Explain the relationship between latitude and sea surface temperature?

Answer 1

Sea surface temperatures don't vary by longitude.

Sea surface temperatures are influenced by ocean currents; for example, the Gulf Stream current carries warmer water north from Florida to Massachusetts, and continues across the north Atlantic. If you're a hundred miles or so straight east from the Gulf Stream, the ocean temperature will be substantially cooler.

Answer 2

The relationship between latitude and temperature is as follows. The sun shines longest and strongest on the central part of the earth, the equator. The equator is latitude zero. As a traveler moves north or south from the equator, the land gets less sun and is colder.

Answer 3

One would think that as one went to higher latitudes the surface water temperature would decrease and, in general, it does (apart from seasonal fluctuations). However, the ocean's gyres circulate warm water from the tropics to the polar regions so the situation is much more complex in reality.

Answer 4

Sea surface temperature tends to decrease as you move away from the equator towards higher latitudes. This is because the angle at which sunlight hits the Earth's surface changes at different latitudes, impacting the amount of heat absorbed by the oceans. Areas near the equator receive more direct sunlight, leading to warmer sea surface temperatures, while higher latitudes receive less direct sunlight, resulting in cooler sea surface temperatures.

Answer 5

As the sea surface temperature (SST) increases, the latitude decreases. When the latitude increases it goes from South to North,