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Hypothetical Radiation Balance
Figure 2. A schematic representation of the hypothetical situation of latitude-by-latitude balance between the incoming short wave and outgoing long wave radiation and the resulting north-south radiative equilibrium temperature profiles that would result, at solar noon and as a daily average around the earth, compared with the overall planetary radiative equilibrium temperature of 255K.

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