energy+in+the+atmosphere

=﻿ Treva, Tynan = = = Certain gases in the atmosphere including water vapor and carbon dioxide, allow visible light to pass through but absorb most infrared radition. These gases radiate some of this absorbed energy back to Earth's surface, warming the lower atmosphere in a process called the __greenhouse effect.__ **Some solar energy that reaches Earth's atmosphere is reflected back,some is absorbed by the atmosphere, and some is absorbed by Earth's surface. About thirty percent of the incoming solor energy is reflected back into space by clouds, dust in the air, gases, and Earth's surface. Abouut twenty percent of the sun's energy is absorbed by clouds and gases. But the greatest amount of solor energy, about half, passess through the atmosphere and is absorbed by the surface.**
 * The atmosphere is heated primarily by energy that is reradiated by Earth's surface. Unlike the incoming solar energy, which has much of its energy in the visible spectrum, the energy radiated back into the atmospere is mostly infrared radiation.certain gases in the atmosphere, including water vapor and carbon dioxide, allow visible light to pass through but absorb most infrared raditon. These gases radiate some of this absorbed energy back to Earth's surface, warming the lower atmosphere in process called the greenhouse effect**