TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION ON EARTH Flashcards
SEASONAL PATTERN
DIFFERRENTIATED AMOUNT OF SUNS ENERGY RECEIVED
RADIATION TRANSFER OF HEAT=———
DOESNT NEED MEDIUM
HEAT TRANFER FROM
WITHOUT CONTACT OR MOVEMENT
INSOLATION
SUN RADIATION RECEIVED
INSOLATION MEASURED
SOLAR ENERGY PER SQ CM PERMINUTE
EARTH RECEIVE—- WAVES
SHORTWAVES
SHORT WAVES
VISIBLE AND BELOW THAT
EARTH RELEASE
LONGWAVES
LONGWAVES
MOST INFRARED
INFRARED
USUALLY HEAT
CONDUCTION
MOLECULAR ACTIVITY CONDUCTION
CONVECTION
ACTUAL TRANSFER OF MATTER
HEAT FROM INTERIOR
VOLCANOES
OCEAN VOLCANO VENT USE
CHEMOSYNTHESIS BACTERIA
OCEAN DEPTH LIVES
CHEMOSYNTHESIS BACTERIA
SCATTERING PARTICLES
TOO SMALL
TOO SMALL PARTICLES
SCATTER
LARGE PARTICLES>WAVELENGTH
REFLECT
DUST
REFLECT
GASES
SCATTER
ALBEDO
SUNLIGHT PROPORTION REFLECTED
ALBEDO OF LAND
GREATER THAN SEA
HIGHEST ALBEDO
SNOW
LOWEST ALBEDOO
BLACK SOIL
SPECIFIC HEAT OF WATER
2.5 TIMES HIGHER THAN LANDMASS
WHY LAND HEATS AND COOLS FASTLY
AVG PENETRATION ONLY UPTO 1M
OCEAN DIURNAL AND ANNUAL TEMP
LOW
TEMP ANOMALY
TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BW PLACE AND PARALLEL LATITUDE
TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BW PLACE AND PARALLEL LATITUDE
TEMPERATURE ANOMALY
SUNLING SLOPE IN NH
SOUTHERN
SUNLIGHT SLOPE INSH
NORTHERN
SUN SLOPES ARE
DRY
SUN SLOPES ARE DRY BCZ
LOSS OF MOISTURE
SLOPES WITH SUNLIGHT AND IRRIGATION
DENSE HUMAN SETTLEMENT
WHY UK WAR
NORTH ATLANTIC DRIFT
NORMAL LAPSE RATE
1 C FOR EVERY 165 M