English Explanatory Dictionary

radiative balance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The relationship between the amount of energy reaching an object (or a portion of it) and the amount leaving it. A good example of this is our Earth receiving energy from the sun, and giving off energy into the near future.

Word forms

radiative balance radiative balances
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