Longwave radiation infrared

Longwave Radiation infrared radiation emitted by Earth... 

Figure 7-3. Rate of emission of infrared (longwave) radiation per unit area by a blackbody (eiR =1.00) versus its surface temperature, as predicted by the Stefan-Boltzmaim law (Eq. 6.18).

The wavelengths of emitted longwave, infrared radiation occupy a broad band, with the wavelength of maximum emission given by Wien s displacement law. Wien s displacement law states that the product of the... 

As shown in Fig. 4.48, carbon dioxide absorbs the second largest amount, about 32%, of longwave infrared radiation in the atmosphere (Mann and Lazier, 1996). Over Earth s history, the predominant natural source of CO2 in the atmosphere has been volcanic eruptions, and the vast majority of that CO2 is now stored in ocean sediments and rocks derived from those sediments (Mann and Lazier, 1996). If Earth did not have oceans, the concentration of CO2 in Earth s atmosphere would be far higher than it is currently. 

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