Why are the temperatures much lower on the hill stations , even those which are closer to equator.?

Answer 1

higher up means thinner air. thinner air means less molicules bombarding soemething to heat it up, and also easier for heat to escape.

Answer 2

The troposphere is heated mainly from below. The ground absorbs radition from the Sun and warms up. This warms the air in contact with the ground which, in turn, warms the air above that. A temperature profile appears with reducing temperature with height through the troposphere.

Answer 3

Our environment is obvious to image voltaic radiation.which potential the air isn't heated immediately by potential of the sunlight.The sunlight heats the earth first and the ambience is heated from the backside and the better element of the ambience is heated by potential of conduction from the decrease ranges.for this reason the temperatue drops as you go up.The radiation that comes from the sunlight is a quick wave radiation which isn't absorbed by potential of the ambience while the contemplated sunlight's radiation from the earth is a lengthy wave radiation and that's absorbed by potential of the ambience.for this reason the ambience is heated from below and that's the clarification at the back of the temperature dropping as you go up

Answer 4

as the altitude increases the temperature decreases......the air closer to the earth gets heated up due to the radiations emitted by the earth.....as u move up the heating effect reduces and the air there seems to be colder than the one closer to the surface

Answer 5

at equator the height of ice line is 5000 m. hence the hill stations are cold. at the poles of earth this line touches the earth's surface, so it remains icy throughout the year. even if we consider mt. Kilimanjaro, which is almost at the equator, it's peak remains icy throughout the year.
so higher is the hill station, near to the ice line, more the cold it is.
( Ice line is an imaginary line above which the water remains frozen throughout the year.)

Answer 6

as the altitude increases the temperature decreases......the air closer to the earth gets heated up due to the radiations emitted by the earth.....as u move up the heating effect reduces and the air there seems to be colder than the one closer to the surface.......u c ..i pay attention in my classes...lol

Answer 7

Yes this question also arises for me the reason is the clouds are the cool particles when we are in hill stations we go near the clouds these clouds are closer to us so it is very cool.This is my assumption

Answer 8

This is true in general and actually very complex and depends on many factors. Main reason is simply rarefied atmosphere can not hold much heat, more air movements as you go up, it can be as high as 300 knots up high at 37000 ft.(jet stream).

Answer 9

Earth retains more heat than the atmosphere. Closer to Earth, hotter it is.

Answer 10

Temperature is Inversely proportional to Pressure. so as altitude increases pressure decreases ,so Temperature lso decreases...........CLEAR??????????