what percentage of the incoming solar energy is reflected out of the atmosphere without being absorbed?What happens to the remainder of the incoming solar radiation? What percentage of the total solar radiation is absorbed by the earth?

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Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)

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what percentage of the incoming solar energy is reflected out of the atmosphere without being absorbed?
What happens to the remainder of the incoming solar radiation? What percentage of the total solar radiation is absorbed by the earth?

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The radiation which comes from the sun is called as incoming solar radiation or INSOLATION. This short-wavelength radiation incidents on the outer most surface of the earth's atmosphere. The part of insolation is reflected back to the space while remaining is transmitted through the atmosphere and absorbed by the atmosphere and earth's surface. The absorbed short-wavelength radiation is re-emitted by earth surface in the form of long-wavelength radiation.