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Weather and Climate Chapter 2
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- 1Explain the causes of sun angle to change during the yearThe Earth's tilt
- 2Explain the causes of the length of day to change during the yearThe Earth's tilt
- 3Practice Calculation of noon sun angle for any latitude on equinoxes and solsticescalculate that shit ginga
- 4Contrast Latent and Sensible HeatS: Sole effect is to change temperature
L: PHASE CHANGE, does not result in change in temperature - 5List Methods of heat transferConduction
Convection
Radiation - 6COnductionTransfer of energy through molecular collisions
- 7ConvectionTransfer of Energy through transport of fluid (air)
Very important for heat transfer - 8RadiationTransfer of Energy via energetic waves
only energy to operate in space - 9What happens to incoming solar radiation?
- 10What causes Blue Sky and Red SunsetsThe molecules of the atmosphere produce Rayleigh Scattering, and only let the blue light in.
- 11"The Atmosphere is Heated from the Ground up"Incoming shortwave solar radiation is absorbed by the earth, heating it, and infrared radiation is emitted heating the atmosphere
- 12Describe the role of water vapor and co2 in the greenhouse effectno fucking clue
- 13—
- 14Sketch Earth's Heat Budget
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