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Do Global Energy budgets make sense. ???
12-02-2010, 09:32 AM
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I took a closer look at the often mentioned diagram of which this is a rather recent version.

[Image: Global_Energy_Flow.jpg]

When I then read that the value for surface radiation was derived by applying the Stefan–Boltzmann law and read what this means something struck me odd.

A result from applying the Stefan–Boltzmann law should represent all energy leaving a bodies surface. But then, where does the additional energy for thermal and latent heat in the diagram come from?
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RE: Do IR budgets make sense. ??? - Derek - 03-17-2010, 02:58 AM
RE: Do IR budgets make sense. ??? - Derek - 03-17-2010, 03:16 PM
RE: Do IR budgets make sense. ??? - Derek - 03-17-2010, 08:07 AM
RE: Do IR budgets make sense. ??? - Derek - 03-18-2010, 04:27 AM
RE: Do IR budgets make sense. ??? - Derek - 03-22-2010, 11:46 PM
RE: Do IR budgets make sense. ??? - Derek - 03-23-2010, 01:16 PM
RE: Do IR budgets make sense. ??? - Derek - 03-24-2010, 03:15 AM
RE: Do IR budgets make sense. ??? - Derek - 03-25-2010, 01:52 PM
RE: Do IR budgets make sense. ??? - Derek - 03-25-2010, 03:46 PM
RE: Do IR budgets make sense. ??? - Derek - 03-26-2010, 01:08 AM
RE: Do IR budgets make sense. ??? - Derek - 03-26-2010, 02:28 AM
RE: Do IR budgets make sense. ??? - Derek - 03-26-2010, 05:23 AM
RE: Do Global Energy budgets make sense. ??? - h-j-m - 12-02-2010 09:32 AM

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