Table 2. Global and Annual Mean Top-of-Atmosphere Energy Balance.

ERBE obs CSM* CSM* GFDL R30 HadCM2 HadCM3 PCM
outgoing longwave
[W m-2]
236.3 238.4 238.4 235.0 235.5 240.8 237.2
absorbed solar
[W m-2]
241.1 238.3 238.5 235.3 235.0 240.6 237.2
albedo 0.293 0.302 0.301 0.310 0.311 0.295 0.305

* The two CSM results are taken from two different nonoverlapping segments of the same control run.