ch 3: the electromagnetic spectrum
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What wavelengths are associated with sunburns? What wavelengths ‘break’ NO 2 ? What types of transitions are important for UV, VIS, IR, Microwave?. CH 3: The Electromagnetic Spectrum. CH 3: The Electromagnetic Spectrum. Top of the Atmosphere Solar Radiation: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Pat Arnott, ATMS 749 Atmospheric Radiation Transfer
CH 3: The Electromagnetic Spectrum
What wavelengths are associated with sunburns?What wavelengths ‘break’ NO2?What types of transitions are important for UV, VIS, IR, Microwave?
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Pat Arnott, ATMS 749 Atmospheric Radiation Transfer
CH 3: The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Top of the Atmosphere Solar Radiation:Fits to a black body between 5500 K and 6000 K.
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Top of the Atmosphere Solar Radiation:
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SOLAR SPECTRUM:TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERE
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Pat Arnott, ATMS 749 Atmospheric Radiation Transfer
SOLAR SPECTRUM:TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND AT THE SURFACE
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SOLAR SPECTRUM: Effects of Rayleigh (gas) scattering, O2 and N2.
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SOLAR SPECTRUM: Effects of Rayleigh (gas) scattering, O2 and N2,And effects of extinction by aerosol particles.
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SOLAR SPECTRUM: Effects of gaseous absorption.
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Sun and Earth Spectra and Atmospheric Windows
Sun Earth
Absorption only, not effects of Rayleigh Scattering by gases.
Visible Window IR Dirty Window
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Rayleigh Scattering In Perspective Relative to Absorption
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Absorption cross sections of O3 and O2 in the UV and Visible.
Strongly affects atmospheric chemistry, thermal structure, and amount of deadly UV that doesn’t make it to the surface.
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Rayleigh Scattering (light scattering by air as dipole radiation)
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Atmospheric Temperature Profile: US “Standard” Atmosphere.
From Liou
Cirrus cloud level.High cold clouds, visible optical depth range0.001 to 10, emits IR to surface in the IR window.
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Solar Spectrum, Top of the Atmosphere and at the Surface
Shaded region is solar irradiance removed by Rayleigh scattering and absorption by gases as indicated. (from Liou).
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Electronic, Vibrational, energy levels and the big break up (dissociation level)
From Liou