W eather and climate on Earth are determined by the amount and distribution of incoming radiation from the sun. For an equilibrium climate, OLR1 necessarily balances the incoming ASR, although there is a great deal of fascinating atmosphere, ocean, and land phenomena that couple the two. Incoming radiant energy may be scattered and reflected by clouds and aerosols or absorbed in the atmosphere....

W eather and climate on Earth are determined by the amount and distribution of incoming radiation from the sun. For an equilibrium climate, OLR1 necessarily balances the incoming ASR, although there is a great deal of fascinating atmosphere, ocean, and land phenomena that couple the two. Incoming radiant energy may be scattered and reflected by clouds and aerosols or absorbed in the atmosphere....