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Progress in Physical Geography Professor Wang Jian

自然地理学进展



Energy in the Earth surface system







Energy in the Earth surface system

what are the main sources of energe?

Where does they come from?





Main energy source of the earth’s surface system

Solar radiation energy

terrestrial heat energy

the earth’s surface system

Earth Rotation energy

Solar radiation accounts for 99.986% of all energy input, it is the most important energy source of the earth’s surface system. It is the driver of wind, ocean current, wave, precipitation and other water cycle processes, it is also the energy source of photosynthesis. Through photosynthesis Solar energy is transmitted into chemical energy and biological energy is stored in biosphere in forms of plant and animal. When plant and animal die and be buried, a part of them deposit in rock. When the rock be weathered or human burn coal, oil or natural gas, the energy that stored in the rocks will be released.





Energy transmission and change in the earth’s surface system -- Solar energy In evaporation, water absorbs heat from atmosphere, liquid state

becomes gaseity, the heat energy is transmitted from atmosphere to water. During precipitation, water becomes liquid state or solid state from gaseity, emitting heat, heat energy is transmitted from water to atmosphere. On general, ocean is a heat resource in winter, heat energy is transmitted from ocean to atmosphere or continent, but in summer, ocean’s temperature is lower than that ofcontinent, heat energy is transmitted from atmosphere or continent to ocean. Warm current passed ocean surface is warmer, heat energy is transmitted from ocean to atmosphere, and cold current passed ocean surface is cold, heat energy is Convergence &divergence

transmitted from atmosphere to ocean.

Potential

energy

kinetic energ

y

heat energ

y

Solar energy

Chemical energy

Forming high and low

General circulation, current

Ocean current

AtmosphereWater absorption

Aspiration, decomposition fuel burning

Heat

energy

General circulation

photosynthesis





Energy transmission and translation in the earth’s surface system -terrestrial heat energy Terrestrial heat energy’s uneven distribution, engenders

mantle convection, and heat energy transforms into kinetic energy. mantle convection begets sea floor spreading, magma intrusion and volcano eruption. Kinetic energy transforms into heat energy. When magma intrusion conduces wall rock metamorphosing, heat energy transforms into chemical energy. When continental drift and tectonic movement conduce mountain forming and plateau rising, kinetic energy transforms into potential energy. When thawing water and precipitation bcome river and flow down, potential energy transforms into kinetic energy.

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Kinetic energy

potential energy

Kinetic energy

terrestrial heat energy

chemical energy

tectonic movement

mantle convection

Fluviatile action

Gravitational action

Contact metamorphism

Mountain building

kinetic energy





Energy transmission and translation in the earth’s surface system—the earth’s rotation energy

The Earth rotation change leads tectonic movement and continental drift ，conduces orogeny and Epeirogenesis. Kinetic energy transforms into potential energy. When river flow down or rock slide, landslide,avalanche,creepage take place, potential energy transforms into kinetic energy. When volcanic erupts, magma invades ， kinetic energy transforms into heat energy. The Earth rotation conduces tide,friction between tide and ground produce heat energy. The Earth rotation change can also leads large-scale transgression and regression ， result in general circulation and current changes. That is, earth’ rotation energy can be directly transmited into Hydrosphere, Atmosphere and Lithosphere and changesthem, then indirectly affects biosphere.

Heat energy

The Earth’s rotation energy

Potential energy

Kinetic energy

Kinetic energy

Current, tide

Atmosphere circulation

land building

Mountain building

Volcano

Hotsprin

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Energy exchanges among spheres

There exist heat energy,kinetic energy, chemical energy and potential energy exchanges between atmosphere and hydrosphere.

There exist heat energy, chemical energy and kinetic energyexchanges between atmosphere and lithosphere.

There exist heat energy,kinetic energy, potential energy and chemical energy exchanges between hydrosphere and lithosphere.

There exist heat energy,kinetic energy, chemical energy and potential energy exchanges between atmosphere and hydrosphere.

There universally exist heat energy, and chemical energy potential exchanges between biosphere and three other spheres.

Hydro-sphere

Atmo-sphere

Bio-sphere

Litho-sphere

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