Sentences with phrase «atmosphere absorbs»

CO2 in the atmosphere absorbs 79.8 W / m ^ 2 after 3600m (CO2 absorptivity 0.184 at 350ppm or PcL of 1.24 m.atm).

As an example: Total Incident = I Atmosphere + Surface Reflects = X Atmosphere Absorbs = Y Surface Absorbs = Z

I realize that the atmosphere absorbs and reflects some incoming solar radiation.

H2O in the atmosphere absorbs 248W / m ^ 2 after 120m (H2O absorptivity 0.573 for a PwL of 2.77 m.atm).

Because the atmosphere absorbs some of the solar radiation and this is added to the climate system.

The atmosphere absorbs around 70W / m ^ 2 of solar radiation.

M is saying that of all the photons that the atmosphere absorbs from the surface, there is exactly zero chance that the energy re-emitted will be in the form of a photon that escapes directly to space?

The atmosphere absorbs thermal radiation because of the trace greenhouse gases, and also emits thermal radiation, in all directions.

The atmosphere absorbs solar which would have a shorter lag and lower efficiency.

4 Not every gas in our atmosphere absorbs heat in this way.

The IPCC notes that the oceans absorb over 90 % of all the heat reaching the Earth, and the atmosphere absorbs only 1 %.

The obvious conclusion is that if we are significantly changing how the planet atmosphere absorbs radiation and we don't have a clue about the effects, then we should be very afraid.

They even measure the difference between top of atmosphere and bottom of atmosphere, directly proving that yes, the atmosphere absorbs energy from bands all over the spectrum.

Cold water in contact with the atmosphere absorbs heat and warms as the atmosphere cools.

But a third way to look at «50 percent of the solar energy that strikes the top of the atmosphere reaches Earth's surface» is that the clear atmosphere absorbs and reflects and scatters about 1/2 the sunlight, but this not to say 1/2 «disappears» or goes into space.

The atmosphere absorbs energy and then re emits.

Let's say a CO2 molecule in the atmosphere absorbs an IR photon.

According to you, the atmosphere absorbs 90 % of the radiation passing through it, and the warming coincides with population increase.

Hence, the atmosphere absorbs much more from the surface than it is emitting and warms much faster initially than the surface.

It may be the clearest symptom we have to look for, but it is important not to confuse the symptom with the disease.The fundamental problem is that human activity is changing the way the atmosphere absorbs and emits energy.

CO2 does absorb some fraction of the energy and it does broaden slightly, but the total energy that the atmosphere absorbs from the surface is not sensitive to the concentration of CO2.

Knowing that the terrestrial atmosphere absorbs some of the infrared rays coming from space, astronomers (both amateurs and professionals) began to collect airborne data beginning in the 1930's.

Scientists can't study the Sun through X-ray telescopes on Earth since the Earth's atmosphere absorbs X-rays, solar X-rays can only be studied from spacecraft above our atmosphere.

Planets with atmospheres are able to warp starlight in another way: while the body of the planet blocks a big chunk of starlight as it crosses in front of its host star, the planet's thin, enveloping atmosphere absorbs starlight at particular colors, or wavelengths.

Such a large temperature difference indicates that the planet's atmosphere absorbs and re-radiates starlight so quickly that the gas circling around it in the outer atmosphere cools off quickly — unlike Jupiter, which appears to have a relatively even temperature within planetary bands of atmospheric circulation.

And in fact, New Horizons does see large very dark regions on Pluto that might be made up of these photochemical products, generated when the methane in Pluto's atmosphere absorbs ultraviolet sunlight.

Its atmosphere absorbs each band by a different amount, so the planet looks larger in some wavelengths than in others.

Astronomers have gleaned some information about exoplanet atmospheres by observing how the atmosphere absorbs starlight when an exoplanet's orbit carries it between the star and Earth.

The sky is blue not because the atmosphere absorbs the other colors, but because the atmosphere tends to scatter shorter wavelength (blue) light to a greater extent than longer wavelength (red) light.

This is best done in space because the Earth's atmosphere absorbs UV light.

Professor Nigel Woolsey, from the Department of Physics at York, said: «Brown dwarfs are really difficult to observe because they are cool and our atmosphere absorbs the emissions from cool objects.

During a transit, some starlight passes through the planet's atmosphere, and molecules in the atmosphere absorb specific frequencies of that light.

HOW much more carbon dioxide can the atmosphere absorb before it triggers catastrophic climate change?

Dimers in the atmosphere absorb light like a color filter on a camera lens, creating anomalies detectable once the pressure of the planet is at least 0.25 bars — high enough to hold down liquid water.

UV astronomy must be conducted in an airless environment — in Earth orbit, say, or on the moon — because water molecules in Earth's atmosphere absorb UV light.

They were able to measure the slight decrease in brightness as the planet and its atmosphere absorbed some of the starlight while transiting (passing in front of) the host star.

Gases and clouds in the atmosphere absorb, emit, and reflect radiation.

Increased amounts of gases such as carbon dioxide make the atmosphere absorb long - wavelength radiation from the surface more strongly and also emit more radiation back down towards the surface.

Does the atmosphere absorb any significant radiation emitted from the surface?

It says nothing about CO2 ′ s greenhouse effect because it reports the upper atmosphere absorbing high velocity helium and hydrogen and other particles, not infra - red light.

Atmospheres absorb incident radiation from the Sun at all altitudes, and radiate it away until they cool to the predetermined thermal profile.

I'd go very simple: Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb heat radiation that would otherwise be lost to space, raising the average temperature of the system.

Soot particles in the atmosphere absorb radiation, but studies suggest their effect on cloud cover and thickness may promote an overall net cooling.

«Greenhouse gases which are present in the atmosphere absorb and re-emit particular wavelengths of radiation, under particular conditions.

Whereabouts are those early 1950s precision measurements to be found which demonstrate that adding more carbon dioxide really would change how the atmosphere absorbed radiation?

Some gases in the atmosphere absorb infrared light (basic quantum mechanics).

In warm climates, botanicals expand and in higher CO2 atmospheres they absorb and grow far more rapidly.

A part of what the ground and oceans and lower atmosphere absorb also leaks outward through the atmosphere in the form of infrared radiation.

But, we know that both Surface and Atmosphere absorb some of the Solar energy.

To fight with this you should show that the atmosphere absorbed more IR radiation 60 years ago, and come up with your own mystry tau — as Zagoni already suggested.