Does longitudinal position influence the
temperature distribution? Explain
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Answer:
Explanation:
Earth intercepts only one in two billion parts of solar radiation. This intercepted radiation is called Insolation.
Insolation == Proportion of Solar energy received or intercepted by earth.
Some heat within the core and mantle is transferred to the surface and ocean bottoms through volcanoes, springs and geysers. But this heat received at the surface form interiors of the earth is negligible compared to that received from sun.
Earth receives Sun’s radiation (heat) in the form of short waves (visible light + wavelengths below visible light – most of it is ultraviolet radiation) which are of electromagnetic nature. The earth absorbs short wave radiation during daytime and reflects back the heat received into space as long-wave radiation (mostly infrared radiation) during night.