Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 2: Surface radiation anomalies—solar/shortwave (top), longwave (middle)
and net balance (bottom)
Source: P. W. Stackhouse, S. K. Gupta, S. J. Cox, T. Zhang, J. C. Mikovitz, L. M. Hinkelman, “24.5-Year Surface
Radiation Budget Data Set Released,”
GEWEX News
Vol. 21 No. 1 (February 2011), accessed 10 July 2014,
http://www.gewex.org/images/Feb2011.pdf
. Note that shortwave variability is greater than longwave radiation,
demonstrating cloud variability dictates energy balance.
