ENV200H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Atmospheric Circulation, Orbital Inclination, Trade Winds
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Tutorial questions: what was the avg 2. 7 global we have 7. 1. The sun and latitude: sun does not reach all places uniformly, the same amount of energy spread over a larger area, cannot heat to the same extent. As a general rule: the tilt of the earth axis means that more heat is absorbed near the equator and progressively less towards the poles (although this varies by season) If ur near the equator you don"t have great temperature differences for each season, you might have wet or dry season this is because the earth is tilted on its axis. Inclination on its axis determines earth"s seasons: north and south hemispheres are opposite, the orbit doesn"t change very much its because of the tilt of the earth that changes its season.
