GEOG 1F91 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Sulfur Hexafluoride, Fluorocarbon, Tropospheric Ozone
1 Nov 2016
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Thermal energy: the total kinetic energy associated with a substances atoms and molecules. Temperature: the amount of thermal energy that exists in a system. When an object absorbs energy, its temperature rises. Specific heat capacity: the amount of heat per mass unit that is required to increase the temperature of a substance. Density: ratio of mass to volume of an object. Mass: a measure of the quantity of matter in an object. Volumetric heat capacity: how well a substance stores heat. Thermal conductivity: the rate that heat flows within a solid. Latent heat transfer: the flow of latent heat that results when a substance. The surface energy balance equation absorbs heat to change from a liquid or solid to a gas, and then later releases the heat. Energy is neither created or destroyed, so energy at a substance"s surface is always in equilibrium. Q* = qg + qh + qe . Rlong rshort + hlatent + hsensible +hsoil =0.
