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Figure 3.26
Mean net planetary radia-
tion budget (
R
n
) (W m
-2
) for a horizontal
surface at the top of the atmosphere
(i.e. for the earth-atmosphere system).
(A) January. (B) July. (C) Annual.
Sources
: Ardanuy
et al
. (1992) and Kyle
et
al
. (1993). Stephens
et al
. (1981). (A), (B)
By permission of the American Geophysical
Union. (C)
From Bulletin of the American
Meteorological Society
, by permission of the
American Meteorological Society.