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    Insolation refers to radiation from the sun. Several factors affect the intensity of insolation and surface temperature on Earth, including the angle of sunlight, latitude, and the tilt of the Earth. The angle of insolation determines intensity, with higher angles resulting in greater intensity and higher temperatures. Latitude dictates the angle and duration of sunlight, with equatorial regions experiencing the most intense and longest sunlight. The 23.5 degree tilt of the Earth's axis causes seasons and differences in intensity between hemispheres.

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    Insolation refers to radiation from the sun. Several factors affect the intensity of insolation and surface temperature on Earth, including the angle of sunlight, latitude, and the tilt of the Earth. The angle of insolation determines intensity, with higher angles resulting in greater intensity and higher temperatures. Latitude dictates the angle and duration of sunlight, with equatorial regions experiencing the most intense and longest sunlight. The 23.5 degree tilt of the Earth's axis causes seasons and differences in intensity between hemispheres.

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    Insolation refers to radiation from the sun. Several factors affect the intensity of insolation and surface temperature on Earth, including the angle of sunlight, latitude, and the tilt of the Earth. The angle of insolation determines intensity, with higher angles resulting in greater intensity and higher temperatures. Latitude dictates the angle and duration of sunlight, with equatorial regions experiencing the most intense and longest sunlight. The 23.5 degree tilt of the Earth's axis causes seasons and differences in intensity between hemispheres.

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    Insolation

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    Insolation refers to radiation from the sun. Several factors affect the intensity of insolation and surface temperature on Earth, including the angle of sunlight, latitude, and the tilt of the Earth. The angle of insolation determines intensity, with higher angles resulting in greater intensity and higher temperatures. Latitude dictates the angle and duration of sunlight, with equatorial regions experiencing the most intense and longest sunlight. The 23.5 degree tilt of the Earth's axis causes seasons and differences in intensity between hemispheres.

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    Insolation

    Insolation is……
    • IN = incoming
    • SOL = solar
    • ATION = radiation
    • Def: radiation from the sun
    We receive only one 2 billionth
    (1/2,000,000,000) of all the suns
    energy!
    • All areas of the Earth
    get the same amount
    of sunlight!

    • Why are some area’s


    cold and others hot?
    Some area’s have greater intensity
    then others
    • Intensity of Insolation is correlated to the
    average surface temperature.
    – As intensity goes up, so does temp.
    #1 Factor affecting Insolation
    • Angle of Insolation or the angle of the sun
    ray’s hitting the earth.
    • The greater the angle, the greater the
    temperature.
    • 00 is cold – 900 is hot
    How does angle affect intensity?
    What affects angle?
    • Time of day
    – When is the sun highest in the sky?
    – 12 pm, noon
    – As the sun gets higher in the sky, what
    happens to the shadow length?
    – Shadow Video
    • Higher angle = small shadow = High
    temps

    • What determines the angle of insolation


    is…
    Latitude
    • Dictates the angle and duration of insolation (# of
    daylight hours)
    Date Latitude Angle of Duration of
    noon sun insolation
    Dec 21 60oN 6o 5 hrs

    Dec 21 40oN 26o 9 hrs

    Dec 21 0oN 66o 12 hrs


    Intensity due to tilt of the Earth
    • The earth is tilted 23 1/2o to the sun which
    causes changes in intesity
    – Higher latitude = Less intense
    – Low latitude = more intense
    – Equator is most intense on average.
    Why do we experience seasons?
    • Seasons are the result of earths tilt and
    revolution.

    • Tilt = 23.5 degrees, increased tilt = hotter


    summers and colder winters.
    Seasons are opposite in Southern
    Hempisphere

    • What if tilt were more/less?

    • There would be greater differences in


    temperatures for the latitudes.
    When does hottest/coldest times of
    day/year occur? Why?
    Warmest Times
    • Temp. rises = incoming energy>outgoing
    energy

    • Temp. drops = incoming<outgoing


    • Radioactive Balance = Incoming energy is
    the same as Outgoing energy

    • Hottest times occur after maximum


    insolation because incoming=outgoing
    energy
    Greenhouse Effect
    • Warming trend due to absorption of
    terrestrial (land) radiation (infrared) by
    greenhouse gases (CO2 + H2O vapor)
    • Without greenhouse gases, the average temp of
    59oF, would drop to 0o F

    • CH4 (Methane), water vapor, CO2, as well as


    Other gases

    • If all ice were to melt on Earth seal level would


    reach 75m.!
    • !
    • Seal level is rising 2.5 mm/yr
    Sky Dome Model

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