GEOG 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Surface Tension, Earth'S Energy Budget, Sea Breeze
7 Mar 2018
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Greater intensity means warmer/hotter temps: weins displacement law= a peak wavelength emitted from a body is inversely related to the temperature of the body, all bodies emit radiation. 9/7/17- global temp. patterns: latitude- large scale geographic factor that influences air temperature. Tilt of the earth at 23. 5 degrees. Effects things like the sub solar point migration and angle of incidence of the sun coming into the earth. Distinct temperature differences between high and low latitudes. Due to earths axial tilt, seasons and the length of day are important with respect to global temperature patterns. Depending where your located latitude wise, time of day also plays into this-temporal lag in temperature after solar moon: altitude- local factor influencing air temperature. Cooling temperatures as you go up in altitude (in the troposphere) to higher elevations. Elr= environmental lapse rate, in the troposphere its 6. 4 degrees. Celsius per 1000 meters (temp decreases with altitude: continentally.
