Book contents
- The Changing Flow of Energy through the Climate System
- The Changing Flow of Energy through the Climate System
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Earth and Climate System
- 2 Earth’s Energy Imbalance and Climate Change
- 3 Earth’s Energy Balance
- 4 The Sun–Earth System
- 5 Observations of Temperature, Moisture, Precipitation, and Radiation
- 6 The Climate System
- Flows of Energy
- Glossary
- Acronyms
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
1 - Earth and Climate System
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 February 2022
Book contents
- The Changing Flow of Energy through the Climate System
- The Changing Flow of Energy through the Climate System
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Earth and Climate System
- 2 Earth’s Energy Imbalance and Climate Change
- 3 Earth’s Energy Balance
- 4 The Sun–Earth System
- 5 Observations of Temperature, Moisture, Precipitation, and Radiation
- 6 The Climate System
- Flows of Energy
- Glossary
- Acronyms
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Summary
The Sun is the center of our climate system. It provides a fairly steady stream of radiant energy to Earth, and in order to keep from heating up, Earth in turn radiates energy back out into space. In between the incoming and outgoing radiation are all of the rich complex processes involved in the climate system including all of the weather systems, the entire hydrological cycle, the ocean, land and ice, and the multitude of forms of heat and energy on the planet. The internal interactive components in the climate system (Fig. 1.1) include the atmosphere, oceans, ice, and land.
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