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The planet Venus is different from the earth in several respects. First, it is only 70% as far from the sun. Second, its thick clouds reflect 77%of all incident sunlight. Finally, its atmosphere is much more opaque to infrared light.

(a) Calculate the solar constant at the location of Venus, and estimate what the average surface temperature of Venus would be if it had no atmosphere and did not reflect any sunlight.

(b) Estimate the surface temperature again, taking the reflectivity of the clouds into account.

(c) The opaqueness of Venus's atmosphere at infrared wavelengths is roughly 70times that of earth's atmosphere. You can therefore model the atmosphere of Venus as 70successive "blankets" of the type considered in the text, with each blanket at a different equilibrium temperature. Use this model to estimate the surface temperature of Venus. (Hint: The temperature of the top layer is what you found in part (b). The next layer down is warmer by a factor of 21/4. The next layer down is warmer by a smaller factor. Keep working your way down until you see the pattern.)

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(a) The solar constant at the location of Venus is2.8103W/m2andthe average temperature of Venus if moon has no atmosphere is333K

(b) .

The surface temperature of Venus, when reflectivity is taking into account, is231K.

(c) .

The ground temperature of the Venus is670K.

Step by step solution

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Step 1. Given information

  • The amount of solar flux density per unit area is termed as solar constant. and it is given as

solar=P4R2

  • From the Stefan's law of radiationwehavethatamount of heat radiation is as follows: H=er2T4

The above two equations will be used to get the desired result.

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Step 2. Calculating the solar constant at the location of Venus .

Solar constant is given as :

solar=P4R2

Here,Pis the solar power and data-custom-editor="chemistry" R{ is the mean distance between the sun and Venus. }

The mean distance between the sun and the Venus is 70%of the distance between the earth and the sun.

R=70%150109m

=1.051011m

Putting 3.91026WforPand 1.051011mforRin the equationsolar=P4R2

solar=3.91026W41.051011m2

=2.8103W/m2

Hence, the solar constant at the location of Venus is2.8103W/m2.

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Step 3. Calculating  the average temperature of Venus if moon has no atmosphere.

The amount of heat absorbed by planet is

H=solarA

=solar4r2

role="math" localid="1647760959262" where,solaris the solar constant andris the radius of the planet.

From the Stefan's law of radiation, the amount of heat radiation is as follows

H=er2T4
role="math" localid="1647761137436" is the Stefan's constant andTis the absolute temperature.

Puttingsolar4r2forH

Solar4r2=er2T4

T=Solar414

Putting , 2800w/m2for Solarand5.610-8W/m2K4for.

T=2800W/m245.6710-8W/m2K414

T=333K

Hence, the average temperature of Venus if moon has no atmosphere is333K
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Step 4. Calculating  the surface temperature of Venus , when the reflectivity is taking into account .

As the clouds reflect 77%incoming sunlight, then the remaining 23%will be absorbed Hence, the new solar constant will be

solar='(23%)solar

=(0.23)2.8103W/m2

=644W/m2

The new surface temperature of the Venusis

T'=Solar4]14

Putting the value of 644W/m2forsolar'and5.610-8W/m2K4for .

T'=644W/m245.6710-8W/m2K414

=231K

Hence, the surface temperature of Venus, when reflectivity is taking into account, is231K.

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Step 5. As we know that

The upper blanket send as much energy downward as it sends upward, so its total emission for each unit of sunlight is two units.

The equilibrium requires that it also absorb two units of infrared radiation and these two units must come from the lower blanket. Since the lower blanket is radiating twice as much as energy upward as the upper blanket, its temperature must be greater by a factor of 214.

In the same way, the lower blanket must also send as much energy down as it sends up - in this case, two units, since it emits a total of four units of which one comes from the upper blanket. The other three must come from the ground, as a check note that the ground is absorbed two units from the lower blanket and one from the sun so it must emit three units. In order for the ground to emit three times as much as energy upward as the upper blanket, its temperature must be greater by a factor of 314.

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Step 6. Calculating  the ground temperature of Venus .

Hence, the 70thblanket is warmer than first blanket by the order of (70)1/4. So, the ground is warmer than the order of (71)1/4.The temperature of the Venusisgivenas

Tvenus=(71)14T'Tvenus=(71)14(231K)=670K

Hence, the ground temperature of the Venus is670K

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