Sentences with phrase «outgoing long wave radiation»
"Outgoing long wave radiation" refers to the energy in the form of infrared radiation that is emitted back into space from the Earth's surface and atmosphere. It is a way in which the Earth cools itself down, transferring heat from the planet into space. Full definition
My contribution had its ups and downs — a low point was definitely when Judge Alsup declared «your chart sucks» in response to a powerpoint slide (right) which showed an artist's impression of the Nimbus 4 satellite at the expense of a graph of how the spectrum of outgoing long wave radiation changed in response to rising greenhouse gases between 1970 and 1997.
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Response: Beacuse i) solar irradiance is not increasing appreciably, and ii) the bigger effect is the reduction in outgoing long wave radiation by increasing GHG concentrations.
I explained to you on your own website that, whether you call them greenhouse gases or not, CO2, CH4, N20 behave differently from N2 and O2: GHGs absorb outgoing long wave radiation and N2 and O2 don't.
Atmospheric trends now includes outgoing long wave radiation (OLR) and anomaly plots (daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal); surface winds, sea level pressure (SLP); and global wind oscillation.
Thirdly, CE addresses the shortwave incident radiation without addressing the issue of outgoing long wave radiation that increases earth's temperature beyond unbearable limits.
It comes down to simple physics, the fact that greenhouse gases absorb outgoing long wave radiation and that according to the Stephan Boltzmann equation the change in temperature is proportional to the radiation balance.
This page outlines a map of assessment through the unit, including skill based questions, short writing responses and extended writing responses including essays.The atmospheric system, including the natural greenhouse effect and energy balance (incoming shortwave radiation and outgoing long wave radiation) Changes in the global energy balance, and the role of feedback loops, resulting from: Glossary - Student should make...
This will only be balanced (in a quasi-equilibrium way) when the surface temperature rises sufficiently to increase the outgoing long wave radiation.
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.
This new paradigm states that rather than the TOA (top of the atmosphere) energy balance being maintained by changes to the outgoing long wave radiation (which is saturated), it is mainly maintained by changes to the outgoing short wave radiation, i.e. albedo.