  The pathways through which incoming energy is distributed between the surface
and atmosphere has been analyzed for the Earth. However, the effect of the
spectral energy distribution of a host star on the energy budget of an orbiting
planet may be significant given the wavelength-dependent absorption properties
of atmospheric CO2 and water vapor, and surface ice and snow. We have
quantified the flow of energy on aqua planets orbiting M-, G-, and F-dwarf
stars, using a 3D Global Climate Model with a static ocean. The atmosphere and
surface of an M-dwarf planet receiving an instellation equal to 88% of the
modern solar constant at the top of the atmosphere absorb 12% more incoming
stellar radiation than those of a G-dwarf planet receiving 100% of the modern
solar constant, and 17% more radiation than a F-dwarf planet receiving 108% of
the modern solar constant, resulting in climates similar to modern-day Earth on
all three planets, assuming a 24-hr rotation period and fixed CO2. At 100%
instellation, a synchronously-rotating M-dwarf planet exhibits smaller flux
absorption in the atmosphere and on the surface of the dayside, and a dayside
mean surface temperature that is 37 K colder than its rapidly-rotating
counterpart. Energy budget diagrams are included to illustrate the variations
in global energy budgets as a function of host star spectral class, and can
contribute to habitability assessments of planets as they are discovered.
