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thermal emission

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Noun1.thermal emission - the emission of electrons from very hot substances
emission - the release of electrons from parent atoms


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The ESA instruments are used to detect thermal emissions in the Earth's atmosphere.
But we had to know precisely when the eclipse was going to happen and measure the stellar flux very accurately so it could be removed to reveal the planet's thermal emission," he said.
Chapters cover properties of radiation, the electromagnetic spectrum, reflection and refraction, radiative properties of natural surfaces, thermal emission, atmospheric transmission and emission, absorption by atmospheric gases, broadband fluxes and heating rates, radiative transfer equation with scattering, scattering and absorption by particles, and radiative transfer with multiple scattering.
 
 
 
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