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Which U.S. state contains Mauna Loa Observatory, famous for CO2 measurements?
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Hawaii
What chemical formula represents water vapor, a major greenhouse gas?
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H2O
Which law says a black body's emitted power is proportional to temperature to the fourth power?
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Stefan-Boltzmann law
What is the 8-14 micrometre infrared band of high atmospheric transmission called?
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atmospheric window
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Which law says a black body's emitted power is proportional to temperature to the fourth power?
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Stefan-Boltzmann law
What is the 8-14 micrometre infrared band of high atmospheric transmission called?
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atmospheric window
Which potent greenhouse gas is used to insulate some electrical switchgear?
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sulfur hexafluoride
What atmospheric process widens gas absorption lines under higher pressure?
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pressure broadening
Earth's surface emits most of its thermal energy as what kind of radiation?
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longwave radiation
Which French physicist strengthened Fourier's greenhouse-effect argument in 1827 and 1838?
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Claude Pouillet
Which American scientist showed in 1856 that carbon dioxide warmed more in sunlight?
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Eunice Newton Foote
Which positive feedback occurs when warming increases atmospheric water vapor?
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water vapor feedback