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RADIATION

RADIATION . Insolation . in tercepted sol ar radi ation. Earth intercepts 0.0000000005 of the sun’s radiation. Solar constant amount of radiation received at the top of the atmosphere (on a plane surface perpendicular to sun’s rays) = 1372 Watts/m 2

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RADIATION

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  1. RADIATION

  2. Insolation interceptedsolarradiation

  3. Earth intercepts 0.0000000005 of the sun’s radiation

  4. Solar constant amount of radiation received at the top of the atmosphere (on a plane surface perpendicular to sun’s rays) = 1372 Watts/m2 (reduced by half by the time it reaches surface of earth)

  5. energy per unit area amount of energy received at earth’s surface per unit of area (square meter, square inch, etc.)

  6. surface receives more energy per unit area (more concentrated) when the sun’s rays are vertical (direct) less energy per unit area (less concentrated) when sun’s rays are oblique(slanted)

  7. Electromagnetic Radiation • Radiant energy

  8. Earth, sun, everything! radiates energy • tropical zonesreceive more energy than they radiate • polar zonesradiate more energy than they receive • excess heat transfer: • ocean currents, winds

  9. Sun’s energy from atomic fusion: hydrogen atoms fused into helium atoms • lost mass converted to energy

  10. Electromagnetic radiation (EMR) • travels at speed of light (93 million miles in 8.5 minutes) • travels in waves Wavelength: size of wave

  11. electromagnetic spectrum • “ruler” to measure different types of energy

  12. Solar (Sun) vs. Terrestrial (Earth) Radiation: • sun’s SHORTWAVE : • gamma , X-ray, UV, visible, infrared • earth’s LONGWAVE : • infrared

  13. Absorption of radiation in the atmosphere: • Shortwave absorbers: • ozone, water vapor • Longwave absorbers: • water vapor, carbon dioxide, ozone • “The atmosphere is relatively transparent to shortwave radiation and opaque to longwave radiation”

  14. Types of heat energy • Sensible heat • thermometer • Latent heat • released or stored in a phase change

  15. First Law of Thermodynamics: • energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can be: CONVERTED TRANSFERRED

  16. Energy Transfer Mechanisms: • Conduction • energy transmitted within a substance by collision of molecules • Convection • vertical motion of energy from one place to another through physical motion of air

  17. Energy Budget/Balance • Exchange of energy between the sun, the earth, and the atmosphere • balance between incoming and outgoing

  18. radiation entering the atmosphere can be: • absorbed • transformed, re-emitted • reflected • “albedo” : percentage of incoming radiation that is reflected; • earth/atmosphere albedo = 31 %

  19. Incoming solar shortwave radiation

  20. Longwave exchanges between surface, atmosphere, and space:

  21. The Balancing Act • 95+48 = 143 • energy leaves surface as: • radiation • latent heat (evaporation) • sensible heat (conduction) • losses: 114+23+7= 144

  22. Counterradiation by the atmosphere:

  23. Greenhouse Effect • atmosphere admits most shortwave; absorbs and counterradiates longwave • allows average surface temperature to be 59oF rather than - 4oF

  24. Review of energy balance

  25. Latitudinal differences in net radiation

  26. Seasonal and Diurnal (daily) differences in insolation

  27. Seasonal and Diurnal (daily) differences in net radiation

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