Saturday, 1 February 2014

Discovering the Tropics and re-discovering the Temperates

I was asked and answered the following questions. i) What are the Tropics? ii) Why do the Tropics remain undiscovered? iii) What is Pagume? iv) When does pagume recur in the Tropics? 1. What are the Tropics? The Tropics mean part of the globe found between Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn are two imaginary lines north and south of the Equator. It covers about 26.11% of the total earth (94˚/360˚). It covers 94˚= (0˚to 23.5˚EN, 156.5˚to 180˚WN, 180˚to 203.5˚WS and 336.5˚ to 360˚ES).It is sometimes called hot part of the earth. It is known by shorter variations of day and night, and faster rotations of the Tropics. Alternatively, the tropics are the sum of zone 3 and 4 of the Globe. Zone 3 is the northern Tropic that covers half of the Tropics 47˚= 94˚/2 and zone 4 is the southern Tropic covers 47˚=94˚/2. Tropics= north Tropic + south Tropic 2. What are the Temperates? The Temperates mean part of the globe found between the northern and southern Tropics and Poles. It covers about 47.78% (=172.008˚/360˚) of the total earth. It covers 172.00˚=( 23.5˚EN-66.5˚EN],+[113..5 ˚ to 156.5˚WN) + (203.5˚ to 246.5˚WS] and [293.5˚ to 336.5˚ ES) It is sometimes called neither hot nor the coldest part of the earth. It is known by longer variations of day and night, and slower rotation of it over a year. Alternatively, the Temperates are the sum of zone 2 and 5 of the Globe. Zone 2 is the northern Temperate that covers half of the Temperates 86˚ = 172˚/2 and zone 5 is the southern Temperate covers 86˚ = 172˚/2. 3. What are the Poles? The Poles mean part of the globe found above and below of the northern and southern Temperate. It covers about 26.11% of the total earth (=94˚/360˚). Its total coverage of 94˚ is the sum of (66.5˚EN to 90˚N], (90˚ to 156.5˚WN), (246.5˚WS to 270˚S] and (270˚S to 293.5˚ES]. It is sometimes called hottest or coldest part of the earth. It is known by shortest or longest variations of day and night, and neither slower nor faster rotations over a year. Alternatively, the Poles are the sum of zone 1 and 6 of the Globe. Zone 1 is the northern Pole that covers half 47˚= 94˚/2 and zone 6 is the southern Pole covers 47˚=94˚/2 Tropics are the sum of eastern and western north Tropic and western &eastern south Tropic. East north of Tropic covers from 0˚E to 23.5˚EN and west north of tropic covers from 156.5˚WN to 180˚W. Thus

No comments:

Post a Comment