This figure is a simplified, schematic representation of the flows of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Energy" class="mw-redirect" title="Energy">energy</a> between <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Space" class="mw-redirect" title="Space">space</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_atmosphere" class="extiw" title="en:Earth's atmosphere">atmosphere</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" class="extiw" title="en:Earth">Earth</a>'s surface, and shows how these flows combine to trap heat near the surface and create the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/greenhouse_effect" class="extiw" title="en:greenhouse effect">greenhouse effect</a>. Energy exchanges are expressed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/watt" class="extiw" title="en:watt">watts</a> per square <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/meter" class="extiw" title="en:meter">meter</a> (W/m<sup>2</sup>).<br><p>Data is from 2007 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ceres.larc.nasa.gov/">CERES</a> satellite instruments, and specifically <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/langley/what-is-earth-s-energy-budget-five-questions-with-a-guy-who-knows">this diagram</a><br></p>
<b>Year 2021 update</b> (not in diagram):  Net absorbed energy (shown as 0.6) rose to above 1.0 W/m<sup>2</sup> based on independent CERES and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ocean_heat_content" class="extiw" title="en:ocean heat content">ocean heat content</a> measurements.(see fig.1 in Loeb et al.(2021), Geoph. Res. Let 48 (13), doi:10.1029/2021GL093047)
Robert A. Rohde (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dragons_flight" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:User:Dragons flight">Dragons flight</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:">English Wikipedia</a>)
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<ul><li>This figure was originally created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dragons_flight" class="extiw" title="en:User:Dragons flight">Robert A. Rohde</a> from published data as part of the Global Warming Art project.</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/students/courselinks/spring04/atmo451b/pdf/RadiationBudget.pdf">http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/students/courselinks/spring04/atmo451b/pdf/RadiationBudget.pdf</a></li>
<li>Original image: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Image:Greenhouse_Effect_png">http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Image:Greenhouse_Effect_png</a>
<dl><dd>archived: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150909201753/http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Image:Greenhouse_Effect.png">https://web.archive.org/web/20150909201753/http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Image:Greenhouse_Effect.png</a></dd></dl></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/abs_temp.html">http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/abs_temp.html</a></li>
<li>originally converted to SVG by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rugby471" title="User:Rugby471">User:Rugby471</a>. Updated to 2007 data and design update by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Efbrazil&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Efbrazil (page does not exist)">User:efbrazil</a>.</li></ul>