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TeachMeFinance.com - explain radiative cooling radiative cooling The term 'radiative cooling' as it applies to the area of Earth observation can be defined as ' Cooling process of the Earth's surface and adjacent air, which occurs when infrared (heat) energy radiates from the surface of the Earth upward through the atmosphere into space. Air near the surface transfers its thermal energy to the nearby ground through conduction, so that radiative cooling lowers the temperature of both the surface and the lowest part of the atmosphere'. Previous 5 Terms: Radiation warning symbol Radiation, ionizing Radiation, nuclear Radiational Cooling Radiational Inversion Next 5 Terms: Radiative forcing radiative transfer radiative-convective models Radiatively active gases Radiator About the author Mark McCracken Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English". Copyright © 2005-2011 by Mark McCracken, All Rights Reserved. TeachMeFinance.com is an informational website, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical, legal or financial advice. Information presented at TeachMeFinance.com is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Please read the disclaimer for details.