Exam 3: Air Temperature

The diurnal insolation patterns illustrated on this figure most closely resemble those from:

Examine the monthly mean air temperature patterns shown in this figure. The curve for the city of Hamburg at 54ᵒ N latitude is labeled:

Which of the following areas would tend to have the warmest air temperatures on a given day, assuming all receive the same insolation?

On a warm summer day, latent heat transfers will tend to:

During the daytime, net radiation at the ground surface tends to be positive.

Average temperatures tend to increase with elevation in the troposphere , at a given latitude.

The temperature change in coastal regions from January to July is __________ the change in continental regions.

Temperature tends to ______ with elevation in the mesosphere, and ________ with elevation in the stratosphere.

The average environmental lapse rate in the troposphere is about:

Locations near the equator experience two peaks in annual insolation that coincide with the equinoxes.

For mid-latitude locations, total daily insolation tends to highest on the:

The two lowest layers of the atmosphere are separated by the:

Identify the anthropogenic factors that influence global warming

Heat energy transferring from a warm object to a cold object when placed in direct contact is a form of conduction.

Heat that is absorbed and stored in a gas or liquid during the processes of evaporation, melting, or sublimation is:

The temperature of the ground surface and the near surface layer of air tends to reach a maximum at the local solar noon, when insolation levels are at their highest.

Which of the following does not contribute to global warming?

Over the past 30 years, the temperature of the Earth :

The ozone layer is found in the troposphere.

Temperature inversions often occur at night, as the ground surface radiatively cools and in turn cools the layer of air immediately above it.