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Why Does Temperature vary over the world?
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Why Does Temperature vary over the world There are two different sorts of factors that alter the answer to this question and these are long-term and short-term factors. Long-term factors Land and sea areas mostly influence atmospheric temperature. This is evident in the colder months when it is evident that the waters in the same area are always colder than the land the same areas. In the summer months this is totally reversed. Land and sea differ in their ability to absorb, transfer and radiate heat energy. The sea is more transparent than the land, and is capable of absorbing heat down to a depth of 10 metres. It can then transfer this heat to greater depths through movements of waves and currents. The sea also has a greater specific heat capacity than that of land. Specific heat capacity is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1kg of a substance...
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