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Radiation
•The amount of solar radiation that reaches
any one spot on the Earth's surface varies
according to geographic location, time of
day, season, local landscape and local
weather.
TERRESTRIAL INCOMING SOLAR
SOLAR RADIATION RADIATION
-Infrared A: 700-1,400 nm
-Infrared B: 1,400-3,000 nm
-Infrared C: 3,000 nm-1 mm
Isc'= Isc[1+0.033cos(360n/365)]
The Stefan-Boltzmann
law, a fundamental law
of physics, explains the
relationship between an
object's temperature
and the amount of
radiation that it emits.
E = σT⁴
Earth's Energy Earth's Energy balance describes how the
incoming energy from the sun is used and
Balance
returned to space. If incoming and
outgoing energy are in balance, the earth's
temperature remains constant.
Earth's Energy
Budget
Earth's energy budget refers to the tracking of
how much energy is flowing into and out of the
Earth's climate, where the energy is going, and
if the energy coming in balances with the
energy going out.
For the energy budget to balance, all that
needs to occur is:
Energyin=Energyout
Energies at the
atmosphere:
Net incoming radiation=
net outgoing radiation
341.3-(101.9+238.5)=
0.9W/m²
Energy at the
atmosphere is
imbalanced.
Energies at the
surface:
Net incoming radiation=
net outgoing radiation
(333+161)-
(17+80+396)= 1 W/m²