Chapter 10, Problem 63EAP

The Cooling Clouds of Venus. Table 10.2 shows that Venus’s temperature in the absence of the greenhouse effect is lower than Earth’s, even though Venus is closer to the Sun. What would Venus’s “no greenhouse” temperature be if its clouds were more transparent, giving a reflectivity the same as Earth’s? What would the actual surface temperature be in this case if the greenhouse effect increased the surface temperature by the same number of degrees that it does today?