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This document discusses various factors that influence temperature variation, including season, latitude, altitude, aspect, continentality, cloud cover, winds, ocean currents, and surface characteristics. It provides examples of how each factor can cause places to be warmer or colder and includes questions and answers about the temperature effects of different geographical features.
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Climate is determined by temperature and precipitation, which are affected by various natural factors. Latitude affects temperature, with warmer temperatures closer to the equator and colder temperatures farther from the equator. Elevation also impacts temperature, with higher elevations experiencing cooler temperatures due to less dense air. Ocean currents influence nearby land temperatures, with warm or cold currents causing temperature variations. Precipitation is impacted by prevailing winds and mountain ranges, with windward sides of mountains receiving more rain and leeward sides receiving less. The world's climates can be divided into polar, temperate, and tropical zones based on average temperatures.
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Climate is determined by a location's long-term patterns of temperature and precipitation, which are influenced by several climate controls. The key climate controls are latitude, proximity to water, altitude/elevation, proximity to mountains, ocean currents, and prevailing winds. Latitude affects temperature and precipitation through its influence on solar radiation and atmospheric convection cells. Proximity to large bodies of water moderates temperatures and brings more precipitation. Higher elevations generally experience colder temperatures. Mountains can produce rain shadows on their leeward sides through atmospheric lifting and cooling effects. Ocean currents redistribute heat around the globe. Prevailing winds influence weather patterns.
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1. Latitude - Places closer to the equator receive more direct sunlight and have a warmer climate, while areas farther from the equator have a colder climate due to the sun's rays striking at a lower angle.
2. Altitude - Higher elevations have lower air pressure and temperature, with air temperature decreasing approximately 6.5°C for every 1000 meters gained in elevation.
3. Distance from large bodies of water - Oceans and seas moderate nearby climate by slowly absorbing and releasing heat, preventing large fluctuations in air temperature.
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2) Prevailing winds - Warm currents from the Gulf Stream moderate Britain's climate, making it warmer than if those currents did not reach its coasts.
3) Proximity to sea - Bodies of water take longer to heat up and cool down than land, so areas near the coast are cooler in summer and warmer in winter.
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Physical oceanography is the study of the physical properties and dynamics of the oceans, including interactions with the atmosphere, heat budgets, water mass formation, currents, and coastal dynamics. It considers factors like rotation, revolution, the Coriolis effect, currents, gyres, and eddies that influence ocean circulation. Ocean temperatures vary both horizontally from the equator to poles and vertically from the surface to deep zones, affected by factors like insolation, albedo, winds, currents, and geography. Seasons on Earth are caused by its axial tilt, leading to different sunlight exposure throughout the year and causing the four seasons.
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1. A climate is determined by averaging temperature, precipitation, and other factors over many years and influences the types of plants and animals and how people live in a particular area.
2. Latitude, proximity to large bodies of water, ocean currents, mountains, and urban environments impact local climates by affecting temperatures and precipitation patterns.
3. Climate changes over short term seasons and long term periods due to factors like the Earth's orientation to the Sun, volcanic eruptions, and human activities like burning fossil fuels.
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This document discusses the differences between weather and climate and various factors that affect climate, including latitude, altitude, distance from the ocean, topography, and ocean currents. It provides examples of each factor and how they influence temperature. Questions are also included to check understanding of these concepts. The key points are that climate refers to long-term patterns while weather is short-term conditions, and factors like latitude, altitude, and distance from water bodies determine how much heat and precipitation an area receives.
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Horizontal Distribution & Differences of Temperature discusses how several factors influence the horizontal and latitudinal distribution of temperatures around the Earth. Some of the key factors discussed include:
1. Latitudinal variations in solar radiation, which causes temperatures to decrease with increasing latitude away from the equator.
2. The mosaic of land and ocean surfaces, which disrupts the strict latitudinal zonation of temperatures. Proximity to oceans moderates temperatures.
3. Altitude, with temperatures decreasing about 6.5°C for every 1000m increase in elevation due to thinner air.
4. Cloud cover, which influences the difference between day and night temperatures through absorption and reflection of radiation.
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2) Ocean currents are driven by prevailing winds and the Coriolis effect, forming surface gyres and deep circulation currents. The global ocean conveyor belt involves sinking of dense water masses.
3) Ocean properties vary with depth, forming three layers - a warm mixed surface layer, a thermocline of rapid temperature drop, and cold deep water below. Temperature, salinity, and pressure interact to influence ocean density stratification.
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- 1. Temperature variations John Harris - Head of Geography - Radley College [email_address] http://geography.radley.org.uk
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- 4. Ocean currents Warm ocean currents eg the Gulf stream, transfer warm tropical water into higher latitudes. Winter temperatures are warmer eg in the UK Cold ocean currents eg the Labrador current brings cold polar water to Eastern Canada and the US. Winter temperatures are colder . Question: Why are winters warmer on the east coast of Southern Africa compared to the cooler west coast? Answer: the warm Arabian current warms the east coast but the cold Benguela current cools the west coast.
- 5. Wind Question: which winds brings warm, moist air from the sub-tropics to Europe? Answer: the south-westerlies. Global wind systems transfer heat and moisture from the sub- tropics towards the higher latitudes. Latent heat is released when water condenses as air moves into higher latitudes and condensation occurs.
- 6. Latitude The angle of the sun’s rays increases with distance from the equator. Solar radiation is spread over a larger area and so net heating is less.
- 7. Continentality Land is quick to heat and quick to cool . Water is slow to heat and slow to cool . Continental places, far inland, have greater temperature extremes. Coastal regions have less extremes of temperature. Question : would places on the coast have a higher or lower range of temperatures than places inland? Answer : places on the coast have a lower range of temperature. The sea retains heat, whereas the land warms and cools quickly.
- 8. Altitude The atmosphere is thinner at higher altitude. Temperature is 1 degree C colder for every 100m of altitude. Question : if it is 20 deg C at sea-level, what temperature will it be on top of a mountain with an altitude of 1,000 metres? Answer : 10 deg C!
- 9. Aspect Slopes which face the sun will be warmer than those which face away. South facing slopes are warmer in the northern hemisphere? Question : which slopes will be warmer in the southern hemisphere: north facing or south facing? Answer : north facing.
- 10. Cloud cover Clouds reflect outgoing long-wave terrestrial radiation back to earth. This keeps temperatures more stable and less extreme. Question : would you expect greater daily variations in temperature in a hot desert region eg Sahara or a temperate region eg UK Answer : a hot desert region eg Sahara
- 11. Surface characteristics Surfaces vary….. Bare land heats and cools quickly. Vegetation gives shade and keeps temperatures moderate. Water heats slowly and retains heat . Question : would daily temperature differences be greater in forested areas or bare rocky areas? Answer : bare rocky areas.