GEOG-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Fossil Fuel, Tropopause, Soot

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13 Jul 2020
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Reflected as light approximately 32% overall due to clouds, dust, earth"s surface and various aerosols s. Scattered off of clouds dust ocean land and air. More scattering of blue/violet off of molecules. Size of air molecules less than size of wavelengths of visible light. Size of air molecules greater than size of wavelengths of visible light. 80% reaches ground when skies are clear. Re-emitted into space from a cooler earth as long wave radiation (thermal. Albedo earth 30% net absorption of energy. Oxygen level (air molecules) less amt at higher elevation also density and temperature. Mass 99% of atmosphere mass 20 miles of surface structure. 98% of condensation (most water vapor here) Combined effect of atmospheric mass and gravity (density rate at sea level. Pressure can be measured force emitted on a surface per unit area. Hole is thinning protections is threatened. Repair montreal protocols hole has been shrinking. Fossil fuels based to generate heat (coal)

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