Week 4: Heat and Temperature
Lecture PDF
Key concepts/questions
New Terms
Reading: Chapter 4 of Moran
Lecture PDF
Key concepts/questions
- Why does downward solar radiation reaching the surface vary longitudinally for a common parallel (line of constant latitude)?
- Why does water heat up slower than an asphalt surface?
- What is the difference between latent and sensible heating? Which term should dominate over an irrigated field? How will that influence the observed temperature?
- Why does the highest temperature of the day generally not occur at local noon?
- What is warm air advection?
New Terms
- Bowen Ratio
- Specific Heat
- Latent Heat
- Urban Heat Island
- Air Mass Advection
Reading: Chapter 4 of Moran