Sentences with phrase «reflect long wave radiation»
For example we can quantify the ability of CO2 in the upper troposphere to absorb and reflect long wave radiation in manner that the theory proposes, and those who have done so have determined that these regions are saturated and thus the proposed mechanism is invalid.
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Such clouds show a strong increase in cooling due to the reflected short waves, but that effect is partly cancelled out by the enhanced, trapped, long - wave radiation coming from underneath.
Z - COTE LSA provides broad - spectrum protection from long wave UVA rays and medium wave UVB rays by physically scattering, reflecting and absorbing solar radiation.
The El Niño just raised temperatures by around 0.4 degrees C, and this has to be reflected in the outgoing long wave radiation.
GHGs are able to absorb long wave radiation (heat) that is reflected off the Earth's surface.
GHGs slow the release of Outgoing Long wave radiation («OLR»), allegedly reflected in the energy imbalance at the top of atmosphere.
[UPDATE 6:20 PM: I've just noticed that Tim Folkerts says: May 10, 2011 at 8:14 pm has confirmed my objection (2) with the example of white paint albedo reflecting 90 % of visible short - wave light but absorbing 90 % of long - wave IR radiation.
When the up - going long - wave radiation gets reflected back to the earth, how long does it take for it to «bounce off» the earth and return to the level where it was previously reflected back to the earth?