At night, low clouds:
A. Enhance the atmospheric greenhouse effect
B. Weaken the atmospheric greenhouse effect
C. Are often caused by the atmospheric greenhouse effect
D. Have no effect on the atmospheric greenhouse effect
Answer: Option A
Solution(By Examveda Team)
At night the reflection effect is zero so the greenhouse effect and reflection of thermal radiation dominate and the low thick clouds have a warming effect.The greenhouse effect could at most return 50 percent of the outgoing radiation back to the Earth
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What is the cause of the Exxon Valdez?
A. Oil Tanker which sank in 1989 along the coast of Alaska and marine life seriously affected.
B. a plane which crashed and caused death of human life
C. a ship which wrecked on the coast of India
D. none of these.
A. A much higher temperature than -10o C
B. A much lower temperature than -10o C
C. A temperature of -10o C
D. A temperature of -30o C
Infrared and visible satellite images might provide:
A. A way of determining cloud thickness and altitude.
B. A way of distinguishing between wet and dry clouds.
C. A way of identifying clouds suitable for cloud seeding.
D. A way of distinguishing between "new" and "old" clouds.
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