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GENERAL CIRCULATION | Mean Characteristics

Schematic diagram of solar radiation reaching the Earth at an equinox. Inset: latitudinal distribution of incoming solar (solid line), absorbed solar (short dashed line), and terrestrial emission (dashed line). Data redrawn from Barkstrom B, Harrison E, and Lee R III (1990) EOS Transactions American Geophysical Union 71(9): 295-300

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