Question: can you solve this step by step 2.) Set up a single layer atmosphere-Earth system and calculate the radiative equilibrium temperature of the Earth's surface,

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2.) Set up a single layer atmosphere-Earth system and calculate the radiative equilibrium temperature of the Earth's surface, TE, and the single layer atmosphere, TA. Assume that both the surface and the atmosphere are in radiative equilibrium independently (energy in = energy out). You can assume the emissivity of the Earth is 1 (a perfect blackbody) and the emissivity, , of the atmosphere is 0.8 in the infrared. The overall emissivity is used to adjust the blackbody radiation law such that F = EOT, and thus a 'graybody' emits (and therefore also absorbs) less than a perfect blackbody. Recall that the solar constant, Fs = 1365 Wm 2, and the global average albedo, A, is 0.3. [Hint: when estimating the radiation absorbed by the atmosphere from the Earth, remember that the emissivity is the same as the absorptivity (i.e., Kirchhoff's Law.) Below is a figure to assist.] F(1- A) 4 TA, Eatm (=0.80) TE

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