I do have an issue with the Greenhouse Effect simulation, however. When I use the slider in the Layer Module to set the atmosphere's infrared absorbance, the atmosphere's longwave EMISSIVITY doesn't adjust to match, which it should. In other words, the simulation has the atmosphere always emitting as a blackbody even when its absorbance is low. My understanding is that the emissivity should be the same as the absorbance. Is it possible to fix this?
@kathy-phet said I happened to see the phethelp email about GHE in the slack channel mirror. Need to look more, but I think this guy might be correct about the emissivity of the atmosphere layers.
https://www.e-education.psu.edu/meteo469/node/198
@kathy-phet said I happened to see the phethelp email about GHE in the slack channel mirror. Need to look more, but I think this guy might be correct about the emissivity of the atmosphere layers.
https://www.e-education.psu.edu/meteo469/node/198