Аннотация:The Earth radiation budget (ERB) processing procedures are considered including the satellite data angular correction, the ERB diurnal variability, the transition from spectral to total outgoing radiation, the ERB data assimilation and the instrument calibration problems. The problem of ERB climatology is studied that includes: the observation data base formation, the ERB anomalies as outlined in the context of energy-active zones, the outgoing long-wave radiation field as a source of information on teleconnections, the predictability problem of global change as a composite part of the energy basis of the ERB distribution for the general circulation of the atmosphere and ocean.