Explore how satellites measure CO₂ levels and their role in tracking heat absorption in Earth’s atmosphere. This video ...

Beginning in the 1960s, satellite instruments have measured Earth's reflected broadband shortwave radiation and emitted ...

A colder atmosphere holds less water vapor, and so further reduces the atmospheric absorption of infrared radiation emitted by the earth's surface. At the same time, however, ...

The earth¿s surface absorbs visible radiation from the sun, which causes heating. At the same time the surface and the atmosphere emit infrared radiation back to space, which produces cooling.

Atmospheric radiation encompasses the multifaceted processes by which solar energy and thermal emission interact within the Earth’s atmosphere. It is fundamental to the planet’s energy budget ...

New results published in the journal Physical Review Letters detail how a specially designed metamaterial was able to tip the ...

Now we’ll look at the absorption of infrared radiation by different surfaces. Speaker two This is the equipment you’ll need, so pause and take a look. Remember, the bulb will get hot.

The reflected radiation profile, on the other hand, is much closer to a black body at a temperature of 275 K, and has a peak at much longer infrared wavelengths (about 11 µm). The physical processes ...

Methane is a greenhouse gas with dual personalities. It heats Earth’s atmosphere 28 times as potently as carbon dioxide, gram for gram. But its absorption of the sun’s radiation high in the ...

Now we’ll look at the absorption of infrared radiation by different surfaces. Speaker two This is the equipment you’ll need, so pause and take a look. Remember, the bulb will get hot.