GEOG 1400 Chapter Notes - Chapter Global Energy Systems I : Shortwave Radio, Energy Intensity, Solar Irradiance
29 Jul 2016
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Ap geog 1400 book notes #2 (sept. 17) In unit 5, atmosphere is described as a dynamic, constantly churning component of a gigantic heat engine, fuelled by incoming solar radiation (insolation) Main operation is to coordinate and distribute the radiant heat energy between the earth"s surface and the envelope of air that surrounds it. Sun provides 99. 97% of energy required for all the physical processes that take place on the earth and atmosphere. Transmission of energy in the form of electromagnetic waves. The distance between two successive wave crests and varies in different types of radiation and is inversely proportional to the temperature of the body that sent it out. The higher the temperature at which the radiation is emitted, the shorter the wavelength of radiation. Radiation coming from the sun, which has much shorter wavelengths and involves much higher energy than the terrestrial (longwave, lower energy) radiation emitted by the earth. (ex.
