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Climate #3: Blocking Thermal Radiation
How does the atmosphere affect thermal radiation? Well, for one thing, it can block it, trapping heat below. But when we have a cold, cloudless night sky, what happens to the thermal radiation? The tw… more →
Little Shop of Physics
Heat
wrote 1 month ago: Two objects of different temperature had thermal contact each other, the temperature of hotter the o … more →
General Effects of the Atomic Bombs: Flash burns
wrote 3 months ago: The General Effects of the Atomic Bombs produced flash burns on victims. The flash of the explosion, … more →
What Time of Day is it Warmest?
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wrote 5 months ago: What’s the most likely time of day for the daily maximum temperature? Actually, it depends on a lot … more →
A Conversation with an Infrared Radiation Expert
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wrote 1 year ago: Visible and IR photo in Anthony's neighborhood - note that my IR camera doesn't go any low … more →
Rayleigh- Jean's Law
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wrote 1 year ago: Image via Wikipedia Lord Rayleigh on classical limes made an attempt to explain the energy distribut … more →
LAWS OF ENERGY DISTRIBUTION IN BLACK BODY RADIATION : First Part - Wein's Laws
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wrote 1 year ago: Image via Wikipedia Various workers tried to explain the problem of energy distribution in black bod … more →
Greenhouse Thought Experiment
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wrote 1 year ago: Image via Wikipedia UPDATE: Jeff provides his answer below Guest post by Jeff Condon (reposted by re … more →
Climate #3: Blocking Thermal Radiation
wrote 1 year ago: How does the atmosphere affect thermal radiation? Well, for one thing, it can block it, trapping hea … more →
Dec 14, 1900: The Birth of Quantum Theory
wrote 1 year ago: German physicist Max Planck publishes his groundbreaking study of the effect of radiation on a … more →
Climate #1: Intro and Solar Heat
wrote 1 year ago: Climate is here! We kick off the show by working with some basic ideas about climate. One thing we s … more →
The Big Reveal from the homeowner's blog on This Old House
wrote 1 year ago: This is a site meeting about the radiant heat in the basement family room – The homeowner wrot … more →
The global temperature is inherently unstable
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wrote 2 years ago: Let me make an immediate apology about the title of this post: it would be more correct to have call … more →
A Heat Transfer Textbook, 3rd Edition by John H. Lienhard IV
wrote 2 years ago: This textbook is an introduction to heat and mass transfer oriented toward engineering students. The … more →
What is Radiation?
wrote 2 years ago: Thermal radiation is the thermal energy emitted by bodies in the form of electromagnetic waves becau … more →
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