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What is the name of the location on the surface of the earth that receives insolation when the sun is directly overhead?
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When the Sun is directly overhead (at zenith) the point below it is called nadir.
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How many months go between when the northern hemisphere receives direct rays from the sun as opposed to the southern hemisphere?
There is no time between these. On the day before the autumnal equinox, the sun is directly overhead in the northern hemisphere (at a latitude just north of the equator). The following day, it is directly overhead in the southern hemisphere (just south of the equator). The sun goes from being overhead in the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere instantaneously, the change happening at the autumnal equinox.
What climate zone receives the highest insolation?
Averaged through the year, Polar Climates receive the least insolation at the surface. Because these latitudes are tilted further from the sun, solar radiation must pass through more of the atmosphere, and is therefore attenuated.
Which of the earth receives solar energy at a 90 degree angle?
When sun is overhead its 90 degree. But equatorial region on earth gets more effect.
What location on earth recives roughly the same amount of soar radation year round?
what location on earth receives roughly the same amount of solar radiation year round
Which type of climate receives the most intense solar energy?
Tropical Climate because it receives a lot of the intense solar energy and it is also most likely to be found near the equator where the sun is directly giving solar energy.
Which climate zone receives the highest insolation?
The tropical climate zone receives the highest insulation.
Why is the earths temp hotter at the equator?
Because the sunlight it receives is almost directly overhead all year round. the Equator receives the most solar energy.
What areaa on earth receives the most energy?
the area of direct insolation
Why are the hottest climates near the equator?
This region receives the most nearly perpendicular insolation.
Duration of insolation?
The period of time that a surface receives solar energy. The number of daylight hours.
How many months go between when the northern hemisphere receives direct rays from the sun as opposed to the southern hemisphere?
There is no time between these. On the day before the autumnal equinox, the sun is directly overhead in the northern hemisphere (at a latitude just north of the equator). The following day, it is directly overhead in the southern hemisphere (just south of the equator). The sun goes from being overhead in the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere instantaneously, the change happening at the autumnal equinox.
Why do you think the amount of insolation increases from the poles towards the equator?
There is no 'why' because that statement is false. The equator is right in the CENTER of the tropics. As the sun wiggles back and forth between the edges of the tropics each year, the equator is the place that receives the MOST average insolation.
What is the definition for duration of insolation?
How long it is daylight. In the summer, it's longer than in the winter.The period of time that a surface receives solar energy. The number of daylight hours.
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Does the temperature at the equator change throughout the year?
it stays fairly constatnt throughout the year because it receives the same amount of direct light all year round (the light hits it almost directly overhead) but it can plummet significantly during rainstroms
What climate zone receives the highest insolation?
Averaged through the year, Polar Climates receive the least insolation at the surface. Because these latitudes are tilted further from the sun, solar radiation must pass through more of the atmosphere, and is therefore attenuated.
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