GEOG 203 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-5: Hadley Cell, Westerlies, Kinetic Energy
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Solar energy from sun to earth: sun has allot of pressure and creates allot of energy, solar activity and solar wind, sub spots- magnetic storms on the sun. Ionosphere extends throughout the thermosphere and into the mesosphere: cosmic rats are absorbed bere, ozonosphere ozone layer. Energy pathways and principles: solar e(cid:374)erg(cid:455) that heats the earth"s atmosphere and surface are unevenly distributed by latitude and fluctuate seasonally, transmission passage of shortwave and longwave energy through either atmosphere or water. Insolation single external energy input driving the earth-atmosphere system (cid:894)all radiatio(cid:374) that arri(cid:448)es at earth"s surfa(cid:272)e(cid:895) Scattering (diffuse radiation: gas molecules radiation, changing the direction of radiation movement. Reflection and albedo: energy that bounces directly back into space without being absorbed = reflection, albedo reflective quality, brightness of a surface. Clouds: unpredictable factor in the tropospheric energy budget and in refining climate models, cloud albedo forcing = increase in albedo caused by clouds.
