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Why does only 51% of the insolation reach the Earth surface?

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Only 51% of the insolation reaches the surface of the Earth as out of the remaining 49%, 35% of the insolation is directly reflected back to space by the atmosphere and the rest of the 14% is absorbed by the ozone layer.

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