Where does Earth’s atmosphere get its energy?

The Sun is Earth’s primary source of energy. In this paper, we compare the magnitude of the Sun to all other external (to the atmosphere) energy sources. These external sources were previously identified in Sellers (1965); here, we quantify and update them. These external sources provide a total ene...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kren Andrew C., Pilewskie Peter, Coddington Odele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate
Subjects:
Sun
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2017007