greenhouse effect

in atmospheric chemistry
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02698
Heating effect produced by certain gases (e.g. CO2, O3, etc.), which by virtue of their characteristic @IT07399@ absorption, lower the earth to space @T06477@ of long @W06659@ radiation but allow @T06477@ of shorter @W06659@ radiation inward from the sun to the earth.
Source:
PAC, 1990, 62, 2167. (Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990)) on page 2192 [Terms] [Paper]
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). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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