1 the east coast states did not produce so much air pollution
2 there were high mountains along the east coast
3 no warm ocean currents flowed up from the Gulf of Mexico
4 ocean had lower specific heat than land
I have to admit that I'm totally stumped on this one.
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4. Lower specific heat http://serc.carleton.edu/eslabs/hurricanes/8a.html
1) no.. pollution is high in the northeast
2) there are no high mountains along the east coast
3) the Gulf of Mexico doesn’t influence the east coast
“4 ocean had lower specific heat than land” because a sea breeze would develop which would limit the temperature’s ability to increase. I guess it could be 3 because temperature decreases as you go up in altitude in the Appalachian Mountains. But that depends on what your comparing it to. If you’re talking about it being cooler than normal, then that would be incorrect. If you’re comparing it to being cooler than another place then yes.
The only sensible answer is 3, no warm ocean currents flowed up from the Gulf of Mexico.
The Gulf Stream which is well known flowing up and just off the east coast is a warm current that does provide warming for areas well to the north. Even England has a milder climate thanks to the gulf stream.
Just because an area is polluted, doesn’t necessarily mean it would be warmer which would be an indirect effect since stagnant pollution often means a dome of high pressure that has settled over an area and you get compression from the sinking dome of high pressure which is a warming affect.
In the case of high mountains, you would get warming due to adiabatic compression from the air coming down out of the mountains such as in southeast California and the deserts there are the result.
And the statement that ocean has a lower specific heat than land is just plain wrong. Water has one of the highest specific heats of any substance. Several times higher than land or soil. It is why coastal areas have more temperate climate because the high specific heat of water acts as a heat sink and a heat contributor to coastal areas.
The reason I chose the handle of water is that fact that it has such unusual and amazing properties. Without water, there would be no weather or life on this planet.
It should be #2, high mountains. The higher elevation would be naturally cooler since air cools as it rises due to lower air pressure.
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