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Energy Balance in Climate Change Math

This document contains the solutions to exercises on the energy balance of Earth. It presents the equations for the top-of-atmosphere energy balance and surface energy balance, accounting for absorbed solar radiation, outgoing longwave radiation, and the flux of additional heat F. Adding and subtracting the equations allows the author to solve for surface temperature TS and atmospheric temperature TA when including this extra heat flux F. The author finds that with numbers inserted, TS would cool to 274.7 K while TA would warm to 251.6 K compared to the scenario without this added heat flux F.

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Energy Balance in Climate Change Math

This document contains the solutions to exercises on the energy balance of Earth. It presents the equations for the top-of-atmosphere energy balance and surface energy balance, accounting for absorbed solar radiation, outgoing longwave radiation, and the flux of additional heat F. Adding and subtracting the equations allows the author to solve for surface temperature TS and atmospheric temperature TA when including this extra heat flux F. The author finds that with numbers inserted, TS would cool to 274.7 K while TA would warm to 251.6 K compared to the scenario without this added heat flux F.

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ECM3730 – Mathematics of Climate Change

Topic 1: Energy balance of the Earth


Answers to exercises

Hugo Lambert

May 17, 2015

1.1

Using Figure 3, we have the TOA equation:


S SA
= + ǫσTA4 + (1 − ǫ)σTS4 . (1)
4 4
And the surface equation:
S SA
+ ǫσTA4 = + σTS4 + F. (2)
4 4
So – no change at the TOA because F is only seen at the surface and in the
atmosphere. The surface equation has an additional F upwards.

To find TS and TA , we go through the same process of addition and sub-


traction as before. Adding equations 1 and 2 we have
S
(1 − A) − (2 − ǫ)σTS4 − F = 0,
2
S(1 − A) F
TS4 = − .
2σ(2 − ǫ) σ(2 − ǫ)

1
Subtracting the equation 2 from equation 1, we have

2ǫσTA4 − ǫσTS4 + F = 0,
T4 F
TA4 = S + ,
2 2ǫσ
S(1 − A) F F
TA4 = − + ,
4σ(2 − ǫ) σ(2 − ǫ) 2ǫσ
S(1 − A) F (1 − ǫ)
TA4 = + .
4σ(2 − ǫ) ǫσ(2 − ǫ)

Hence, relative to the F = 0 case, TS cools and TA warms. Putting numbers


in, I get TS = 274.7 K and TA = 251.6 K.

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