Solar/Terrestrial radiation curves
Gases
Thermal and Solar radiation
P335 : Lect RadT and Spectra
Sergio DeSouza-Machado, Ruben Delgado
Department of Physics, JCET
University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
Fall 2016
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Solar/Terrestrial radiation curves
Gases
Thermal and Solar radiation
Hadley, Ferrel, Polar Cells
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Earth_Gl
_en.svg/2000px-Earth_Global_Circulation_-_en.svg.png
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Solar/Terrestrial radiation curves
Gases
Thermal and Solar radiation
Interactions in Earth System
http://www.lakhankar.com/ess/images/Five-Spheres.png
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Solar/Terrestrial radiation curves
Gases
Thermal and Solar radiation
http://missionscience.nasa.gov/images/ems/emsIntro_mainContent_Elec
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Solar/Terrestrial radiation curves
Gases
Thermal and Solar radiation
Solar vs Terrestrial
https://scienceofdoom.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/blackbody_curvesun-earth.jpg
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Solar/Terrestrial radiation curves
Gases
Thermal and Solar radiation
Atmospheric Gases
http://www.climate-change-knowledge.org/uploads/molecules.gif
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Solar/Terrestrial radiation curves
Gases
Thermal and Solar radiation
Transitions
http://www.wag.caltech.edu/home/jang/genchem/ir_img3.gif
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Solar/Terrestrial radiation curves
Gases
Thermal and Solar radiation
WV molecule
nice gif of the stretching/bending of WV
http://images.slideplayer.com/14/4178834/slides/slide_1.jpg
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Solar/Terrestrial radiation curves
Gases
Thermal and Solar radiation
WV molecule
Warning : This is for very HOT exoplanets, but illustrates
a) the strong temperature dependance
b) the abs coeff strength at "regular spacing", reducing with
increasing freq
http://d29qn7q9z0j1p6.cloudfront.net/content/roypta/370/1968/2749/
http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/370/1968/2749
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Solar/Terrestrial radiation curves
Gases
Thermal and Solar radiation
CO2
CO2 modes
http://chemistry.elmhurst.edu/vchembook/images/irCO2.JPEG
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Solar/Terrestrial radiation curves
Gases
Thermal and Solar radiation
CO2 at 15 um
http://home.pcisys.net/ bestwork.1/CalcAbs/SrhoCO2NB.png
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Solar/Terrestrial radiation curves
Gases
Thermal and Solar radiation
N2O
http://chemistry.elmhurst.edu/vchembook/images/irN2O.JPEG
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Solar/Terrestrial radiation curves
Gases
Thermal and Solar radiation
ERA T and WV profiles, zonal avg
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Solar/Terrestrial radiation curves
Gases
Thermal and Solar radiation
Energy balance
Cloud Radiative Effects
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Solar/Terrestrial radiation curves
Gases
Thermal and Solar radiation
Solar Radiation
http://topex.ucsd.edu/rs/radiation.pdf
Figure shows blackbody radiation curves for the Sun at 6000˚K and the Earth at 288˚K. The
solar radiation peaks in the visible part of the spectrum while the Earth has a peak in the thermal
infrared part of the spectrum (~ 10 µm).
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Solar/Terrestrial radiation curves
Gases
Thermal and Solar radiation
Solar Radiation
http://topex.ucsd.edu/rs/radiation.pdf
Radiation from the Sun and Earth
Figure shows the theoretical blackbody radiation curve for 5250˚C (black curve). Solar radiation
at the top of the atmosphere is well approximated by a blackbody spectrum (yellow). The
atmosphere absorbs and reflects radiation so the spectral radiance at sea level is lower and has
bands of low incident radiation. Note that the peak in the spectral radiance from the sun occurs
in the visible part of the spectrum.
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Solar/Terrestrial radiation curves
Gases
Thermal and Solar radiation
Terrestrial IR
http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/people/faculty/djj/book/bookchap7-15.gif
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Solar/Terrestrial radiation curves
Gases
Thermal and Solar radiation
Terrestrial IR
http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/people/faculty/djj/book/bookhwk71.gif
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Solar/Terrestrial radiation curves
Gases
Thermal and Solar radiation
Terrestrial IR + MW
https://climatephys.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/upwelling_toa12.jpg
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