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What can you say about the albedos of tropical and polar areas in general?
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The darker the shade of the surface texture, the lower the albedo percentage. Antarctica for instance has an albedo around 60% changing seasonally. Due to the light colour, the surface reflects at a higher rate then a tropical forest. Tropical Forests are hot and humid due to the lack of moisture in the air due to the low amount of reflectivity and the high amount of heat absorbed. Albedos are the key to climate and global warming. Therefore Tropical places have albedos of low percentage. Due to the dark colour of the forests and shadows the trees form. Therefore Polar Areas have high albedos due to the light shade of white which is perfect for reflecting heat. Fresh Snow has a reflect rate of 90%.
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How are maritime tropical and marine polar alike?
they both are over colder land but maritime polar is over water in cold areas and continental polar is over land and in colder areas.
Which area experiences the smallest seasonal variation in insolation solar energy?
Polar areas
What are the winds that flow from the horse latitudes toward the polar areas called?
The winds are called Westerlies.
Why do a continental and a polar cause a tornado?
The terminology here is a bit confused. In weather there are 4 basic types of large-scale air mass: Continental polar air masses come off the land in cold regions and are cool and dry. Maritime polar masses come off the ocean and are cool and somewhat moist. Continental tropical air masses come of the land from warm regions and are warm and dry. Finally maritime tropical masses come off of warm oceans and are warm and moist. When a continental polar air mass pushes into a maritime tropical air mass it forms a cold front. Since cold air is denser than warm air, the tropical air mass is forced upwards. This can trigger thunderstorms. Under the right conditions these storms can produce tornadoes.
Where do tornadoes never occur?
Tornadoes do not occur in polar regions, such as Antarctica, or in extreme desert areas such as the Atacama.
How are maritime tropical and marine polar alike?
they both are over colder land but maritime polar is over water in cold areas and continental polar is over land and in colder areas.
Do tropical areas get hurricanes cyclones and typhoons?
Hurricanes and typhoons occur in tropical areas, but can move into extratropical areas as well. There are different types of cyclone, however. Tropical cyclones (hurricanes, typhoons, tropical storms and tropical depressions) form in tropical regions but extratropical and polar lows are cyclones as well.
What are four types of air masses that affected the US?
maritime polar, continental polar, maritime tropical, and continental tropical
why are polar regions colder then tropical?
Tropical regions are cooler , polar regions are colder
How are polar and tropic regions?
polar regions are in areas surrounded by poles or frigid zones, climate in these areas are cooler as they receive far less intensity from solar radiation, tropical regions are closer to the equator of the earth and therefore the climate in these areas are warmer
What are the two types of polar climates?
hot and cold
What is the opposite of a tropical region polar or desert?
The opposite of a tropical region is a polar region.
How is a tropical zone different from a polar zone?
Tropical zones are warmer and polar zones are colder.
What best explains the movement of heat from tropical to polar areas?
The fact that heat tends to move from hotter objects to colder objects.
What are the main types of air masses?
Maritime polar, maritime tropical, continental polar, & continental tropical
What are the 4 types of Air Mass?
maritime polar, maritime tropical, continental polar, and continental tropical
What are natural massess?
continetal polar, maritime polar, continental tropical, and maritime tropical are the 4 air masses.
