Exam 4: Atmosphere and Surface Energy Balances

While energy budgets vary latitudinally,they are fairly constant at specific locations throughout the year.For instance,the energy budget at 45° N does not vary throughout the day or year.

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Question 61

Which of the following best describes a factor responsible for the urban heating effect?

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Question 62

Why is a greenhouse an imperfect analogy for how Earth's atmosphere behaves?

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Question 63

Which of the following is a nonradiative transfer of longwave radiation to the atmosphere?

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Question 64

A greenhouse is an imperfect analogy for how Earth's atmosphere behaves because longwave radiation is not trapped in the same way it is in a greenhouse.

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Question 65

What is the name for scattering caused by atmospheric particles larger than the wavelengths of light?

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Question 66

When a surface assimilates radiation,what is the process called?

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Question 67

Which of the following best describes what happens when light passes from one medium to another,resulting in a change in speed and direction of insolation?

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Question 68

On land,where do the highest annual values for latent heat of evaporation (LE)occur?

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Question 69

Which of these cities experiences (on average)the highest annual net radiation (NET R)?

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Question 70

What is defined as trapped airborne pollution that can raise temperatures by absorbing insolation and reradiating heat to the surface?

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Question 71

In the figure above,what relationship exists between the insolation curve and the air temperature curve on a graph of daily surface energy?

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Question 72

There is a time lag between the annual pattern of maximum insolation and maximum annual air temperature.

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Question 73

Between the tropics,low angle of insolation,variable day lengths,and high seasonal variations create an energy deficit.

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Question 74

Latent heat transfer and convection are examples of nonradiative energy transfer from Earth's surface.

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Question 75

Which two gases are primarily responsible for the greenhouse effect because of their ability to absorb infrared energy?

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Question 76

On a cloudy day,what is received at the surface of Earth?

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Question 77

What is the assimilation of radiation by molecules of matter?

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Question 78

In equatorial and tropical regions,energy surpluses prevail,whereas energy deficits prevail at higher latitudes.

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Question 79

Energy that is reflected from the surface of Earth plays a substantial role in heating the atmosphere.

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While energy budgets vary latitudinally,they are fairly constant at specific locations throughout the year.For instance,the energy budget at 45° N does not vary throughout the day or year.

Which of the following best describes a factor responsible for the urban heating effect?

Why is a greenhouse an imperfect analogy for how Earth's atmosphere behaves?

Which of the following is a nonradiative transfer of longwave radiation to the atmosphere?

A greenhouse is an imperfect analogy for how Earth's atmosphere behaves because longwave radiation is not trapped in the same way it is in a greenhouse.

What is the name for scattering caused by atmospheric particles larger than the wavelengths of light?

When a surface assimilates radiation,what is the process called?

Which of the following best describes what happens when light passes from one medium to another,resulting in a change in speed and direction of insolation?

On land,where do the highest annual values for latent heat of evaporation (LE)occur?

Which of these cities experiences (on average)the highest annual net radiation (NET R)?

What is defined as trapped airborne pollution that can raise temperatures by absorbing insolation and reradiating heat to the surface?

In the figure above,what relationship exists between the insolation curve and the air temperature curve on a graph of daily surface energy?

There is a time lag between the annual pattern of maximum insolation and maximum annual air temperature.

Between the tropics,low angle of insolation,variable day lengths,and high seasonal variations create an energy deficit.

Latent heat transfer and convection are examples of nonradiative energy transfer from Earth's surface.

Which two gases are primarily responsible for the greenhouse effect because of their ability to absorb infrared energy?

On a cloudy day,what is received at the surface of Earth?

What is the assimilation of radiation by molecules of matter?

In equatorial and tropical regions,energy surpluses prevail,whereas energy deficits prevail at higher latitudes.

Energy that is reflected from the surface of Earth plays a substantial role in heating the atmosphere.

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