An update on Earth's energy balance in light of the latest global observations

2012/09/22 by Graeme L. Stephens, Jui‐Lin F. Li, Juilin Li +10 · 1 citation
Environmental Science · #Atmosphere (unit) #Atmospheric aerosols and clouds #Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics #Atmospheric sciences #Climate change #Climate model #Climate variability and models #Climatology #Convection #Earth's energy budget #Energy balance #Environmental science #Flux (metallurgy) #Geography #Geology #Latent heat #Longwave #Meteorology #Outgoing longwave radiation #Physics #Precipitation #Radiation #Satellite #Surface energy

paper · doi:10.1038/ngeo1580

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• Earth's energy budget [wikipedia]