Question: i really need someone to fully answer these - like full calculations and explainations - graphs fully done ( with legends and labels etc) 2c.

i really need someone to fully answer these - like full calculations and explainations - graphs fully done ( with legends and labels etc)

2c. Explain the relationship between temperature of an object and the amount of radiation it will emit. (2) 2d. Explain the difference between the total net radiation of the two surfaces making specific references to surface controls (surface temperature and albedo). (2) Part 2: Solar Radiation Calculations Solar radiation is the energy that drives most surfaces processes in the earth-atmosphere system. At any given point in the year, the amount received at a particular location on the earth depends on two major factors: a) the latitude of the location and b) the sun's changing angle above the horizon at noon. 1. One can make use of the solar declination and the latitude of a location to determine the noon sun angle for any location at any time of the year. As the noon sun angle is a major factor in determining the amount of solar radiation received at a particular location through the year, this is a very useful calculation. To determine the noon sun angle, use the analemma (see below) and determine the noon sun angle for the North Pole (90N), Victoria, British Columbia (48N) and Santiago, Chile (33S) for the equinoxes and the solstices. Show your calculations. (9) 2. The intensity of solar radiation can be calculated using trigonometry (figure to the right). For simplicity, consider a solar beam of 1 unit width. The surface area over which the beam Sun's rays would be spread changes with the Sun angle, such that 1 unit Surface area = ____ = sin (Sun angle) Therefore, if the Sun angle at solar noon is 56 1 unit 1 unit ; Surface area = . = ____ = 1.206 units sin 56 0.829 Using this method, calculate the intensity of solar radiation (surface area) for these locations: the North Pole (90N), Victoria, British Columbia (48N) and Santiago, Chile (33S) on the equinoxes, the winter and the summer solstices. Show your calculations. (9)

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