Question

At our distance from the Sun, the intensity of solar radiation is 1370 W/m^2 . As discussed in class and in the textbook, the temperature of the Earth is affected by the greenhouse effect of the atmosphere. This phenomenon describes the effect of absorption of infrared radiation by the surface so as to make the surface temperature of the Earth higher than if it were airless. The average global surface temperature of the Earth is ~288 K. Calculate the surface temperature of the Earth if it did not have an atmosphere. You may assume an emissivity of 1. The radius of the Earth is 6370 km and its distance from the Sun is 1.496 × 10^11 m.

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Answer 1

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