GEOG 2050 Lecture : 2 GEOG Notes
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Atmosphere and surface energly balances: energy essentials, energy balance in the troposphere, energy balance at earth"s surface. If we have clouds, it holds radiation all in: cloud greenhouse. Cfcs, etc: clouds play a crucial role in the heating of the lower atmosphere, type, height, and thickness (water content and density, high altitude, ice-crystal clouds have albedos of about. Lw (infared: differs at any given location, sw = short wave, lw = long wave, friday february 13, 2015, le, h, g, le: latent heat: the energy involved with phase changes of water. Energy that you cant see or feel: h: sensible heat (back and forth transfer between air and surface, g: ground heat (energy that flows into and out of the ground surface by conduction, global latent heat. Very low at the desserts, very high at the oceans and in the gulf stream and mariana trench. Very high over africa and very low over the polar regions.
