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suggest a reason for the differential heating of land and water.

suggest a reason for the differential heating of land and water.

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The amount of heat absorbed by land and water are different. That's why its referred as differential heating. Solar heat absorbed by the water distributed through waves for a higher depth. But heat distribution in land surface is less compared to water. During summer solar radiation is high, therefore high temperature for both land and water. Due to high temperature, air near land surface get less dense and rise up. Then the moisture rich air from ocean side move towards land. During winter season the ocean get warmer than land surface, causes reversed surface wind and having low intensity.

The phenomenon generally known as 'sea breeze'. The degree of differential heating mainly depends on solar energy reached on earth surface.

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