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Why is it warmer in northern Scotland during summer than in southern England during winter when southern England is closer to the tropics?
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∙ 10y ago
The "tropics" are an area that experiences fairly minor changes in temperature between winter and summer. As latitude increases, the difference between winter and summer becomes more extreme.
So Southern England (at latitude around 48 degrees) experiences some pretty substantial differences in temperature, while northern Scotland has even greater differences between winter and summer. The high latitude summer days are quite long; up to 18-20 hours of daylight during the summer, which allows the Sun to heat them up.
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Why are seasonal temperature differences greater in the high latitudes than in the tropics?
First, around the equator, sunlight hits the earth at a 90-degree angle, so more energy lands on the surface per unit area, resulting in warmer temperatures around the equator.However, near the pole, the sun strikes the earth at a lower angle, and the rays are refracted and scattered, resulting in less solar energy per unit area, so the poles become colder.Second, due to the Earth's axial slope, sunlight does not reach the pole during many months of the year, so the air gets colder and colder.
Third, because of the shape of the earth, sunlight travels farther away from the equator to reach the poles, so it has to deal with more atmospheric particles, which leads to more absorption and scattering of sunlight, and ultimately solar energy. Less reaches the pole.
The last factor is the reflection of sunlight by snow. Snow at the poles reflects about 75 to 95% of sunlight, which is much more than the reflection of sunlight at the equator.
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What phase of the moon at sunset is in the southwestern sky?
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What peach of the tropics is used in chutney?
Mango
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Is Taiwan located in the tropics?
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The tropics are from what degrees?
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Would the tropic of Capricorn be found in the southern hemisphere or northern hemisphere?
The Tropic of Capricorn is in the southern hemisphere; the Tropic of Cancer is in the northern hemisphere. The way to remember is at the time of year when the sun is directly over the Tropic of Capricorn, the sun was in the constellation of Capricorn back when the tropics were named.
What is the tropic belt?
The tropical rain belt in a band of rain that moves to the north in June and to the south in December, roughly following the sun's seasonal path. When the tropical rain belt in north of the equator, the northern tropics experience their rainy season and the southern tropics experiences their dry season. When the tropical rain belt is south of the equator, the southern tropics experience their rainy season and the northern tropics experience their dry season.
What is the importance of the tropic of cancer and capicorn?
The Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn are the most northern and southern latitudes on Earth where the sun can be seen directly overhead.
What is the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capicorn?
The Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn are the most northern and southern latitudes on Earth where the sun can be seen directly overhead.
Are areas between the tropics and polar regions called equinoxes?
No. Equinoxes are something totally different. The area between the tropics and polar regions are known as temperate regions.
In the tropics at night time - when is the sun directly below the Northern Horizon at midnight and when is it directly below the Southern Horizon at midnight?
If you're in the tropics (the area between 23.5N and 23.5S latitude) then you'd need to know what date it is, and your precise latitude, to know whether the Sun was closer to the northern horizon or the southern one. In the tropics, the difference won't be very large. You can calculate this, of course. You'll need to look up the declination of the Sun for the date, and compare this to your own latitude.
Is the topic of Capricorn north or south of the Antarctic Circle?
Both "tropics" are north of the Antarctic Circle. This one is in the southern hemisphere. The tropic of cancer is in the northern hemisphere.
When is the intensity of the suns ray the greatest?
This demands on where you are in the world. The northern or southern hemispheres - Spring and Fall equinoxes Tropics of cancer and Capricorn - Same year round
