I have some questions about this Global Energy Budget. Every measurement is in Watts per square meter. 341 of shortwave radiation comes in. 102 of the shortwave is reflected back out. 239 IR going out. All outgoing adds up to 341. What comes in goes out. That makes sense. Here’s where things get a little muddy in my mind. 161 Wm^2 absorbed by the surface. But the surface releases almost twice the (356) watts per square meter of IR.
How is that possible? 356 Wm^2 is above the measured amount of shortwave radiation coming in from the Sun hence my last question in the post proceeding. "Is there another source of heat other than the Sun?"
Another question. Almost 100 percent of that release is back radiated 333 Wm^2.
How is it possible that according to this study the atmosphere (CO2?) is back radiating almost 100 percent of IR?Statistics: Posted by Milton Banana — Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:14 pm
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