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Use downward optical depth $t$ measured from the top, with total $D={\tau }_{\infty }$. This is the effective optical-depth/two-stream convention that gives an attenuation factor $e^{-t}$. Constant absorption per unit mass and constant gravity give $t=Dp/p_s$. Write the locally emitted flux source as $S(t)=\pi B(t)=S_0+bt$.

The atmospheric contribution to upward outgoing longwave flux isBecause the source is linear, the effective emission pressure makes this exactly $(1-e^{-D})S(t_{\mathrm{eff}})$, whereThus for $D\gg 1$, $t_{\mathrm{eff}}\to 1$ and $p_{\mathrm{rad}}\simeq p_s/D$. For $D\ll 1$, expansion gives $t_{\mathrm{eff}}=D/2-D^2/12+O(D^4)$, so $p_{\mathrm{rad}}\simeq p_s/2$. In the thin limit $F_{\mathrm{atm}}\simeq D\pi B(p_s/2)$: it is the small atmospheric contribution, not the whole outgoing flux, which this level characterizes. Surface radiation transmitted through the column must be added separately.

Angular convention: these numerical coefficients use an effective optical depth. If $t$ instead means literal vertical monochromatic optical depth and the angular integral is retained exactly, the flux weight is $2E_2(t)$, not $e^{-t}$. Its thick-limit mean depth is $2/3$, giving $p_{\mathrm{rad}}\simeq 2p_s/(3D)$ for a linear source. The coefficient one in the requested expression therefore specifies a two-stream/diffusivity convention; it is not an angle-independent identity. The thin-limit half-column result survives to leading order.

In a well-mixed convective column with fixed absorber mass and constant mass opacity, adding a perfectly transparent gas leaves total optical depth $D$ unchanged. The absolute effective emission pressure scales with total surface pressure, but their ratio remains $D$. In the thick-column emitting-level model, $T_s=T_e{D}^{R_a/c_{pa}}$; added gas warms the surface only if its specific-gas-constant to heat-capacity ratio exceeds that of the original gas. Pressure broadening would violate the fixed-opacity assumption and must be treated separately.