Energy and Radiation
Review Questions

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1. Where would you find the highest and lowest amounts of insolation and net radiation on a global basis?

2. What is albedo and what determines the albedo of a surface?

3. What determines the amount of radiation emitted by a body?

4. What determines sun angle at a place?

5. What is meant by  a "selective absorber"?

6. Compare and contrast conduction, convection and radiation.

7. Explain why the maximum wavelength of emission for the Sun is different than that of the Earth.

8. Briefly describe how the vertical rays of the sun at noon change throughout the year.

9. How do clouds affect solar radiation?

10. What is net radiation?

11. Under what conditions would you experience a positive and negative sensible heat flux?

12. What is happening when you experience a positive latent heat flux?

13. Briefly describe the  latitudinal variation of the radiation balance.

14. Compare and contrast latent heat transfer in humid and arid regions.