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What are the mechanisms for heat transfer in the atmosphere and where in the atmosphere is each important?
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The main mechanism for heat transfer in the atmosphere is known as convection. This is when a heated object transfers some heat to the air, which transfers that heat to a colder area. This phenomena is observed on the earth, although before I explain about that, you have to know that "hot goes to cold" (it's a basic physics fact). Land and air along the equator are heated. The land transfers some heat to the air. Then, because warm air rises, the air rises, and because "hot goes to cold," the air travels to either pole (north or south). Once there, the air transfers some heat to the ground at the pole, and sinks back down beneath the new warm air coming from the equator. That new air pushes the cold air back to the equator, where it is heated, and it all starts over. The equator is like the radiator, and the poles are like the window (if the picture shows up).
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