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Science 14 February 1969:
Vol. 163. no. 3868, pp. 667 - 668
DOI: 10.1126/science.163.3868.667
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Satellite Observations of the Earth's Radiation Budget

T. H. Vonder Haar 1 and V. E. Suomi 1

1 Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706

Meteorological satellites have provided the first complete data on energy exchange between earth and space. The planetary albedo is 29 percent for the mean annual case, and the entire earth-atmosphere system is in near radiative equilibrium. More energy is absorbed in tropical regions than previously believed, and major energy source and sink regions exist within latitude belts.


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