discuss the spatial distribution of temperature along the equators
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Each day the Earth receives energy in the form of incoming solar radiation from the Sun. This shortwave solar radiation ranges mostly from ultraviolet (0.2 μm wavelength) to the near infrared (2.0 μm wavelength), but reaches its maximum at around 0.5 μm wavelength (blue-green visible light; Lutgens and Tarbuck, 1986). This insolation is absorbed by the Earth's surface and is converted to heat (longwave radiation). The Earth's (terrestrial) longwave radiation reaches its peak intensity at the 10 μm wavelength (thermal infrared) and is responsible for heating the lower atmosphere.
Temperature is a human-invented quantitative measure of heat energy emitted by or contained within a surface or material. As such, these numerical temperature values can be used to differentiate one climatic region from another. Spatial variations in temperatures (i.e., temperature distributions) occur both vertically and horizontally within the Earth's atmospheric envelope. These temperature distributions,...
Latitude and Sun Angle In general, as one traverses from the equator (0° latitude) to either pole (90° latitude) temperatures decrease. This equator-to-pole temperature gradient is directly related to the angle at which the Sun's rays strike the Earth.