Heat Budget of the Planet Earth
The earth as a whole does not accumulate or loose heat. It maintains its temperature. This can happen only if the amount of heat received in the…
Factors Controlling Temperature Distribution
Temperature The interaction of insolation with the atmosphere and the earth’s surface creates heat which is measured in terms of temperature. While heat represents the molecular movement…
Variability of Insolation at the Surface of the Earth
Solar Radiation ● The earth’s surface receives most of its energy in short wavelengths. ● The energy received by the earth is known as incoming solar radiation…
HEATING AND COOLING OF ATMOSPHERE
There are different ways of heating and cooling of the atmosphere. TERRESTRIAL RADIATION The insolation received by the earth is in short waves forms and heats up…
Impact of Marine Heat Waves on Indian climate
What are marine heat waves? Marine heat waves are defined as sharp rise of anomalously warm temperature that last at least five days, although many persist for…
Marine heat waves
What are marine heat waves? Marine heat waves are defined as sharp rise of anomalously warm temperature that last at least five days, although many persist for…
Cloudbursts – short term extreme precipitation
What is a cloudburst? A cloudburst is short-term extreme precipitation that takes place over a small area; it is not, as is sometimes understood, the breaking open…
Why Assam is prone to floods and what’s the solution?
The Brahmaputra features among the world’s top five rivers in terms of discharge as well as the sediment it brings. At 19,830 cubic meters per second (cumec),…
How does the cryosphere affect global climate?
The cryosphere is those portions of Earth’s surface where water is in solid form. It includes sea ice, lake ice, river ice, snow cover, glaciers, ice caps,…
Aerosols and Monsoon
Aerosols over South Asia Anthropogenic pollutant particles over South Asia comprise a mixture of light scattering species (including sulfate, nitrate and others) and light absorbing black carbon…