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RADIATIONAL COOLING  

Definition

  • In meteorology, the result of radiative cooling of the earth's surface and adjacent air. Radiational cooling occurs, as is typical on calm, clear nights, whenever the longwave emission from the surface is not balanced by significant amounts of absorbed shortwave radiation or downwelling longwave from the atmosphere above the surface, and there are no nonradiative sources of sufficient energy to make up the difference. (en)

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  • 2013-02-14 12:39:38.0 [mpmorahan] Insert Concept add broader relation (RADIATIONAL COOLING [5bac3ef6-5e30-4f14-a5dc-8065c7fcba55,82289] - CLOUD DYNAMICS [62019831-aaba-4d63-a5cd-73138ccfa5d0,82131]);
  • 2013-03-21 14:16:13.0 [mpmorahan] insert Definition (id: null text: In meteorology, the result of radiative cooling of the earth's surface and adjacent air. Radiational cooling occurs, as is typical on calm, clear nights, whenever the longwave emission from the surface is not balanced by significant amounts of absorbed shortwave radiation or downwelling longwave from the atmosphere above the surface, and there are no nonradiative sources of sufficient energy to make up the difference. language code: en);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/5bac3ef6-5e30-4f14-a5dc-8065c7fcba55

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