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3 years ago

Which parameter best defines the primary difference between weather and climate?

Physics

1 answer:

LenKa [72]3 years ago

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Answer:

time

Explanation:

weather is the atmospheric condition of a place over a short period of time, while climate is the weather condition prevailing in an area over a long period of time. From the two definitions above we can see that weather is the condition over a short period of time while climate is over longer periods, therefore the primary difference between them is time.

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$T_{e}=\sqrt{\frac{r_{e}^{3}}{G M_{s}}}$

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$T_{p}=\sqrt{\frac{r_{p}^{3}}{0.7 G M_{s}}}$

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$\left(\frac{T_{e}}{T_{p}}\right)^{2} \times \frac{1}{0.7}=\frac{r_{e}^{3}}{r_{p}^{3}}$

$\frac{r_{e}}{r_{p}}=\left(\left(\frac{T_{e}}{T_{p}}\right)^{2} \times \frac{1}{0.7}\right)^{\frac{1}{3}}$

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