• Radiative equilibrium is the condition where the total thermal radiation leaving an object is equal to the total thermal radiation entering it. It is...
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  • The planetary equilibrium temperature is a theoretical temperature that a planet would be if it were in radiative equilibrium, typically under the assumption...
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    solely radiative connection, no matter how far apart, or what partially obstructive, reflective, or refractive, obstacles lie in their path of radiative exchange...
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    radiative-dynamical equilibrium." Instantaneous radiative forcing: "if no change in stratospheric temperature is accounted for". Effective radiative forcing:...
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  • radiative-convective equilibrium (RCE) is a concept for the radiative balance of the atmosphere. It describes the balance between the net radiative longwave...
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    energy flows reduce radiative surface cooling (net upward radiative energy flow). Latent heat transport and thermals provide non-radiative surface cooling...
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  • scattering processes. The equation of radiative transfer describes these interactions mathematically. Equations of radiative transfer have application in a wide...
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    example imagined by Planck. He was considering the internal thermal radiative equilibrium of a thermodynamic system in a cavity initially devoid of substance...
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  • considers a grey stratosphere in radiative equilibrium. A grey stratosphere (or atmosphere) is an approach to modeling radiative transfer that does not take...
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    in radiative equilibrium in a cavity at the temperature of the matter of the 'cell'. Then it strictly obeys Kirchhoff's law of equality of radiative emissivity...
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    incoming and outgoing energy fluxes are in balance, Earth is in radiative equilibrium and the climate system will be relatively stable. Global warming...
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    colleague of Pictet, introduced the concept of radiative equilibrium, wherein all objects both radiate and absorb heat. When an object is cooler than...
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  • thermodynamic equilibrium are simultaneously in mutual thermal, mechanical, chemical, and radiative equilibria. Systems can be in one kind of mutual equilibrium, while...
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  • space", "empty room", or "cavity") is a cavity whose walls are in radiative equilibrium with the radiant energy within the cavity. First proposed by Gustav...
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    concept of radiative equilibrium between convection inside the Sun and thermal radiation at the surface. He developed an equation for radiative transfer...
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  • {k_{f}}{k_{b}}}\right)_{2}\times \cdots } Equilibrium chemistry Mechanical equilibrium Chemical equilibrium Radiative equilibrium Atkins, P.W.; de Paula, J. (2006)...
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  • Mechanical equilibrium, the state in which the sum of the forces, and torque, on each particle of the system is zero Radiative equilibrium, the state...
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    reaction within the core region. The overlying atmosphere is in radiative equilibrium. This is in contrast to the Sun, which has a radiation zone centered...
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    Milne, E. A. (1928). "The effect of collisions on monochromatic radiative equilibrium" (PDF). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 88 (6):...
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    simplifications of the atmospheric radiative transfer on the basis of atmospheric radiative transfer codes, and cloud microphysics. Radiative parametrizations are important...
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    233, JSTORĀ 6491, PMIDĀ 17747682 Eddington, A. S. (1916). "On the radiative equilibrium of the stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society...
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  • temperature Earth's Energy Imbalance, a measurable change in the planet's radiative equilibrium which quantifies its heating (or cooling) rate Global Warming (Pitbull...
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  • surface recombination. These decay channels can be separated into radiative and non-radiative. The latter occurs when the excess energy is converted into heat...
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    used in single-use reentry capsules. Passive daytime radiative cooling Daytime passive radiative coolers use the extremely cold temperature of outer space...
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    long-term, the planet's thermal inertia is surmounted and a new radiative equilibrium is reached when all energy arriving on the planet is leaving again...
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    measure of how much temperature change a given amount of radiative forcing will cause. Radiative forcings are generally quantified as Watts per square meter...
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    wavelength-specific radiative emission and absorption by a material body in thermodynamic equilibrium, including radiative exchange equilibrium. It is a special...
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    This is the biggest non-radiative cooling effect at the surface. It compensates for roughly 70% of the average net radiative warming at the surface. Second...
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  • A radiative zone is a layer of a star's interior where energy is primarily transported toward the exterior by means of radiative diffusion and thermal...
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    the 1950s showed that the pre-main-sequence star can remain in radiative equilibrium throughout some period of its contraction to the main sequence....
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