Atmosphere - energy ins & outs

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S216 - Environmental Science, Block 2 Air & Earth
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Atmosphere - energy ins & outs
  1. kinetic energy
    1. thermal energy

      Annotations:

      • Sensible heat - the thermal energy of the air.
      1. gravitational potential energy
        1. latent heat

          Annotations:

          • Energy held by water vapour that has been evaporated
          1. steady state
            1. radiative energy
              1. absorbtion
                1. scattering
                  1. albedo effect
                  2. solar radiation
                    1. infrared radiation
                    2. greenhouse effect
                    3. adiabatic lapse rates
                      1. SALR

                        Annotations:

                        • Saturated adiabatic lapse rate.
                        1. DALR

                          Annotations:

                          • Dry adiabatic lapse rate.
                          1. ELR

                            Annotations:

                            • environmental lapse rate
                            1. convection

                              Annotations:

                              • Convection occurs under unstable conditions where the ELR is greater than the SALR or DALR.
                              • Involves kinetic energy but also carries energy in two form: sensible heat (thermal) and latent heat.
                          2. temperature structure of the atmosphere

                            Annotations:

                            • The troposphere is heated by the surface by infrared radiation and the stratosphere is heated by solar radiation - particularly the UV.
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