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Back to Index	The natural greenhouse effect

Figure 5. The natural greenhouse effect (T_S-T_O) depicted as the difference between the radiative equilibrium surface temperature of the atmosphere of preindustrial times (centre panel) and that of a hypothetical atmosphere with no radiatively active gases but the same albedo as at present (left panel). The right panel of the diagram shows schematically the radiative equilibrium temperature profile in the atmosphere resulting from the greenhouse effect compared with the planetary temperature of 255K.
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