HOUR 6.

TEMPERATURE

OBJECTIVE: TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF:

1.RADIATIONAL HEATING OF THE EARTH, 2. THE
FIVE MAJOR CONTROLS OF TEMPERATURE AND
3. ISOTHERMS AND TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
ON A GLOBAL SCALE.
1. RADIATIONAL HEATING OF THE EARTH

A. Radiation in the Atmosphere

IN MUST EQUAL OUT

OR EARTH HEATS UP OR COOLS

SOLAR RADIATION = INSOLATION
B. Absorption by Earth’s surface and atmosphere
D. Heat Budget
BY LATITUDE
2. THE FIVE MAJOR CONTROLS OF TEMPERATURE
Land and water

Specific heat

Ocean Currents

Altitude

Geographic position

Cloud cover and albedo

Land and water
Land SPECIFIC
HEAT
and LAND = 0.2

water WATER =1.0

MOVES HEAT TOWARD POLES. BRINGS COLD WATER TO
EQUATOR FOR REHEATING
ALTITUDE
GEOGRAPHIC POSITION
CLOUD COVER
CLOUD COVER
3. ISOTHERMS AND TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION ON
A GLOBAL SCALE.

A. World Distribution of Temperatures

Seasonal changes
Zonal / Meridional Patterns
Hemispheric Patterns
Role of Ocean Currents
High Latitude Variations
B. Daily variations
 SUMMARY

1. TEMPERATURE RESULTS FROM SOLAR

HEATING

2. FIVE MAJOR FACTORS CONTROLING TEMP.

3. FACTORS RESULT IN GLOBAL TEMPERATURE

PATTERNS