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Describe what happens to radiant energy once it enters the atmosphere? How does Radiant energy cause weather?

Triss [41]

Once energy from the Sun gets to Earth, several things can happen to it:

Energy can be scattered or absorbed by aerosols in the atmosphere. Aerosols are dust, soot, sulfates and nitric oxides. When aerosols absorb energy, the atmosphere becomes warmer. When aerosols scatter energy, the atmosphere is cooled.
Short wavelengths are absorbed by ozone in the stratosphere.
Clouds may act to either reflect energy out to space or absorb energy, trapping it in the atmosphere.
The land and water at Earth's surface may act to either reflect energy or absorb it. Light colored surfaces are more likely to reflect sunlight, while dark surfaces typically absorb the energy, warming the planet.
Albedo is the percentage of the Sun's energy that is reflected back by a surface. Light colored surfaces like ice have a high albedo, while dark colored surfaces tend to have a lower albedo. The buildings and pavement in cities have such a low albedo that cities have been called "heat islands" because they absorb so much energy that they warm up.

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"If there were no atmosphere, the tiny molecules of gases and dust particles in the air break up and scatter the light of the su

ELEN [110]

if there was no atmosphere,the tiny molecules of gases and dust particles will gather together and rain down while the sun shine on the particles making the color glow because the colors are combining into various of colors looking like the galaxy.

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you need to measure the length of your driveway. which measuring tool would you produce accurate results that you would expectto

lesantik [10]

I’d assume a tape measure?

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A typical jetliner lands at a speed of 146 mi/h and decelerates at the rate of (10.4 mi/h)/s. If the jetliner travels at a const

zzz [600]

jetliner is moving with speed 146 mi/h

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