Water retains its heat, that is, it has a large specific heat capacity compared to land. The southern hemisphere has more water in it. Different amounts of heat due shading differences. Wind, moisture on the ground, material of the surface, 11. Explain why the warmest time of the day is usually in the afternoon, even though the sun's rays are most direct at noon.
Convection takes time to occur, and incoming radiation still exceeds outgoing radiation.
Explain how radiational cooling produces a radiation temperature inversion. At the surface at night there is no incoming radiation from the sun and the surface begins to lose its heat to the air above. The air above then becomes warmer than that of the surface, thus producing an inversion. Remember, inversion means warm air above cold air. Water has a greater heat capacity than dry ground.