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Summary
| Description |
English:
All atmospheric
gases
have a unique pattern of energy
absorption
: they absorb some wavelengths of energy but are transparent to others. The absorption patterns of
water vapor
(blue peaks) and
carbon dioxide
(pink peaks) overlap in some
wavelengths
. Carbon dioxide is not as strong a
greenhouse gas
as water vapor, but it absorbs energy in wavelengths (12-15
micrometers
) that water vapor does not, partially closing the “window” through which
heat
radiated by the surface would normally escape to
space
. (Illustration adapted from Robert Rohde.)
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| Source | http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/EnergyBalance/page7.php NASA Earth Observatory |
| Author | NASA , Robert Rohde |
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