If we depleted the atmosphere over Earth from todays 1013 hPa to 500 hPa we would have an average
temperature over Equator at the surface as it is today at 18.000 feet, that is below freezing!
Not exact matches
The Gulf Stream, an ocean current that brings warm water from the
equator toward the North Atlantic, has been credited with this observed variation in
temperature for
over a century.
If you were in Paris or Madrid as June transitioned to July, you could be forgiven for thinking you had been transported to the
equator, as
temperatures across Western Europe soared
over 100 °F, toppling records during major sporting events like the Tour de France.
Due to its close proximity to the
Equator,
temperatures vary little
over the year.
Wind strength is a result of pressure differentials, which near the
equator in the Pacific would seem to be defined by
temperature differentials
over open water between the tropics and the
equator.
If one compares
temperature in the stratosphere at 10hPa at the poles and
over the
equator the thing that sticks out is the dramatic increase in
temperature at 10hPa
over Antarctica around 1978.
At the
Equator sea surface
temperature rose by 0.5 °C
over the same period.
The
temperature in the stratosphere
over the
Equator fell at exactly the same time and the anomaly manifests in the same way.
We also see the
temperature fall in the stratosphere
over the
Equator at exactly the same time.
However, the strong fall in
temperature throughout the stratosphere
over the
Equator that accompanies these winter events
over the poles points to a solar influence.
Those numbers are meaningless as the average
temperature of the surface of the Moon is between 80 °C on the lit face and -200 °C on the dark face and averaged
over a lunar day it's 98 K at the poles and 206 K at the
equator.