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Introduction
In previous learning units we have discussed the concept of infrared, or
longwave, radiation and its importance to the global energy balance. To
this point, however, we have not given a quantitative description of this
concept. In this unit, we will discuss the mathematical form of this
concept and demonstrate how it is useful in understanding measurements
taken from satellites.