List and briefly describe the components of the energy budget.
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Q. 2 - Why are the differing wavelengths of incoming and outgoing radiant heat important for understanding the energy budget?
What will be an ideal response?
Q. 3 - Although Mark Twain never actually said the coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco, he did say that you can never go without a coat in the summer in the city of San Francisco.
Using what you know about the general behavior of local wind patterns, explain why the summer in San Francisco is so cold compared to nearby places in California at the same latitude.
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Q. 4 - 1. Describe the global warming concept in your own words.
What will be an ideal response?
Q. 5 - What would you expect to be the prevailing winter wind directions for the following locations?
a) Auckland, New Zealand, Lat: 36 degrees 55 minutes S
b) Braslia, Brazil, Lat: 15 degrees 47 minutes S
c) Cape Town, South Africa, Lat: 33 degrees 56 minutes S
d) Des Moines, Iowa, Lat: 40 degrees 55 minutes N
e) Kabul, Afghanistan, Lat: 34 degrees 31 minutes N
f) Lagos, Nigeria, Lat: 06 degrees 27 minutes N
g) Paris, France, Lat: 48 degrees 52 minutes N
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