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Observing and Modeling Earth's Energy Flows (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2012)
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Observing and Modeling Earth's Energy Flows (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2012)
Series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI, 41
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This book provides a comprehensive presentation of Earth's energy
flows and their consequences for the climate. The Earth's climate
as well as planetary climates in general, are broadly controlled by
three fundamental parameters: the solar irradiance, the planetary
albedo and the planetary emissivity. Space measurements indicate
that these three quantities are remarkably stable. A minor decrease
in planetary emissivity is consistent with theoretical
calculations. This is due to the ongoing increase of atmospheric
greenhouse gases making the atmosphere more opaque to long wave
terrestrial radiation. As a consequence radiation processes are
slightly out of balance as less heat is leaving the Earth in the
form of thermal radiation than the incoming amount of heat from the
sun. Present space-based systems cannot yet satisfactorily measure
this imbalance, but the effect can be inferred from the
measurements of the increase of heat in the oceans. Minor amounts
of heat are also used to melt ice and to warm the atmosphere and
the surface of the Earth. The book brings to fore the complexity of
feedback processes of the Earth's climate system and in particular
the way clouds and aerosols affect the energy balance both directly
and indirectly through feed-back loops driven by the dynamics of
atmospheric, ocean and land surface processes. The book highlights
recent scientific progress as well as remaining challenges.
Previously published in Surveys in Geophysics, Volume 33, Nos. 3-4,
2012
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