MET-1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Radiative Cooling, Thermometer, Human Body Temperature
10 Apr 2017
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Stationary fronts do not move; they sit there and can dump a lot of rain in one place for a long period of time. The above usually cannot keep up with the amount of incoming solar energy so the temperature steadily rises throughout the day. We take temperature in a shelter (five feet off the ground) so that it is like sensible heat. We receive the hottest temperature outside in the afternoon (3-5 pm) Incoming solar energy is only received during the day (the most is received at noon) The temperature of the surface depends on the outgoing infrared radiation of the earth and the incoming solar radiation. In the afternoon, both the incoming solar energy and the outgoing infrared radiation intersect at around 3 pm (we continue until we reach the maximum amount of radiation) We continue to warm throughout the day until we start losing more than what is coming in and then it begins to cool.
