Not exact matches
Since only a small proportion of the molecules are located near the surface and are moving in the proper direction to escape at any given instant, the
rate of
evaporation is
limited.
Finally, the
rate of
evaporation over land is
limited by the amount of moisture in the soil.
If energy is being added to those molecules by DLR then why would the
rate of
evaporation be
limited by the energy coming up from below?