ENVS 80B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: North Atlantic Deep Water, Tropospheric Ozone, Planetary Boundary Layer
26 Oct 2016
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Weather : short term processes / pattern of conditions. Climate : long term patterns for a region / area. Spectrum of wavelengths of energy emitted from the sun (gamma rays, x-rays, Uv-rays, visible light, infrared, microwave, radio wave) all forms of emr: electromagnetic radiation going from highest energy (gamma rays) to lowest energy (radio waves) Gamma rays: shorter wavelengths, about the size of atomic nuclei, extremely powerful and high energy (heat), but only penetrates to the top of the atmosphere and the ozone layer (stratosphere) X-rays: short wavelengths that are also extremely powerful and high heat, about the size of atoms. These penetrate the atmosphere to about the mesosphere. Uv-rays: short wavelengths that penetrate the atmosphere to the stratosphere and are about the size of molecules, they are also very high energy and heat and can have serious consequences for humans.
