EVSC 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Lifted Condensation Level, Fluid Parcel, Arctic Circle
18 Feb 2016
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Seasonal variations in solar radiation and temperature with latitude temperature (generally) decreases with latitude, and the amount of solar radiation (year round) decreases if you look at it generally as an overall amount. Also because the earth is an oblong sphere, the intensity of solar radiation at any given point on the earth"s surface is going to be different. As you travel toward the arctic circle, the intensity of solar radiation decreases. Changes in air density and pressure with altitude. Air density decreases as you increase altitude. Air temperature altitude: decreases as altitude increases (in general) the different. Pheres change temperature from hot to cold to hot to cold, but the general trend is a continuous decrease in air temperature. Environmental lapse rate: the negative of the change of temperature with altitude (atmosphere must be stationary- varies at a specific time and location)
