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Observed Temperatures the surface temperature of the earth is determined by the balance between the heat received from the sun and that lost to the atmosphere and by radiation into outer space. It is close to the mean air temperature and usually slightly above it.
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BULLARD, E. Thermal History of the Earth*. Nature 156, 35–36 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156035a0
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