Which best describes the characteristics of the interaction between solar radiation and greenhouse gases? Earth's incoming solar radiation is in the shortwave UV spectrum Earth's reflected outgoing radiation is in the far infrared spectrum so it can't escape Earth's incoming solar radiation is in the longwave length far-infrared spectrum Earth's reflected outgoing radiation is in the shortwave UV spectrum so it can't escape

Which best describes the characteristics of the interaction between solar radiation and greenhouse gases? Earth's incoming solar radiation is in the shortwave UV spectrum Earth's reflected outgoing radiation is in the far infrared spectrum so it can't escape Earth's incoming solar radiation is in the longwave length far-infrared spectrum Earth's reflected outgoing radiation is in the shortwave UV spectrum so it can't escape

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Which best describes the characteristics of the interaction between solar radiation and greenhouse
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Earth's incoming solar radiation is in the shortwave UV spectrum
Earth's reflected outgoing radiation is in the far infrared spectrum so it can't escape
Earth's incoming solar radiation is in the longwave length far-infrared spectrum
Earth's reflected outgoing radiation is in the shortwave UV spectrum so it can't escape

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