Earth's Energy balance

Services Performed List
Service ID	Service Type	Description	Percent of Incidence
01-	Sun	Incoming solar radiation – Gain	100%
02-	Service 1: reflection	reflected by atmosphere	6%
03-	Service 1	reflected by clouds	20%
04-	Service 1	reflected by planet's surface	4%
05-	Service 2: absorption	absorbed by oceans & land	51%
06-	Service 2.1	absorbed by atmosphere	16%
07-	Service 2	absorbed by clouds	3%
08-	Service 3: conducted	conduction & convection (wind)	7%
09-	Service 4	latent heat of evaporation	23%
10.1-	Service 5	radiation or total reradiated infrared	21%
10.2-	Service 2.2	radiation reabsorbed by atmosphere	15%
Total		absorption plus reflection	100%
Service provider
	Atmosphere	gain +	25%
	Clouds	loss –	-17%
	Surface	gain +	47%
	Major Services	reflection	30%
		absorption	70%
		conduction	7%
		latent heat of evaporation (water vapor)	23%
Energy	radiated back to space	atmosphere	64%
		earth's surface	6%
Total		Outgoing planetary radiation – Loss	100%
	Air / atmosphere	difference in absorption from reflection	8%
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