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2.3 - Vertical Energy Balance of the Earth-Atmosphere System

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The sun's core....   20,000,000 K, nuclear fision reactor converts hydrogen into heat energy  
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The photoshpere......   6,000K, compared to the 300K on earth  
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Radiative heat transfer.....   Anything above zero kelvin radiates, travels through vacuums at the speed of light  
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Planck's Law.....   the hotter the surface, the shorter the wave hence , short wave long wave radiation  
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Lamda max(wave length i think) for solar radiation.....   0.5 mew meters (micro meters?)  
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Lamda-max for terrestrial radiation.....   10 mew meters  
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The amount of solar radiation that arrives at the top of the atmosphere (solar constant)......   1,340 - 1370 W m-2, best estimate is 1367 W m-2  
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What happens to solar radiation as it passes through the atmosphere?   Absorbed, Scattered, Reflected OR Transmitted (allowed to continue its journey uninterupted)  
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How much solar radiation is absorbed?   18% by ozone and oxgen molecules  
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High temperature in thermosphere because....   high molecular energy  
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The Troposphere is hot because...   long wave radiation from below  
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Albedo is....   reflectivity of matter to solar radiation  
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Albedo trends....   Snow, cumulus clouds are about 0.8, deserts oceans and sea ice range from 0.05 - 5.0  
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Overall Albedo of earth....   0.32  
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Amount of short wave radiation absorbed by the surface?   50%  
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How is the absorbed heat energy balanced?   IR radiation (long wave), latent heat (evaporation), convection (smart heat)  
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