Effective radiation and water vapor in the atmosphere
Effective radiation greatly depends
on:
the water vapor content in the atmosphere
presence of cloudiness. It decreases with increase of the water vapor content.
Increase of humidity results in increase of BA value, and, hence, decrease of B* value.
Air temperature at the level z1
Absorption coefficient
Value z1 is arbitrary chosen quantity, it can be equal to 2 meters. Coefficient “a” specifies emissivity of the atmosphere, depends on humidity, amount and altitude of the cloudiness.
The increase of water vapor pressure and cloud amount results in coefficient “a” growth up.