So the atmosphere and crust cool off in the coldest quarter of the cycle, because the Earth is shielded from the three forces.

During the night, the atmosphere cools somewhat, but not greatly, because its emissivity is low, and during the day the atmosphere warms.

During early winter, the atmosphere cools the surface and strong wind and negative buoyancy forcing mixes temperature to a deep layer.

With less radiation absorbed the atmosphere cools; the cooling allows the ice sheets to grow, which further increases reflectivity in a positive feedback loop.

Two other sets of American data, one derived from instruments carried aloft by balloons and the other from satellite observations, show that the atmosphere cooled after August.

The furnace-like atmosphere cooled slightly as the fading sun fell to the west beyond the Thasos mountains.

As the Gulf Stream system carries warm, salty water north, the atmosphere cools it, making it dense enough to sink to great depths.

We can think of this as heating the atmosphere, but the atmosphere also cools by emitting radiation, as discussed below.

When the atmosphere cools, water vapor condenses around condensation nuclei in the form of rain droplets or snow crystals.

The atmosphere cools in response to the cold ocean surface, and less water evaporates.