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What do clouds do?
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Reflect insolation and cool earth's temperature, act as insulation trapping longwave radiation from earth and raising min. temps.
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Clouds and earth;s greenhouse
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Cluods affect heating and lower atmosphere: higher clouds heat, lower, thicker cluods cool
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How much does earth's average albedo reflect to space?
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31%
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When is the warmest time of day?
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Moment when a maximum of insolation is absorbed and emitted to the atmospehere from the ground
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Marine effect?
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Describes locations that exhibit the moderating influences of the ocean, usually along coastlines
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Continental effect?
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Condition of areas that are less affected by sea have a greater range between max and min temperatures diurnally and seasonally
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Urban heat island
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Average both high and min temperature are higher in urban areas than in nearby rural settings
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Scattering
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Gas molecules redirect radiation, changing the direction of the lights movement without altering its wavelenghts
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Transmission
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The passing of shortwave and longwave energy through either atm or water
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Shortwave radiation input
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Ultraviolet light, visible light and near-infared wavelenghts
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Longwave radiation output
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Thermal infrared, pass through atmosphere by transmission
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Diffusuin radiation
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Downward component of scattered light
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Refraction
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The bending action where insolation is subject to a change of speed and direction
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Global dimming
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Decline in earth's insolation
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Absorption
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Assimilation of radiation and its conversion from one form to ano
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