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  2. Atmospheric window - Wikipedia

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    Also, out of about 340 W/m 2 of reflected shortwave (105 W/m 2) plus outgoing longwave radiation (235 W/m 2), 80-100 W/m 2 exits to space through the infrared window depending on cloudiness. About 40 W/m 2 of this transmitted amount is emitted by the surface, while most of the remainder comes from lower regions of the atmosphere. In a ...

  3. Optical window - Wikipedia

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    The optical atmospheric window is the optical portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that passes through the Earth's atmosphere, excluding its infrared part; [10] although, as mentioned before, the optical spectrum also includes the IR spectrum and thus the optical window could include the infrared window (8 – 14 μm), the latter is ...

  4. Atmospheric optics - Wikipedia

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    Other colors occur naturally in clouds. Bluish-grey is the result of light scattering within the cloud. In the visible spectrum, blue and green are at the short end of light's visible wavelengths, while red and yellow are at the long end. [20] The short rays are more easily scattered by water droplets, and the long rays are more likely to be ...

  5. Visible spectrum - Wikipedia

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    The visible spectrum is defined as that visible to humans, but the variance between species is large. Not only can cone opsins be spectrally shifted to alter the visible range, but vertebrates with 4 cones (tetrachromatic) or 2 cones (dichromatic) relative to humans' 3 (trichromatic) will also tend to have a wider or narrower visible spectrum ...

  6. Infrared window - Wikipedia

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    A fragmented part of the 'window' spectrum (one might say a louvred part of the 'window') can also be seen in the visible to mid-wavelength infrared between 0.2 and 5.5 μm. The infrared atmospheric window is an atmospheric window in the infrared spectrum where there is relatively little absorption of terrestrial thermal radiation by ...

  7. Weather satellite - Wikipedia

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    Observation is typically made via different 'channels' of the electromagnetic spectrum, in particular, the visible and infrared portions. Some of these channels include: [9] [10] Visible and Near Infrared: 0.6–1.6 μm – for recording cloud cover during the day; Infrared: 3.9–7.3 μm (water vapor), 8.7–13.4 μm (thermal imaging)

  8. Atmosphere - Wikipedia

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    The Moon is visible in the background. An atmosphere (from Ancient Greek ἀτμός (atmós) 'vapour, steam' and σφαῖρα (sphaîra) 'sphere') [1] is a layer of gases that envelop an astronomical object, held in place by the gravity of the object. A planet retains an atmosphere when the gravity is great and the temperature of

  9. Transparency and translucency - Wikipedia

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    The frequencies of the spectrum which are not absorbed are either reflected back or transmitted for our physical observation. In the visible portion of the spectrum, this is what gives rise to color. [8] [9] Absorption centers are largely responsible for the appearance of specific wavelengths of visible light all around us.