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    Earth's energy budget (or Earth's energy balance) accounts for the balance between the energy that Earth receives from the Sun and the energy the Earth...
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    or cooling (see Earth's energy budget). Outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) constitutes a critical component of Earth's energy budget. The principle of...
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    which the Earth cools itself by releasing heat to outer space (Earth's energy budget), although during the daytime, lowering ambient temperatures under...
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    the Earth can cool off. The Earth's average surface temperature would be about −18 °C (−0.4 °F) without the greenhouse effect, compared to Earth's 20th...
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    Earth's internal heat budget is fundamental to the thermal history of the Earth. The flow of heat from Earth's interior to the surface is estimated at...
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    water. Almost all of Earth's water is contained in its global ocean, covering 70.8% of Earth's crust. The remaining 29.2% of Earth's crust is land, most...
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    a result of energy transformations in our atmosphere brought about by solar energy. Sunlight is the main input to Earth's energy budget which accounts...
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    Atmospheric window (category Atmosphere of Earth)
    Kiehl, J. T.; Trenberth, Kevin E. (1 February 1997). "Earth's Annual Global Mean Energy Budget". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 78 (2):...
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    Korvin G., 1998. Fractal Models in the Earth Sciences, Elsvier, ISBN 978-0-444-88907-2 "Earth's Energy Budget". Oklahoma Climatological Survey. 1996–2004...
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    the climate system is Earth's energy budget. When the incoming energy is greater than the outgoing energy, Earth's energy budget is positive and the climate...
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    temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to Earth's climate. The current...
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  • understanding, global warming is determined by a simple energy budget: In the long run, Earth emits radiation in the same amount as it receives from the...
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  • and other natural ecosystems support climate stabilisation. The Earth’s energy budget reveals pathways to mitigate climate change using our knowledge...
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    absorption of solar energy. Cloud albedo strongly influences the Earth's energy budget, accounting for approximately half of Earth's albedo. Cloud albedo...
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    NASA missions, such as the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE), could enable nearer to real-time tracking of Earth's energy imbalance (EEI) and better...
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    the energy through the climate system, determines Earth's energy budget. When the incoming energy is greater than the outgoing energy, earth's energy budget...
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    the depicted extensive property. Sankey diagrams can also visualize the energy accounts, material flow accounts on a regional or national level, and cost...
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    Climate system (category Earth sciences)
    outgoing energy, and the passage of the energy through the climate system, determines Earth's energy budget. When the total of incoming energy is greater...
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    surface vegetation, land cover/use, the hydrologic cycle, and the Earth's energy budget over both regional and global scales. The combination of MODIS,...
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    return to earth as acid rain, having a number of adverse effects on the environment and human life. Aerosols interact with the Earth's energy budget in two...
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    Ocean (redirect from Earth's oceans)
    contains 97% of Earth's water and is the primary component of the Earth's hydrosphere, thus the ocean is essential to life on Earth. The ocean influences...
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    science to quantify the change in energy balance in Earth's atmosphere. Various factors contribute to this change in energy balance, such as concentrations...
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    Thermosphere (category Atmosphere of Earth)
    (in the U.S.) Atmospheric stratification Biosphere Climate system Earth's energy budget COSPAR international reference atmosphere (CIRA) Environmental impact...
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  • Communications Earth & Environment reasoned that reductions of planet-cooling aerosol emissions due to air quality legislation will worsen Earth’s energy imbalance...
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    satellite with Solar Irradiance Monitors. Renewable energy portal Energy portal Earth's energy budget PI curve (photosynthesis-irradiance curve) Irradiance...
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    produced after primary cosmic rays interact with Earth's atmosphere. Gamma rays, X-rays, and the higher energy range of ultraviolet light constitute the ionizing...
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    time Earth has traveled 940 million km (584 million mi). Ignoring the influence of other Solar System bodies, Earth's orbit, also known as Earth's revolution...
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    circulation have a great effect on Earth's energy budget and oceanic carbon cycle, and so play an essential role in the Earth's climate system. Southern ocean...
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    Ocean heat content (category Earth)
    2018, the rise in ocean heat content accounted for over 90% of Earth's excess thermal energy from global heating. The main driver of this increase was anthropogenic...
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    standard alpha radioactive decay, alpha particles generally have a kinetic energy of about 5 MeV and a velocity in the vicinity of 4% of the speed of light...
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