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Topic: Radiative process


  
  Sun - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Convective overshoot is thought to occur at the base of the convection zone, carrying turbulent downflows into the outer layers of the radiative zone.
The thermal columns in the convection zone form an imprint on the surface of the Sun, in the form of the solar granulation and supergranulation.
Sunlight — that is, light radiated from the surface of the Sun — is thought to be the main source of energy near the surface of Earth.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/s/u/n/Sun.html   (3586 words)

  
 Stellar Winds
In hotter stars, the high radiative flux, drives the wind primarily by means of line scattering, which can be thought of as a transfer of momentum from the photons striking the atoms of gas.
In a static medium such scattering is confined to radiation with a photon energy near the energy difference between the levels, corresponding to a range of wavelengths near a distinct, line-centre value.
The outflow of radiation is unevenly distributed over the distorted surface, with the polar regions brighter and the equatorial regions dimmer than they would be if the star didn't rotate.
www.peripatus.gen.nz /Astronomy/SteWin.html   (1506 words)

  
 Bibliography: Discovery of Global Warming
Budyko, Mikhail I. "The Effect of Solar Radiation Variations on the Climate of the Earth." Tellus 21: 611-19.
"Outgassing Processes on the Moon and Venus." In The Origin and Evolution of Atmospheres and Oceans, edited by Peter J. Brancazio and A. Cameron, pp.
Kaplan, Lewis D. "On the Pressure Dependence of Radiative Heat Transfer in the Atmosphere." J.
www.aip.org /history/climate/bib.htm   (10478 words)

  
 NASA: Atmospheres - Contact
Lau, K. Hu, Y. Sud, and G. Walker, 2005: Effects of cloud microphysics on tropical atmospheric hydrologic processes and intraseasonal variability in the GEOS GCM.
Li, X., C.-H. Sui, K.-M. Lau, and W.-K. Tao, 2004: Tropical convective responses to microphysical and radiative processes: A sensitivity study with a 2D cloud resolving model.
Lau, K. Kim, and Y. Sud, 1996: Intercomparison of Hydrologic Processes in AMIP GCMs.
atmospheres.gsfc.nasa.gov /contact/profile.php?id=1   (3944 words)

  
 News - Boulder Laboratories Library
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), short cosmic blasts of very high energy electromagnetic radiation, were first detected in 1973, and current sensors record an average of one per day.
Engineers consider the floodplain to be any part of a valley floor subject to occasional floods that threaten life and property, and commonly designate floodplain zones based on the recurrence interval with which they are flooded.
Learn about the deposits and topography of a floodplain, how they influence the physical processes along rivers, and more.
library.bldrdoc.gov /news.html   (1004 words)

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