Greenhouse Effect - Wikipedia
Greenhouse Effect - Wikipedia
Greenhouse Effect - Wikipedia
History
The existence of the greenhouse effect
was argued for by Joseph Fourier in
1824. The argument and the evidence
were further strengthened by Claude
Pouillet in 1827 and 1838 and reasoned
from experimental observations by
Eunice Newton Foote in 1856.[11] John
Tyndall expanded her work in 1859 by
measuring radiative properties of a
wider spectrum of greenhouse
gases.[12] The effect was more fully
quantified by Svante Arrhenius in 1896,
who made the first quantitative
prediction of global warming due to a
hypothetical doubling of atmospheric
carbon dioxide.[13] However, the term
"greenhouse" was not used to refer to
this effect by any of these scientists;
the term was first used in this way by
Nils Gustaf Ekholm in 1901.[14][15]
Description
The solar radiation spectrum for direct light at
both the top of Earth's atmosphere and at sea
level
Mechanism
The basic mechanism can be qualified
in a number of ways, none of which
affect the fundamental process. The
atmosphere near the surface is largely
opaque to thermal radiation (with
important exceptions for "window"
bands), and most heat loss from the
surface is by sensible heat and latent
heat transport. Radiative energy losses
become increasingly important higher
in the atmosphere, largely because of
the decreasing concentration of water
vapor, an important greenhouse gas. It
is more realistic to think of the
greenhouse effect as applying to a
layer in the mid-troposphere, which is
effectively coupled to the surface by a
lapse rate. The simple picture also
assumes a steady state, but in the real
world, the diurnal cycle as well as the
seasonal cycle and weather
disturbances complicate matters. Solar
heating applies only during daytime.
During the night, the atmosphere cools
somewhat, but not greatly, because its
emissivity is low. Diurnal temperature
changes decrease with height in the
atmosphere.
Greenhouse gases
By their percentage contribution to the
greenhouse effect on Earth the four
major gases are:[22][23]
Real greenhouses
Related effects
Anti-greenhouse effect
See also
Earth's energy budget
Top contributors to greenhouse gas
emissions
Climate tipping point
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