CHAPTER 4 FIGURES

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Figure 4.01

Electrical and magnetic field components of electromagnetic radiation
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Figure 4.02
Diagram of plane-polarized wave
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Figure 4.03
Electromagnetic spectrum diagram
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Figure 4.04
The Sun as it appears in soft (relatively low energy) X-rays. Image was obtained by the Japanese Yokoh ("Sunbeam") spacecraft.
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Figure 4.05
Spectrum of solar radiation arriving at the top of Earth's atmosphere
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Figure 4.06
Ultraviolet portion of the solar spectral irradiance that falls on the top of Earth's atmosphere
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Figure 4.07
Extraterrestrial solar spectrum in the far ultraviolet region
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Figure 4.08
Monthly sunspots
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Figure 4.09
Intensity of radio emissions from the Sun at a wavelength of 10.7 cm (2800 MHz)
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Figure 4.10
Simple, flat-atmosphere model of the radiative transfer problem for Earth's atmosphere
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Figure 4.11
Two atmospheric layers from Figure 4.10
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Figure 4.12
The model we use for each atmospheric layer
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Figure 4.13
Basic radiative transfer model of the atmosphere.
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Figure 4.14
Light incidences on a layer of atmosphere
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Figure 4.15
Azimuth angle
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Figure 4.16
Very wide region of the spectrum of solar light reaching the top of Earth's atmosphere
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Figure 4.17
Efficiencies of O2 and O3 at absorbing photons and fluxes of radiation
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Figure 4.18
A single atom
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Figure 4.19
An atom being affected by a photon
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Figure 4.20
Outgoing scattered electromagnetic wave with the atom at the center
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Figure 4.21
Amplitude of Rayleigh scattering by an atom or molecule
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Figure 4.22
The Rayleigh scattering cross-section
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Figure 4.23
Spectrum of radiation emitted by an ideal blackbody radiator at various temperatures
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