The shorter the wave, the more it is scattered - selective scattering . Albedo determines how much of incident shortwave radiation is absorbed, and, therefore, how fast the surface is heated when exposed to insolation. Transformations of sensible and latent heat 4.2.1. Through changes from one physical state to another latent heat is released or stored. From direct insolation or sensible heat.
Latent heat is released when vapor condenses into water and then freezes.
This additional energy is converted to sensible heat in the environment. So, as you see, sensible and latent heat can transfer into one another. This will become especially important when we talk about precipitation. The global energy balance is the balance between flows of energy entering the geosphere and leaving it. We have already established that the incoming energy almost exclusively comes from the Sun.