A grey atmosphere has frequency-independent opacity. In plane-parallel radiative equilibrium under the Eddington closure, its temperature obeys
(1)
A plane-parallel atmosphere neglects curvature over its vertical thickness, so thermodynamic variables depend on one Cartesian height coordinate.

Ancestors (5)

  1. Radiative transfer
  2. Astrophysics
  3. Branch of physics
  4. Physics
  5. Home

Incoming links (1)

View article source

Discussion (0)

New discussion

There are no discussions about this article yet.

Articles by others on the same topic (1)

Grey atmosphere by Wikipedia Bot 1
Read the full article
See all articles in the same topic Create my own version