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The emissivity of the earth's surface
Author(s) -
Houghton J. T.
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49708436213
Subject(s) - emissivity , earth (classical element) , surface (topology) , surface air temperature , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , earth surface , astrobiology , materials science , geology , meteorology , geometry , physics , geophysics , optics , astronomy , mathematics , precipitation
Some measurements from aircraft of the emissivity of the earth's surface are described. They show that for the type of surface studied, the earth's surface is radiating as a black‐body at a temperature somewhere between screen air temperature and grass or sea‐surface temperature.