lecture 4 air temperature

Question 1

conduction

Answer 1

is the vertical transfer of heat in soils causing them to warm during the summer and cool in winter.

Question 2

convection

Answer 2

is the principal method of heat transfer in the atmosphere and oceans

Question 3

Specific heat capacity

Answer 3

generally referred to as specific heat) is the amount of heat per unit mass required to raise the temperature of a substance by 1 °C.

Question 4

Volumetric heat capacity

Answer 4

is a measure of how well a substance stores heat and is calculated as specific heat capacity multiplied by density.

Question 5

Thermal conductivity

Answer 5

indicates the rate at which heat flows within a solid, such as soil.
It is determined by the inherent properties of the substance, as well as the temperature gradient that exists between different parts of the substance.

Question 6

latent heat transfer.

Answer 6

when water changes its state from liquid to vapour, it removes stored heat resulting cooler surface, a process know as latent heat transfer.
This is the latent heat of vaporization

Question 7

latent heat of condensation.

Answer 7

When water condenses at a surface, an equivalent amount of energy is released, warming the surface