The calculations estimate the reduction in the energy
flux density with distance away from the sun (Gauss» theorem) and the black body
radiation describing the rate of planetary heat loss.
The atmosphere is analogous to a flexible lens that is shaped by the
density distribution of the gas molecules, of the atmosphere in the space between the sphere holding them, and space; Incoming heat gets collected in many ways and places,, primarily by intermittent solar
radiation gets stored, in vast quantities, and slowly but also a barrage of mass and energy
fluxes from all directions; that are slowly transported great distances and to higher altitudes mostly by oceanic and atmospheric mass flows.