Isolation (Incoming Solar Radiation)

Path Length	Altitude	Continentality
to Air Structure	to Energy & Heat	Return

Environmental Influences on Insolation

Higher latitudes have longer pathlength, and thus lesser insolation

Higher altitudes have shorter pathlength, and thus greater insolation

Continental interiors have less cloud cover, and thus greater insolation

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