Definitions for "Radiational Cooling"
The cooling of the earth's surface. At night, the earth suffers a net heat loss to space due to terrestrial cooling.
The process by which the earth's surface and adjacent air cool by emitting infrared radiation. In other words... when skies clear overnight, the day's warmth radiates from the ground into the atmosphere at night. This allows Colorado to cool down significantly.
the process by which the surface of the earth and its adjacent air cool by emission of infrared radiation