EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Over 99% of outgoing long-wave radiation has wavelengths between 4 m and 100 m, in the thermal infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Detailed explanation-2: -Much of this outgoing radiation is in the infrared (heat-longer wavelengths than the red part of the spectrum) and most is absorbed by water, carbon dioxide, and clouds in the atmosphere.

Detailed explanation-3: -infrared radiation, that portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that extends from the long wavelength, or red, end of the visible-light range to the microwave range.

Detailed explanation-4: -Outgoing long-wave radiation (OLR) is energy emitted from Earth in the form of electromagnetic radiation, which passes out of the atmosphere and into space in the form of thermal radiation. The flux of energy transport by OLR can be measured by a satellite.

Detailed explanation-5: -Electromagnetic radiation emitted from the Earth and its atmosphere. Terrestrial radiation, also called thermal infrared radiation or outgoing longwave radiation, is determined by the temperature and composition of the Earth’s atmosphere and surface.