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Chapter 4 Global Climate and Biomes. Unequal Heating of the Earth. Regions near the equator (0 o ) receive light at 90 o High latitudes receive light at low angles Sun rays travel shorter distance to equator (energy is lost the farther it travels) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Chapter 4Global Climate and Biomes
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Earth
Regions near the equator (0o) receive light at 90o
High latitudes receive light at low angles
1.Sun rays travel shorter distance to equator (energy is lost the farther it travels)2.Sun rays distributed over smaller area (more concentrated)3.Albedo
Unequal Heating of the Earth
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Solar energy is concentrated near the equator
Image: Netherlands Center for Climate Research
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absorbed solar energy
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absorbed solar energy
Emitted IR energy
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absorbed solar energy
Emitted IR energy
More energy is absorbed near the equator than emittedAnd more energy is emitted near the poles than is absorbed.
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net radiation surplus
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net radiation surplus
net radiationdeficit
Excess energy at the equator is transferred towards the poles by convection cells
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Solar energy received is greatest near the equator.
Energy is moved from the equator to the poles.
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Solar energy received is greatest near the equator.
Energy is moved from the equator to the poles.
Energy is transferred by wind and ocean currents
Solar Energy
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Air near the equator is warmed, and rises
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Hadley Circulation Cell
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The rising air creates a circulation cell, called a Hadley Cell
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Rising air low pressureSinking air high pressure
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Warm air rises
Rising air is replaced
Hadley Circulation Cell
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Warm air rises
Air cools, sinks
Rising air is replaced
Hadley Circulation Cell
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Warm air rises
Air cools, sinks
Rising air is replaced
LOW HIGH HIGH
Hadley Circulation Cell
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Warm air rises
Air cools, sinks
Rising air is replaced
LOW HIGH HIGH
Rising air cools; the air’s capacity to hold water drops. Rain!
No rain inregionswhereair isdescending
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The Coriolis Effect
• Rotation of the Earth leads to the Coriolis Effect
• This causes winds (and all moving objects) to be deflected:– to the right in the Northern
Hemisphere
– to the left in the Southern Hemisphere
What makes Venus different?
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The Coriolis Effect
Based on conservation of angular momentum
We experience linear momentum when we are in a car that is traveling fast and then stops suddenly.
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Planet Earth rotates once per day.
Objects near the poles travel slower than those near the equator.
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Objects near the poles have less angular momentum than those near the equator.
When objects move poleward, their angular momentum causes them to go faster than the surrounding air. Conversely, they slow as they move towards the equator.
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When objects move north or south, their angular momentum causes them to appear to go slower or faster.
This is why traveling objects (or air parcels) deflect to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere.