GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Heat and moisture are distributed around Earth by global winds. These winds are created by differing air pressures caused by temperature and moisture differences. Air tends to move from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.

Detailed explanation-2: -Energy is transferred between the Earth’s surface and the atmosphere in a variety of ways, including radiation, conduction, and convection. Conduction is one of the three main ways that heat energy moves from place to place. The other two ways heat moves around are radiation and convection.

Detailed explanation-3: -Wind pushing on the surface of the ocean forms surface currents, which transport and re-radiate heat across the surface of the Earth. Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere repeatedly absorb and re-radiate infrared radiation (heat).

Detailed explanation-4: -The global atmospheric circulation pattern is determined by temperature differences, especially the difference between heating at the equator and the poles, and by the Earth’s rotation. Winds shape regional climate and influence daily weather by transporting heat and water.

Detailed explanation-5: -Latent heat flux is the global movement of latent heat energy through circulations of air and water. Here we illustrate how atmospheric circulation moves latent heat energy horizontally to cooler locations where it is condensed as rain or is deposited as snow releasing the heat energy stored within it.