How do cyclones, sea waves, salinity,pollution and conventional currents affect the temperature of sea water?
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Insolation: The average daily duration of insolation and its intensity.
Heat loss: The loss of energy by reflection, scattering, evaporation and radiation.
Albedo: The albedo of the sea (depending on the angle of sun rays).
The physical characteristics of the sea surface:
Boiling point of the sea water is increased in the case of higher salinity and vice versa
[Salinity increased == Boiling point increased == Evaporation decreased].The presence of submarine ridges and sills [Marginal Seas]:Temperature is affected due to lesser mixing of waters on the opposite sides of the ridges or sills.
The shape of the ocean:
The latitudinally extensive seas in low latitude regions have warmer surface water than longitudinally extensive sea [Mediterranean Sea records higher temperature than the longitudinally extensive Gulf of California].
The enclosed seas (Marginal Seas – Gulf, Bay etc.) in the low latitudes record relatively higher temperature than the open seas; whereas the enclosed seas in the high latitudes have lower temperature than the open seas.
Local weather conditions such as cyclones.Unequal distribution of land and water:
The oceans in the northern hemisphere receive more heat due to their contact with larger extent of land than the oceans in the southern hemisphere.
Heat loss: The loss of energy by reflection, scattering, evaporation and radiation.
Albedo: The albedo of the sea (depending on the angle of sun rays).
The physical characteristics of the sea surface:
Boiling point of the sea water is increased in the case of higher salinity and vice versa
[Salinity increased == Boiling point increased == Evaporation decreased].The presence of submarine ridges and sills [Marginal Seas]:Temperature is affected due to lesser mixing of waters on the opposite sides of the ridges or sills.
The shape of the ocean:
The latitudinally extensive seas in low latitude regions have warmer surface water than longitudinally extensive sea [Mediterranean Sea records higher temperature than the longitudinally extensive Gulf of California].
The enclosed seas (Marginal Seas – Gulf, Bay etc.) in the low latitudes record relatively higher temperature than the open seas; whereas the enclosed seas in the high latitudes have lower temperature than the open seas.
Local weather conditions such as cyclones.Unequal distribution of land and water:
The oceans in the northern hemisphere receive more heat due to their contact with larger extent of land than the oceans in the southern hemisphere.
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