The Heat Balance of the Surface of the Earth

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The observation program of the International Geophysical Year has provided new meteorological data that have made possible more precise computations of the heat balance of the earth. Greater accuracy has also been achieved through improvement or computation methods. Using data for 2,000 stations, including 300 points in ocean areas, the authors have constructed world maps for major components of the heat balance. From these maps they have derived mean latitudinal values of the components (radiation balance, loss of heat in evaporation, turbulent heat exchange, redistribution of heat through ocean currents). The findings have been generalized for continents, oceans and the earth as a whole.

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