Sentences with phrase «radiant energy»

It is that interruption in the flow of radiant energy in and out which gives rise to a warming effect.

They subsequently contract on a time scale of tens of millions of years, the main source of radiant energy in this phase being the release of gravitational energy.

That is one of the reasons that clouds get ignored as they generally are not widespread or dense enough to be considered to have a significant impact on incoming solar radiant energy.

A greenhouse gas is a gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiant energy within the thermal infrared range.

At the edge of space — all energy is lost as radiant energy or as reflected visible light.

It is the density, not the composition which gives more or less opportunities for such instances of energy transfer between molecules whilst the incoming and outgoing radiant energy is negotiating the atmosphere.

Part of the total radiant energy is absorbed by the atmosphere, part by the oceans and part by the land.

The intensity and distribution of radiant energy within this range is governed by the temperature of the emitting surface.

In my view, it's less confusing simply to look at the transmission of radiant energy through the atmosphere.

On a clear day in a sunny desert, this ought to generate sufficient concentrated radiant energy to power a plasma engine.

Plants perform the same remarkable trick, gathering radiant energy from the sun and converting it to biological energy essential for growth.

CO2 converts radiant energy (light) into kinetic energy (heat).

PV technologies convert the sun's radiant energy directly to electricity, rather than first converting it to heat that is then used to generate electricity or to do other forms of work.

During colder temperatures, recovered heat from exhaust air, and passive solar radiant energy are used to warm the fresh air.

The way the atmosphere absorbs and emits radiant energy has already changed significantly because of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the past 150 years.

If more radiant energy is trapped in the atmosphere, the atmosphere will heat up.

Human activities — primarily burning of fossil fuels and changes in land cover — are modifying the concentration of atmospheric constituents or properties of the surface that absorb or scatter radiant energy.

Or you contest the assumption 99.999... % of radiant energy comes from sun?

If the mean is off a bit, or the error range is off a bit, what would be your new understanding of the effects of CO2 on radiant energy transfer in Earth's climate system?

I don't remember how, but we started talking, and that's when I found about the really cool concept of Mama Glow — a lifestyle website and movement that educates and inspires women about embracing our own radiant energy through a holistic approach to life, during pregnancy and beyond.

Earth radiant energy budget satellite records show warming of the ocean to 1998 over the 90's.»

It is momentarily warmer than the surrounding molecules so it releases that conductive or radiant energy again almost immediately.

Below that you are no longer at the shell of the blackbody but inside of the black body where radiant energy bounces around until it it finds a home in some spectrum that adds to the emissivity.

Furthermore each constituent of an atmosphere reacts slightly differently to incoming radiant energy.

The Infrared Sauna System for whole body radiant energy delivers the same infrared rays experienced in the traditional American Indian sweat lodge.