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Dictionary definition: absorption, atmospheric
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- A Dictionary of Weather
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Copyright© A Dictionary of Weather 2001, originally published by Oxford University Press 2001. (Hide copyright information)
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absorption, atmospheric
The various components of the Earth's atmosphere act to reduce or completely block certain wavelengths of the radiation incident at upper levels. The principal active atoms are
oxygen
and
nitrogen
, and molecules of oxygen,
ozone
(in the ultraviolet), and
water vapour
(in the infrared). The overall spectrum at ground level ...
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