Atmosphere and Energy

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Atmosphere and Energy

• Earths Energy Balance

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What you need to know about Earths Atmosphere

• Vertical structure

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Vertical Structure
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Earths Limb
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Pressure
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PressureDensity of atm. decreases by halfevery
5.5 km
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What you need to know about Earths Atmosphere

• Vertical structure
• Composition

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Atm Composition in Troposphere
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Atm. composition changes with altitude
O3 increases
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What you need to know about Earths Atmosphere

• Vertical structure
• Composition
• Energy different gases absorb and emit different
  wavelengths of energy

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What you need to know about Earths Atmosphere

• Vertical structure
• Composition
• Energy different gases absorb and emit different
  wavelengths of energy
• Atmospheric gases transparant to shortwave
  radiation (except ozone)
• Some gases are opaque to longwave radiation
  (greenhouse gases)

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Solar Energy and Earth
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Energy Budget
Shortwave
Longwave