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Energy balance

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-009522

An energy balance is a detailed accounting of all energy flowing into and out of a volume or surface. Examples of energy flows include convection, evaporation, heat stored or conducted, and heat generated in a volume (such as anthropogenic heat in a city). Energy balances of urban and rural areas can illustrate the cooling effects of trees and vegetation on evaporation and heat storage rates.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-009522
FieldEnvironment
SubjectAir
ReferencesHeat Island Effect Glossary
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-009522",
  "term": "Energy balance",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Energy Balance",
  "definition": "An energy balance is a detailed accounting of all energy flowing into and out of a volume or surface. Examples of energy flows include convection, evaporation, heat stored or conducted, and heat generated in a volume (such as anthropogenic heat in a city). Energy balances of urban and rural areas can illustrate the cooling effects of trees and vegetation on evaporation and heat storage rates.",
  "subject": "Air",
  "references": [
    "Heat Island Effect Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/energy-balance/"
}

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