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The sun constantly emits radiation

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Human activity along with natural causes changes the balance of solar energy entering and escaping the atmosphere to be different (along wity the average tenperature)
The burning of more fossil fuels contributes to the increase of carbon dioxide over the past few years. Can intensify the greenhouse effect

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The Atmosphere and Solar Radiation- Brie

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The Atmosphere and Solar Radiation- Brie

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About 70% of solar energy that reaches earths surfacs is absorbed by ocean surfaces and by the atmosphere. Most of the solar rays that reach the lower atmospehere have longer waverlengths.

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1. Clouds, dust, water droplets, and gas molecules disrupt paths of radiation from the sun and cause scattering
2. Scattering occurs when particles and gas particles bend/reflect solar rays
3. Scattering sends some solar radiation back to space and the rest hits Earth's surface. The radiation that hits the surface comes from all different directions.

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Air temperature is greater at the equator because the sunlight strikes the equator at 90 degrees, making the energy more intense. Where at the poles, the sunlight strikes at a smaller angle so the energy is less intense and the temperature is lower. Since the Earth is tilted, temperature varies seasonally. So the areas of the Earth that receive intense sunlight change. For example, for part of the year the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun and receives more direct sunlight, so the air temperature is at its highest.

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Reflection:
•when solar energy reaches Earth’s surface, the surface either absorbs or reflects the energy
•amount of energy that is absorbed or reflected depends on characteristics such as the color, texture, composition, volume , mass, transparency, state of matter, and specific heat of the material on which the solar radiation falls

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Variations in temperature (Nancy & willdAlis) 

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Variations in temperature (Nancy & willdAlis) 

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. Earth surface need to absorb energy for a time before heat is absorbed and reradiated from the ground to be able to change temperatures of the atmosphere.
.solar radiation is most intense at noon.
.temperature of atmosphere in any region on earth surface depends of latitude, surface features, and the time of year and day

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- all energy Earth gets from the sun travels as radiation
- the electromagnetic spectrum is all of the frequencies or wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
- humans can only see a small portionnof this spectrum in the for of visible light
- radiation in space travels in the form of waves that travel about 300,000 km/s
- wavelength is distance from crest to crest or from any point to another identical point on the next wave
- radiation differs in wavelength
- radio and infrared waves have long wavelength
- gamma and UV rays have shorter wavelengths

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Water in the Air and on the surface  Juan Palacios

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Water in the Air and on the surface  Juan Palacios

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- Water vapor stores heat.
- Large bodies of water can put more vapor on the atmosphere.
- Water vapor warms and cools slower then land.
- Areas with little water vapor on the air have less consistent temperatures.
-Areas with more vapor store more heat, thus have more moderate temperatures.
- Winds off the ocean have more moderate temperatures than winds off land.