Question: In Problems 12.19 and 12.20, we estimated the earth's surface temperature, assuming the earth is black. Most of the earth's surface is water, which has

In Problems 12.19 and 12.20, we estimated the earth's surface temperature, assuming the earth is black. Most of the earth's surface is water, which has a hemispherical emissivity of ? = 0.96. In reality, the water surface is not flat but has waves and ripples.

(a) Assuming the wave geometry can be closely approximated as two-dimensional and as shown in the schematic determine the effective emissivity of the water surface as defined in Problem 13.42, for ? = 3?/4.

(b) Calculate and plot the effective emissivity of the water surface normalized by the hemispherical emissivity of water (?en/?) over the range ?/2 5 ? ?.

, - 0.96 Wave surface

, - 0.96 Wave surface

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