How is isolation intercepted as it passes through the atmosphere?

In fact, the atmosphere is transparent to the incident solar radiation(insolation) and is not directly heated by it.The insolation is a short-wave radiation which atmosphere cannot absorb.So, the insolation passes through the atmosphere without actually heating it but heats the earth's surface which re-radiates it back as long-wave radiation which the atmosphere readily absorbs.


But the ultra-violet part of the insolation is absorbed by the ozone layer in the stratosphere.


So, most of the insolation(except UV rays) is not intecepted by the atmosphere and the atmosphere simply allows it to heat the earth's surface first.How is isolation intercepted as it passes through the atmosphere?
I don't understand. Do you perhaps mean insolation?


If you mean insolation, then below is my answer:


As the solar energy received at the top of the atmosphere continues toward Earth's surface, various wavelengths are selectively transmitted, reflected (scattered), or absorbed by the atmosphere, clouds, and then ground and water surfaces.