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34 0F Juneau, AK
70 0F Los Angeles, CA
86 0F Manaus, Brazil
83 0F Buenos Aires, Argentina
How can you explain the difference in the average high temperatures for February for the cities below.
Do all locations on Earth receive equal amounts of solar radiation?
Brainstorm reasons the different locations on earth do not recieve the same amount of solar radiation?
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·Insolation (Incoming solar radiation)
http://www.solarpanelsplus.com/solar-panels/large-insolation-map.html
This picture shows the average radiant energy/day
·Earth’s surface heats the atmosphere unequally due to variations in:
·intensity of solar radiation (caused by variations in angle of sunlight which varies with time of day, latitude, and season); ·characteristics of the surface materials absorbing the energy (such as color, texture, transparency, states of matter, and specific heat); and ·duration of solar radiation which varies with seasons and latitude.
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/greenhouse_effect_gases.html
http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/EDDOCS/images/Erb/components2.gif
Which absorbs more solar energy, the atmosphere or earth's surface?p
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What can you say about Conservation of Energy for the incoming and outgoing solar energy?
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