the lithosphere?
The sunlight enters as UV radiation, it is absorbed by the lithosphere and so drops in energy, therefore it is re-radiated out as the longer-waved infrared radiation. The amount any area absorbs is dependant on the albedo effect, dark areas absorb a lot, while high albedo areas (such as snowy/ icy areas) reflect most of it back away from the Earth as UV. Uv can also be reflected back before reaching the lithosphere by clouds and airborne particles such as sulphur dioxide (hence the drop in global temperatures seen after major volcanic eruptions). Infrared radiation from the lithosphere can leave the Earth or be captured, absorbed then re-radiated back down to the ground by clouds (which is why it's always warmer in the morning after a cloudy night).
What ecological goods and serviced does the atmosphere provide?
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Can it rain without reaching the dew point?
Yes. It is possible for it to rain when the humidity at ground level is less than 100%. Sometimes upper level moisture is cooled by a front, and rain forms at higher altitudes and falls to the ground. There are even related instances where rain forms high in the atmosphere, falls heavily, but evaporates before reaching the ground.
What percent of radiation is lost before reaching Earth suface?
25% is absorbed by clouds.25% is reflected by clouds.So 50% of the sun's radiation is lost before it reaches earth's surface.See the diagram link below.
Would uv radiation decrease if the earth's atmosphere vanished?
It would increase, because there would be nothing to absorb it in the atmosphere before reaching the ground.
What percent of radiation is lost before reaching earth's surface?
25% is absorbed by clouds.25% is reflected by clouds.So 50% of the sun's radiation is lost before it reaches earth's surface.See the diagram link below.
What percent radiation is lost after reaching earth's surface?
about 5% of radiation is lost before reaching Earth's surface
How much radiation is absorbed by oxygen and ozone?
UV-B radiation is uniquely absorbed by the ozone layer. Most of the more energetic solar radiation has been absorbed by other atmospheric constituents before the ozone layer. The atmosphere stops the classical alpha, beta and gamma radiations. Neutrons decay with time, and are also slowed a bit. Muons make it all the way to Earth's surface, as do many cosmic rays (mostly protons).
What are three things some scientist think happen to the sunlight that enters earth's atmosphere?
It gets absorbed by the ground and other objects.It gets refracted back.It gets absorbed by the atmosphere before entering Earth's atmosphere.
How does the atmoshpere reflect energy?
Some sunlight is absorbed or reflected by the atmosphere before it can reach the surface.
Why is it that you can easily view the sun in the early morning but not so in the noon?
When the sun is low on the horizon (or at a low angle), as it is in the early morning, light travels a relatively long distance through the atmosphere before reaching your eyes. Much of the light is absorbed or reflected by the atmosphere, so it is less intense when it reaches your eyes making it easier to see. At noon the sun is at a high angle and the distance light travels through the atmosphere is relatively short before reaching your eyes. Therefore, less light is absorbed and reflected and it is more intense and more difficult to see. That said, PLEASE DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN AT ANY TIME OF DAY, AS IT CAN PERMANENTLY DAMAGE YOUR EYES!
Why is it cold at the north pole?
It's so cold because it receives very little direct sunlight. Even when the sun shines all day, it is at a very low angle. Most of the radiation gets absorbed by the atmosphere before it is able to reach the earth.
When matter absorbs a photon what is the relationship between the energy of the matter before and after the absorpion and the frequency and the wavelength of the radiation absorbed?
After the absorption, the matter has added energy equal to 'hf' the energy of the absorbed photon.
How does the atmosphere reflect energy?
Some sunlight is absorbed or reflected by the atmosphere before it can reach the surfaces.
Why does meteros disappears before reaching the earth?
Not all meteors disappear before reaching the earth. The friction they feel as a result of rubbing with the molecules of the earth's atmosphere cause them to burn up. However, a few larger ones will make it to the earths surface.
