Secondly, objects radiate proportion to the fourth power of surface temp, thus spreading the heat over a larger surface reduces radiative efficiency. (climateaudit.org)
Relative integrated IR absorption in the atmospheric window is not the same as relative radiative efficiency (pnas.org)
Our recent study has focused on a molecule's radiative efficiency within the atmospheric window region of the IR spectrum, which can be thought of as a molecule's inherent ability to absorb radiation in the atmospheric window. (pnas.org)