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Solar Radiation, Heat Balance and Temperature
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Why is the atmosphere is indirectly heated by the earth’s radiation? 

Answer

The long wave radiation is absorbed by the atmospheric gases particularly by carbon dioxide and the other green house gases. Thus, the atmosphere is indirectly heated by the earth’s radiation.

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Some More Questions From Solar Radiation, Heat Balance and Temperature Chapter

What is insolation ?

What are the ways in which the atmosphere is heated ?

What are the isotherms ?

What part of heat energy radiated by the sun is intercepted by the earth ?

What do you mean by the annual range of temperature?

Which is the most important process of heating the atmosphere ?

Why do isotherms bend while crossing the continents and oceans ?

Mention distance from the sea as a factors controlling temperature distribution.

How altitude act a factor in temperature distributions? 

Why do different parallels receive different amounts of insolation ?