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What 2 processes transport Earths energy surpluses poleward from the tropics?
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∙ 11y ago
Wind and water.
Air currents (wind) carry heat poleward. This is mainly heat transfer by convection.
Water currents carry heat poleward. This is heat transfer by convection and conduction.
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How are convection currents in the mantle and the convection currents in the ocean similar?
Mantle convection is the slow creeping motion of Earth's rocky mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior of the earth to the surface while convection current in ocean in; Solar radiation affects the oceans: warm water from the Equatortends to circulate toward the poles, while cold polar water heads towards the Equator. The surface currents are initially dictated by surface wind conditions. The trade winds blow westward in the tropics, and the westerlies blow eastward at mid-latitudes. This wind pattern applies a stress to the subtropical ocean surface with negative curl across the Northern Hemisphere, and the reverse across the Southern Hemisphere. The resulting Sverdrup transport is equator ward.Because of conservation of potential vorticity caused by the poleward-moving winds on the subtropical ridge's western periphery and the increased relative vorticity of poleward moving water, transport is balanced by a narrow, accelerating poleward current, which flows along the western boundary of the ocean basin, outweighing the effects of friction with the cold western boundary current which origniates from high latitudes
What do the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn define?
The tropics.
What is the equator oriented parallel to?
Tropics of Capricon And Tropics of cancer.
Would you find more seasonal changes in the area between the tropics or in the areas north or south of the tropics?
You would find it in the north tropics
What tropics are in the Philippines?
No, the tropics are larger than the Philippines (they run round the whole planet north and south of the Equator. Thus the question should be :- "Are the Philippines in the tropics" The answer to that question is "Yes" (see the map of the tropics in the related link below.
How are convection currents in the mantle and the convection currents in the ocean similar?
Mantle convection is the slow creeping motion of Earth's rocky mantle caused by convection currents carrying heat from the interior of the earth to the surface while convection current in ocean in; Solar radiation affects the oceans: warm water from the Equatortends to circulate toward the poles, while cold polar water heads towards the Equator. The surface currents are initially dictated by surface wind conditions. The trade winds blow westward in the tropics, and the westerlies blow eastward at mid-latitudes. This wind pattern applies a stress to the subtropical ocean surface with negative curl across the Northern Hemisphere, and the reverse across the Southern Hemisphere. The resulting Sverdrup transport is equator ward.Because of conservation of potential vorticity caused by the poleward-moving winds on the subtropical ridge's western periphery and the increased relative vorticity of poleward moving water, transport is balanced by a narrow, accelerating poleward current, which flows along the western boundary of the ocean basin, outweighing the effects of friction with the cold western boundary current which origniates from high latitudes
What do the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn define?
The tropics.
Map of the tropics?
show the tropics on a map
Where do large scale weather systems develop and why are they important?
Large scale weather systems that transport surface cold air toward the tropics and surface warm air toward the poles.
How do you make tropics on alchemy?
Palms+rain=tropics
What lines of latitude are the the tropics?
they are the tropics of cancer and Capricorn
Which occurs in the tropics Tornadoes or hurricanes?
Both can occur in the tropics. However it is hurricanes that almost exclusively form in the tropics.
A sentence with the word tropics in it?
I go to the tropics every summer
How do you make tropics on classic alchemy?
Palms+rain=tropics
When was Miami Tropics created?
Miami Tropics was created in 2006.
What is the equator oriented parallel to?
Tropics of Capricon And Tropics of cancer.
Where does the Gulf Stream get its warmth?
the gulf stream gets its warmth from the tropics
