If we go up from earth surface, why temp. decrease although we are closer to sun. It should be warmer?

Answer 1

The warmth from the Sun comes from its electromagnetic radiation exciting matter. There is less and less matter as you go up into the atmosphere. A lot of the warmth you feel on the ground is actually heat that's been absorbed by the Earth.

If you were up high in the atmosphere, the sun would feel stronger on your face than on the ground, even though the air is colder. And if you were in outerspace, the temperature would be extremely cold, but the sun could burn you tremendously.

Answer 2

yes It's true that we are getting closer to the sun as we are increasing altitude,but when comparing with the distance of millions of miles to the sun,that few kilo meters wont count and it has no effect in this matter.
what matters is a surface which can absorb solar radiation and makes the atmosphere worm.but air is a poor absorbent of solar energy & let it pass freely without warming up.So only the air layers which are close to earth surface get warmer & as we increase Alt cooler air will make it appear as cold even in a high mountain although the mountain absorbs radiation.

Answer 3

Decrease in air pressure means it's less able to hold heat.

The decrease in distance to the sun is infinitesimally small! The sun is 150 million kilometres away. What's 5 kilometres closer going to do? To give you an analogy, it's if you walked to the other side of the living room and said "I'm now closer to the moon".

Answer 4

Gravity works the same for heat as it does for everything else. The closer you are, the greater the pull. Just like there's more air on Earth's surface(held there by gravity), there's more heat there as well(not to mention that the ground is SLIGHTLY warmed by the magma deep below).

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Actually , the upper atmosphere is not very efficient at storing thermal energy due to lack of water vapor.

Answer 7

Yes, the amount of heat the Earth receives from the sun is directly related to the amount of heat the sun emits.

Answer 8

There is no conduction and convection of heat since there are no mediums in space, it being a vacuum and all.

Answer 9

atmosphere is thinner and doesnt hold heat as well