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The Greenhouse EffectThe Greenhouse EffectIntroductory PhysicsIntroductory Physics
Scott A. Mathews, Ph.D.
The Catholic University of America
Black Body Radiation
I is the amount of energy per unit surface area per unit time per unit solid angle emitted in the frequency range between ν and ν+dν by a black body at temperature T; h is Planck's constant; c is the speed of light; and k is Boltzmann's constant.
Black Body Curves for Sun and Earth
Atmospheric Absorption
Atmospheric Absorption
“Tipping Point”
•Non-linear system
•Positive feedback
•Changes in Albedo
•Melting Ice
•Changes in chemistry
•Solubility of CO2
•Changes in plant life
•Effecting Albedo
•Reducing sequestration