Earth's heat-budget or Earth's radiation balance refers to the net flow of energy into Earth in the form of shortwave radiation and the outgoing infrared long-wave radiation into space.

Using space-based tools, like the Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE), they have studied how much solar energy ... delicate balance between incoming solar radiation, outgoing thermal ...

At the same time, Earth and the atmosphere are sending radiation back into space. The balance between the incoming and outgoing energy is known ... normally reflects solar radiation back into ...

These initial images offer a tantalizing glimpse into the intricacies of our planet's energy balance ... reflect incoming solar energy back out to space and how they trap outgoing infrared ...