SUN

ULTRAVIOLET
ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERE
EARTH WITHWITH
WITH
NO
AND VISIBLE ‘ENHANCED’
‘NATURAL’
ATMOSPHERE
RADIATION GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSEEFFECT
EFFECT

INFRARED
RADIATION

THEASWARMER
NO THE
ENERGY EARTH
ENERGY EARTH
WARMS
RECEIVED
INPUTSGETS, ITTHE
–FROM STARTS
MORE
TEMPERATURE
THE TORADIATION
SUN EMIT
– IT
ONCE
EMITS
INFRARED
– AGAIN,
EVENTUALLY, THE ENERGY
RADIATIONRADIATION
– BUT OUT EMITTED
ENERGY
= ENERGY RISES
INPUT IN,
IS AS
‘STEADY
COCANIN YOU
THE SEE WHERE
APPROACHES
TEMPERATURE THIS
ABSOLUTE
ATMOSPHERE STARTS ISZERO?
GOING?
RISING
ABSORBS SOME ENERGY
OF THE
TEMPERATURE
2
STATE’ STILL
IS RISES,
ACHIEVED,
GREATER TILL ENERGY
TEMPERATURE
THAN OUTPUT OUT
STOPS= ENERGY
SO SO RISING
OUT
EMITTED IS LESS
INFRAREDTHAN ENERGY
RADIATION. IN AGAIN,
ENERGY THE IS
OUTPUT
IN AGAIN. A NEW ‘STEADY
TEMPERATURE KEEPSSTATE IS ACHIEVED
RISING
TEMPERATURE
NOW LOWER THAN STARTS RISING…
o THE INPUT AGAIN, SO
-18o C (255K)
+15 C (288K)
TEMPERATURE STARTS RISING