Sentences with phrase «increased scattering of light»

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The width of the angular distribution of scattered light increased suddenly at the phase transition.

Aerosols that are close in size or larger than the wavelengths of visible light tend to scatter all colors indiscriminately, increasing the overall brightness of the sky but dampening color contrast.

And, since blue light is most easily scattered by our planet's atmosphere, many fear that an increase in the use of LEDs may substantially increase light pollution even if the total amount of emitted light holds steady.

Atmospheric haze and certain pollutants that scatter visible light are nearly transparent to parts of the infrared spectrum because the scattering efficiency increases with the fourth power of the frequency.

The fraction of the light that scatters back out to space is responsible for the increased albedo and the cooling effect from sulfate aerosols.

Scattering efficiency increases as cloud drops approach the wavelength of the light, which for our purposes means smaller cloud drops.