Radiation Budget

Atmospheric Science · Part 6

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Table of Contents

  1. 1.Blackbody Radiation Laws
  2. 2.Solar Constant and Inverse Square Law
  3. 3.Earth's Global Energy Balance
  4. 4.Top-of-Atmosphere (TOA) Radiation Budget
  5. 5.Surface Radiation and Energy Budget
  6. 6.Atmospheric Window and Absorption
  7. 7.Schwarzschild's Equation and Radiative Transfer
  8. 8.Sun (T = 5778 K)
  9. 9.Earth (T = 255 K)
  10. 10.Clouds

Key Equations

$$B(\nu, T) = \frac{2h\nu^3}{c^2} \cdot \frac{1}{e^{h\nu / k_B T} - 1}$$
$$\lambda_{\text{max}} = \frac{b}{T} \quad \text{where} \quad b = 2897.8 \text{ } \mu\text{m K}$$
$$\frac{S_0 (1 - \alpha)}{4} = \sigma T_e^4$$
$$R_{\text{net,sfc}} = S_{\downarrow}(1-\alpha_s) + L_{\downarrow} - L_{\uparrow} - H - \lambda E$$

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Course Context

This PDF is part of the Atmospheric Science course on CoursesHub.World. Study the physics of weather and climate from atmospheric thermodynamics to planetary atmospheres. Covers atmospheric dynamics, synoptic meteorology, clouds and precipitation, radiation budgets, clima...

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