Meteorology Ch02

1. The time when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.
2. The process by which radiated energy moves through space.
6. The angle at which a ray of light strikes a surface. In meteorology, it is measured as the angle between an incoming ray of sunlight and a line perpendicular to the earth's surface at the point of incidence.
7. The derived unit for power.
8. Incoming solar radiation; sunshine.

1. The solstice when the sun at solar noon is highest in the sky, marking the first day of summer.
3. The radiation emitted by the sun.
4. The solstice when the sun at solar noon is lowest in the sky, marking the first day of winter. On this day, the sun is directly over the Tropic of Capricorn at solar noon in the Northern Hemisphere.
5. The equinox when the sun reaches a point directly above the equator at solar noon on its northward journey over the Northern Hemisphere.
6. The equinox when the sun has reached a point directly above the equator on its southward journey into the Southern Hemisphere.