ATMO 170A1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Scattering, Advection, Atmospheric Circulation
2 Feb 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Atmospheric circulation is related to which of the following mechanism: convection, advection, earth"s rotation, all of the above. Radiation with longer wavelength often has higher radiation wave frequency: true, false. When radiation travels from one object to another, which of the following can happen: radiation can be reflected, radiation can be transmitted, radiation can be absorbed, radiation can be scattered. Radiation: energy transferred from the sun to earths surface. Radiation is in the form of electromagnetic waves. Produced by the acceleration of electric charges. Radiation is in everything that has temperature above absolute zero (o k) A beam of radiation consists of groups of waves. These waves do not need matter to propagate; they move at the speed of light in a vacuum. Frequency: number waves that pass a point per second. Period: time it takes one wave to pass a point. Planck"s law of radiation : idea that temperature determines the distribution of radiation over all wavelengths.
