GEOG 2050 Final: Homework 1
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Question 1: explain how time zones are related to longitude. Time zones relate to longitude through the earth"s rotation. 24 hours from east to west, it rotates 15 per hour. This establishes a time zone of one hour, measuring 7. 5 on both sides of a central meridian. Each hour is a measure of how far ahead or behind a time zone is in relation to the prime meridian. The solar constant is the amount of solar radiation received at the top of the atmosphere. It varies during the year due to earth"s revolutions and curved surface: the concentration levels of solar rays are not equal for all latitudes. The stratosphere has a temperature inversion due to its absorption of shortwave energy by the ozone layer. The shortwave energy comes from the thermosphere where it was absorbed by nitrogen and oxygen. Question 5: explain the difference between advection and convection.
