The greenhouse effect occurs when long wavelength radiation is absorbed in the troposphere he interaction of solar radiation and the atmosphere provides the habitable planet we live on and contributes to the future potential for global warming. In addition, solar radiation supplies the energy necessary for cloud formation, precipitation, and local weather conditions. The electromagnetic spectrum. Radio waves can have wavelengths measured in hundreds of meters.
All objects emit heat, and the hotter an object, the shorter the wavelength of radiation it emits.
The supply of energy used daily by natural systems is derived almost completely from solar radiation. Substituting the temperature of the Sun into the above equation illustrates that incoming solar radiation should have a wavelength of approximately 0.5 m m which lies within the range of visible light. The relative proportions of solar radiation reaching Earth. The relative proportion of wavelengths is important as atmospheric gases absorb specific wavelengths of radiation. Ozone in the stratosphere absorbs ultraviolet radiation between 0.2-0.35 m m, effectively blocking the majority of incoming UV rays.