Part 1: Radiation & Köppen Classification

Answers
Question 1
 More clouds may be found over land here at this time
 The land surface generally has a higher albedo than the ocean
Question 2
 Because its dark in Greenland on this date
Question 3
 The very hot surfaces here emit lots of IR via Boltzmann arguments
 There are few clouds to emit IR back to surface
Question 4
 Upwelled water is warm, thus LW↑ would be relatively high
 Warm, upwelled water enhances convection and thus clouds, making SW↓ at surface low

Part 2 - Köppen Classification

Question 5

Rangoon, Myanmar __________Am____________ 1pt

Chennai (Madras), India ___________Aw___________ 1pt

Faya, Chad ___________Bwh___________ 1pt

Albuquerque, New Mexico ____________Cwa__________ 1pt

Montgomery, Alabama ___________Bsh___________ 1pt

Sacramento, California ____________Bsk__________ 1pt

Barrow, Alaska ____________ET__________ 1pt

Greenwich, England _____________BSk_________ 1pt

Question 6
 high
Question 7

 Arrival of ITCZ

Question 8

 Polar front jet stream sagging south

Question 9

 Polar front jet stream sagging south

Question 10

 Polar front jet stream heading north in summer

 More open water = more evaporation = more vapor in summer

Question 11

 High latitude
 Ice-albedo positive feedback

Question 12

 Because Faya has higher continentality

Question 13

 Lack of clouds limit IR trapping at night

 Sand limits conduction of surface heat to deep ground during day
 Lack of clouds increase solar gain during day

Question 14
 Because the winter-max-precip regions get more precipitation over a year