Atmosphere warm in one year

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We've seen in the class that recent satellite observations of the Earth's energy balance at the top of the atmosphere shows that there is 0.9 W/m2 being retained in the Earth system. Assume that all of this energy goes into heating the atmosphere.

1. By how many degrees would the atmosphere warm in one year?

2. Name one factor not taken into account in the question that could explain why we are not observing changes as large as your answer to (a)

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