What factor results in the June (summer) solstice energy receipt at the North Pole exceeding that received on the same day at the equator?
What will be an ideal response?
The North Pole receives radiation 24 hours per day at the June solstice. In contrast, the equator has only 12 hours of daylength. This is also one of the two times a year that the subsolar point is at its greatest distance, or declination, from the equator 223.5° north.
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