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The energy emitted by the Sun provides almost (99.9%) of the total energy that heats the Earth’s surface. It warms the Earth and the surrounding atmosphere, thereby supporting life. The main source of energy is solar energy that serves as a main driving force of the atmospheric circulation and the physical processes on planet Earth (Visconti 2016):
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Spiridonov, V., Ćurić, M. (2021). Energy and Radiation. In: Fundamentals of Meteorology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52655-9_5
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