A conceptual diagram of the "climate system"

• Source of the image: Figure 3.1 (p. 14) of the following document (page 39 of the PDF file):
  • GARP JOC (Global Atmospheric Research Program Joint Organizing Committee), 1975: The Physical Basis of Climate and Climate Modelling. GARP Publication Series 16, 265 pp. (Available from WMO (World Meteorlogical Organization) Library web site as https://library.wmo.int/pmb_ged/garp-ps_16.pdf ).
• Note: The document mentioned in the caption as "Report of the Panel of Climatic Variation to the U. S. GARP Committee, 1974" is probably the following one, which contains the figure as Figure 3.3 (p. 14):
  • US GARP Committee (U.S. Committee for the Global Atmospheric Research Program), 1975: Understanding Climatic Change: A Program for Action. Washington DC USA: National Academy of Sciences. 239 pp. ISBN 0-309-02323-8. (Available from the Internet Archive as https://archive.org/download/understandingcli00unit/understandingcli00unit.pdf ).
• Note: Somewhat different versions of the figure was included in these documents. In particular, "BIOMASS" is included in the GARP Publications report, but not in the US GARP report.