Data: Sun's rays Location: 40° N 262° Location: 40° N Date: December 22 Tropic of Cancer (23½' N) Location of 90° Sun: 23½° S 632° Calculations: -Equator (0°) - Sun's rays Step 1: - Tropic of Capricorn (23½° S) Distance in degrees between 232° S and 40° N = 632° 90 Step 2: 90 -63%° Noon Sun angle at 40° N on December 22 262° =
Data: Sun's rays Location: 40° N 262° Location: 40° N Date: December 22 Tropic of Cancer (23½' N) Location of 90° Sun: 23½° S 632° Calculations: -Equator (0°) - Sun's rays Step 1: - Tropic of Capricorn (23½° S) Distance in degrees between 232° S and 40° N = 632° 90 Step 2: 90 -63%° Noon Sun angle at 40° N on December 22 262° =
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Refer to Figure 2.A in Box 2.1 and calculate the noon Sun
angle on June 21 and December 21 at 50° north latitude, 0°
latitude (the equator), and 20° south latitude. Which of these
latitudes has the greatest variation in noon Sun angle between
summer and winter?
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