Quote Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny
If it were so then the temp increase should be the highest in the troposphere but its not . Its highest at ground level. Just about nothing fits.
The particles there just reflect the sunlight that was reflected from the ground while the ground reflecte the same light rays first(you could say when they still had more energy) and also absorbed some of them, so naturally the ground is hotter. I don't think reflection causes as much heat as absorption does. With more reflection up in the sky, the ground will also absorb more because rays reflected at first will be thrown back down.