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Heat Budget

Summary

Energy transfer processes, including radiation, maintain a balanced heat budget at the earth’s surface. Incoming heat being absorbed by the Earth, and outgoing heat escaping the Earth in the form of radiation are both perfectly balanced. If they were not balanced, then Earth would be getting either progressively warmer, or progressively cooler with each passing year. This balance between incoming and outgoing heat is known as Earth’s heat budget.

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2019