NASA ERBE:                                                            Name: _________________

NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER:            Period:_____Date:______             SCORE:____   / 21

Visualization of ERBE Data:                                                                                          

E___________R___________ B___________ E___________

 

  1. The effects of clouds: Warming or Cooling?
  2. Solar Energy: Refected or absorbed: Longwave or shortwave radiation
  3. Sensors used to detect ______________ radiation.
  4. Energy at .2 to 5 microns is called ______________ radiation.
  5. Energy is reflect form the earth’s surface, atmosphere and __________.
  6. Atmosphere, earth and clouds all emit ___________ radiation.
  7. Emitted energy ____ to ______ microns are longwave energy.
  8. The three components of the earth’s radiation budget, incoming solar energy, reflected shortwave and _________ radiation.
  9. In 19____ the shuttle placed the ERBE instruments into space. ( NOAA#9 & #10 )
  10. There are two types off instruments: scanner and _______________.
  11. The ERBE scanner measures shortwave, longwave and  total radiation to view __________phenomenum.
  12. The video showed shortwave radiation over the earth form 1985 to 19____.
  13. Scale was 0 zero to ______ watts/meter^2).
  14. ERBE longwave radiation from 1985 to 19_____.
  15. Scale was 100 zero to ______ watts/meter^2).
  16. ________ radiation is defined as the balance through the gain of incoming solar and the loss 

through reflected shortwave and emitted longwave.   = ( incoming- reflected )

  1. If incoming- reflected is positive then _____________ occurs. ( warm cool ).
  2. If incoming- reflected is negative then _____________ occurs ( warm cool ).
  3. So _________ sky net radiation can determine the effect of clouds on climates.
  4. Cloud _____________ = to the Net radiation – Clear sky radiation. ( Shows cloud data. )
  5. What was the results?