Sentences with phrase «absorbing radiation primarily»

Not exact matches

That the nebula is so much brighter than the star shows that the star emits primarily highly energetic radiation of the non-visible part of the electro - magnetic spectrum, which is absorbed by exciting the nebula's gas, and re-emitted by the nebula, at last to a good part in the visible light.

However, climate models forced with CO2 reveal that global energy accumulation is, instead, primarily caused by an increase in absorbed solar radiation (ASR).

If CO2 and H2O molecules now are cooled below the previous equilibrium point by having their radiation allowed to escape to outer space, then I believe these molecules must then tend to absorb more energy than yield energy with each interaction with the other components of the atmosphere until that atmosphere as a whole reaches a new thermal equilibrium where the net radiation going out and the net radiation coming in (primarily from the sun and the surrounding atmosphere) is the same.

CO2 absorbs IR radiation primarily at 12 to 15 microns, inside what is known as the «Water Vapor Window».