Earth’s Energy Balance

Figure 33.2

This figure appears in chapter 33 of the Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment report.

http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/appendices/climate-science-supplement/graphics/earth%E2%80%99s-energy-balance

This figure summarizes results of measurements taken from satellites of the amount of energy coming in to and going out of Earth’s climate system. It demonstrates that our scientific understanding of how the greenhouse effect operates, is, in fact, accurate, based on real world measurements. (Figure source: modified from Stephens et al. 20128e72ae73-6d3e-4995-8c96-764a82c9e6fb).

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This figure was created on August 02, 2013.

This figure was derived from An update on Earth's energy balance in light of the latest global observations using the activity nca3-earths-energy-balance-activity-1. (This figure provides global annual mean energy balance for the decade 2000–2010.)

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• An update on Earth's energy balance in light of the latest global observations (8e72ae73)

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