Absorbed solar radiation undergoes irreversible degradations, transferring from reservoir to another converting from light energy to radiation energy.
Explanation:
The solar energy cycle functions in the following form:
Considering that 100% of energy is directed at earth.
When 100% light is incident on the Earth's surface about 6-7% of it is reflected back by the atmosphere into space.
20% is reflected back by the clouds.
And about 4% is reflected back by Earth's surface.
16% of solar energy is absorbed by the atmosphere, 3% is absorbed by clouds and 51% is absorbed by land and ocean.
From the absorbed energy, 64% is radiated back to space from cloudsand atmosphere and 6% is directly radiated back to space from earth.
From the radiated energy 15% is absorbed by the atmosphere and 23% is carried by the clouds and atmosphere through the latent heat in water vapor.
Therefore, absorbed solar radiation undergoes irreversible degradations, transferring from reservoir to another converting from light energy to radiation energy.
