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THE radiation traversing the atmosphere is in part radiation coming from the sun, and in part radiation emitted by the earth and its atmosphere. The first is mainly in wave-lengths between 0 25 m. and 2.5 m (1 m = 10-4 cm. = 104 A.): the second is chiefly confined to wave-lengths greater than 5 m, and may therefore be called long-wave radiation.
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ABSORPTION AND EMISSION OF RADIATION IN THE ATMOSPHERE. Nature 150, 144–146 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150144a0
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