make it easy to understand please! thanks!!
2007-05-20 11:49:30 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
water has a higher thermal capacity than land. In other words it will hold its temperature longer making it feel warmer when compaired to land. Water will heat up down to a depth (thermocline) where the land will only heat up down to a few inches below the surface.
2007-05-20 11:55:59 · answer #1 · answered by Professor Kitty 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because of the influence of the ocean. On the west coast the prevailing winds are on shore or sea breezes and the air over the ocean is directly influenced by the water. So if the ocean surface temp is 75 degrees how can the air get much hotter? In the middle of the continent the ground and surrounding landscape gets much hotter than the air temp and it heats the air to high temps. Ever see the simmering heat waves coming off the hot asphalt on a summer day? If the air temp is 100 degrees then the surface of the asphalt will be over 140 degrees. Air is heated and cooled by the interface between it and the earth.
2007-05-20 19:02:18 · answer #2 · answered by DaveSFV 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sea breeze plays an important role in bringing down the temperatures on the coastal areas.During day time the land is heated more than the sea and a pressure gradient is formed with the low pressure area over land.So the comparatively cooler air from the sea moves towards the land areas as sea breeze and this brings down the temperature.The sea breezes generally do not penetrate more than 30 kms(approximately) inside the land and hence there is no such phenomenon to check the rise of temperature in the interior places over land.
2007-05-20 22:19:39 · answer #3 · answered by Arasan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋