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| Sensible heat transferred from warmer to cooler (E Gradient) |
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| The energy of motion in a body; derived from the vibration of the body's own movement and stated as temperature. |
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| molecular motion stops -273C, -459.4F, 0 K, |
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| Celsius Centigrate (100), Fahrenheit (180), Kelvin (100). |
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| Mercury thermometer Fahrenheit invention |
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| Principal Temperature Controls |
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Latitude
Affects insolation: Changes in the subsolar point
Altitude within troposphere |
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| Changes in the subsolar point |
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| principal temperature controls |
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lattitdue
affects insolation
altitdue within troposphere |
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6.4C/100m
high altitude density of atmosphere decreases |
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high albedo
moderate temperatures- cooler days, warmer nights |
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| altitude within troposphere |
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normal lapse rate
density of atmosphere
high altitdue has greater daily range
high altitude has lower annual average |
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| cooling effect in water bodies |
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| land surface absorbs energy, underneath T is stable |
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| light penetrates and is stored |
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heat capacity, heat holding capacity
water is greater than land |
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| redistribution of energy in water by mixing water bodies |
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| ocean currents and sea surface temperatures |
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| moderate influence of ocean |
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| greater range mina dn max |
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| thermal equator movement jan/ july |
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jan- movement southward
july- movement northward |
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| apparent T or sensible T: our perception |
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cultural and individual variation
comfort: relationship humidity, wind and T |
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| relationship humidity, wind and T |
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| proposed in 1939;heat energy lost by wind |
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| correlates cold and wind speed |
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correlates heat and humidity
humidity |
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| water vapor content in the air |
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| water vapor content in the air |
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