The Physical Environment

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Energy and Radiation

Looking Back: Energy and heat

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1. What is the relationship between temperature, the maximum wavelength of emission, and the amount of energy emitted by a body?

 

2. What is the wave length of maximum emission for the Sun and Earth?

 

3. How does sun angle affect insolation intensity?

 

4. Describe how the atmosphere affects insolation?

 

5. What is the subsolar point?


 

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For Citation: Ritter, Michael E. The Physical Environment: an Introduction to Physical Geography.
Date visited.  http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/title_page.html

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