Sentences with phrase «much long wave radiation»

In equilibrium to maintain the energy balance of the earth you must have just as much long wave radiation passing through (and warming) the top layer as before.

Not exact matches

This in turns implies we may have underestimated how much the opacity to long wave radiation has increased.

Actually, the case for a tropical thermostat was pretty well established about seven years ago when data showed that the outgoing long wave radiation during the 90's was much larger than models said it should have been.

Much of the radiation from the atmospheric gases, also in the infrared range, is transmitted back to the ocean, reducing the net long wave radiation heat loss of the ocean.

But it is not — water vapor is much more important and they both simultaneously absorb OLR, the out - going long - wave radiation.

As this radiation heats the earth's surface, it escapes the earth in the form of long - wave radiation; a type of radiation that is much more difficult to pass through the atmosphere.

Please do not drag in the «red herring» of long wave IR radiation, there is just as much IR energy exchange going on in caves as out in the fresh air.

The CO2 molecules allow the shorter - wavelength rays from the Sun to enter the atmosphere and strike the Earth's surface, but they do not allow much of the long - wave radiation reradiated from the surface to escape into space.

The temperature determines how much long wave IR radiation is emitted by the surface and greenhouse gases.