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12.7°C (285.8°K)
Surface temperature
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Imagine the following scenario cows are grazing in a field and there is a large power station in the distance. There are no clouds in the sky so a lot of sunlight can penetrate through the atmosphere. A certain fraction of that sunlight is reflected back by the surface and some heat is also emitted as infrared.


Move the sliders to change the properties of the atmosphere and observe the affect on the surface temperature.

1.75ppm
CH4
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385ppm
CO2
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70%
Cloudy fraction
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40%
Cloud albedo
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