All of the Following Is True Regarding the Earth's Radiation

question 32

Multiple Choice

All of the following is true regarding the earth's radiation balance except

• A)the sun heats the earth's surface more than it does the atmosphere.
• B)sensible heat flux is the predominant process for the loss of outgoing longwave radiation.
• C)almost half the energy received by the earth's surface is returned to the atmosphere through latent heat flux.
• D)sensible and latent heat flux together carry most of the energy stored at the surface into the atmosphere.

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