Used as a quick assessment in a Meteorology class.
Which of the following is not a heat transfer method in Earth's atmosphere?
Which of the following is not a possibiltiy for incoming radiation?
Incoming radiation from the Sun is short-wave, so the atmosphere absorbs most of it.
Earth's surface absorbs the short-wave radiation, then radiates the radiation as long-wave radiation.
Earth's atmosphere absorbs long-wave radiation better than short-wave radiation.
Which of the following is not a gas that absorbs long-wave radiation?
During the day, high thin clouds will ...
During the day, low, thick clouds will block radiation from the surface which will...
During the night, clouds will absorb radiation from the surface and ...