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OpenStudy (anonymous):

im sorry but im new student in geography(degree),,can somebody tell me in general about INSOLATION? thank you^^

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Lol just google it, very simple

OpenStudy (anonymous):

This has to do with local energy budgets. An energy budget refers to the amount of energy entering a systerm, the amount leaving the system, & the transfer of energy within the system. Here, it's considered as a micro-scale. Incoming solar radiation (or insolation) is a part of the daytime energy budget, which involvers insolation, reflected solar radiation, surface absorption, sensible heat transfer, long-wave radiation, & latent heat. Incoming solar radiations (insolation) is the main energy input & is affected by latitude, season & cloud cover. Insolation varies with the angle of the sun & with cloud type. E.g. with Strato-cumulus clouds when the sun is low in the sky, about 23% of the total radiation transmitted is received at the Earth's surface. When the sun is high in the sky about 40% is received. The less cloud cover there is, and/or the higher the cloud, the more radiation reaches the Earth's surface.

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