Solar Energy And The Atmosphere Quizlet

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Solar energy and the atmosphere quizlet. Calculating solar energy to surface energy from sun to earth. Only about 7 of solar radiation is in the uv wavelengths. Even in sunny parts of the world s temperate regions for instance a collector must have a surface. Natural solar energy greenhouse effect the infrared visible and uv waves that reach the earth take part in a process of warming the planet and making life possible the so called greenhouse effect about 30 of the solar energy that reaches earth is reflected back into space.

Learn vocabulary terms and more with flashcards games and other study tools. Solar energy and the atmosphere. The sun is generally considered to produce a constant amount of power although there are small variances in the output energy depending on sunspot cycles with a surface intensity of expressed in units of power per unit area as the sun s rays spread into space this radiation becomes less and less intense as an inverse square law. Of the solar energy that reaches the outer atmosphere uv wavelengths have the greatest energy.

Among the most common devices used to capture solar energy and convert it to thermal energy are flat plate collectors which are used for solar heating applications. The rest is absorbed into earth s atmosphere. The second highest energy is also mostly stopped in the atmosphere. The highest energy ultraviolet does not reach the planet s surface at all.

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