Earth’s energy budget (Q511)
Subject, term, tag: Earth’s energy budget
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Earth’s energy budget |
Subject, term, tag: Earth’s energy budget |
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IPCC Glossary v1.5
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27 May 2026
encompasses the major energy flows of relevance for the climate system: the top-of-atmosphere energy budget; the surface energy budget; changes in the global energy inventory and internal flows of energy within the climate system that characterize the climate state. From Wikipedia Earth's energy budget (or Earth's energy balance) accounts for the balance between the energy that Earth receives from the Sun and the energy the Earth loses back into outer space. Smaller energy sources, such as Earth's internal heat, are taken into consideration, but make a tiny contribution compared to solar energy. The energy budget also accounts for how energy moves through the climate system. (English)
IPCC Glossary v1.5
1 reference
27 May 2026