CP-2156 Life In The Universe
Figure 1. Mean monthly values (12
months at 18 latitude zones) of zonally averaged outgoing infrared
irradiance
,
measured by satellites (Ellis and yonder Haar, 1976) plotted against
corresponding values of surface air temperature T. The straight line
is a least-squares fit to the data. Note that physical processes in
the real atmosphere lead to a fairly linear dependence of on surface
temperature, as opposed to the T4 relationship of
simple theory. (Source: Warren and Schneider, 1979).
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