Heating effect produced by certain gases (e.g.
CO2,
O3, etc.), which by virtue of their characteristic
infrared absorption, lower the earth to space
transmission of long
wavelength radiation but allow
transmission of shorter
wavelength radiation inward from the sun to the earth.
Source:
PAC, 1990, 62, 2167
(Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990))
on page 2192
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
doi:10.1351/goldbook.
