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Atmosphere - energy ins & outs
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S216 - Environmental Science, Block 2 Air & Earth
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Atmosphere - energy ins & outs
kinetic energy
thermal energy
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Sensible heat - the thermal energy of the air.
gravitational potential energy
latent heat
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Energy held by water vapour that has been evaporated
steady state
radiative energy
absorbtion
scattering
albedo effect
solar radiation
infrared radiation
greenhouse effect
adiabatic lapse rates
SALR
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Saturated adiabatic lapse rate.
DALR
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Dry adiabatic lapse rate.
ELR
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environmental lapse rate
convection
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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.
temperature structure of the atmosphere
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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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