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Any idea why this shows equatorial regions as having lower irradiance than other areas? It seems unintuitive to me.
by kldavis4 11y ago
Any idea why this shows equatorial regions as having lower irradiance than other areas? It seems unintuitive to me.
- ohyes 11y agoLighter is more.
- Rexxar 11y agoMany clouds
- Double_Cast 11y agoPlaces on the equator (0 degrees) tend to be rain forests. Places on the tropics of cancer/capricorn (30 degrees) tend to be deserts. This is due to the way the upper atmosphere works. Air that rises tends to rain. Air that falls tends to be cloudless. This is because of how the dewpoint changes at different altitudes. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=jet+streams&ia=images&iai=http%3A%2F%2Ffr.cdn.v5.futura-sciences.com%2Fbuilds%2Fimages%2Frte%2FRTEmagicC_13182_courant-jet-physicalgeography_01_txdam35585_9dd4e4.jpg https://duckduckgo.com/?q=jet+streams&ia=images&iai=http%3A%...