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Solar Radiation, Heat Balance and Temperature
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What is insolation ?

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The energy received by the earth is known as incoming solar radiation which in short is termed as insolation.

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Some More Questions From Solar Radiation, Heat Balance and Temperature Chapter

What do you mean by the annual range of temperature?

Which is the most important process of heating the atmosphere ?

Why do isotherms bend while crossing the continents and oceans ?

Mention distance from the sea as a factors controlling temperature distribution.

How altitude act a factor in temperature distributions? 

Why do different parallels receive different amounts of insolation ?

What is the inversion of temperature? Why does inversion of temperature occur in winter night?

 How do clouds affect the temperature of a place ?

How does the unequal distribution of heat over the planet earth in space and time cause variations in weather and climate ?

Why is the annual range of temperature high in the Siberian plains?