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Question

ul Aauisdo, Insolation and Albedo All answers must in red or underlined if you plan on using the Word file. A. Insolation Figure 2 demonstrates how insolation varies with latitude on the Earth. Each shaded box, A, B, and C represents a beam of solar radiation impinging on the Earth at different latitudes. Each beam on Figure 2 is 1.0 cm wide. 60 N 30 N 0° Beam Latitude Angle of Beam Chord Relative intensity incidence widthLength (cm) (cm) 1.0 1.0 Beam width x 100 Chord length 0 30 90° 1.0 100% 20 Figure 2. Angle of incidence and relative insolation at o', 30', and 60 60. | | 12.1428 46.6.

Explanation / Answer

a)December solstice : Southern hemisphere

b) Equinox: Equator

c)June solstice: Northen hemisphere.