OK the landmass thing a few people pointed out. I can buy into this, but it's still a bit confusing.
What does 'moderation' mean? The solar energy has to go somewhere, I'm assuming that's temperature. Are you saying it's not going into temperature, but instead being stored some otherway (like evaporation causing an increase in potential energy as the molecules rise?).
To me it's a question of energy input from sun - energy reflected and radiated out. Something like
temperature = constant * (energy from sun - energy reflected - energy radiated)
Maybe the earth reflects more energy due to more water / less land in the southern hemisphere?
What does 'moderation' mean? The solar energy has to go somewhere, I'm assuming that's temperature. Are you saying it's not going into temperature, but instead being stored some otherway (like evaporation causing an increase in potential energy as the molecules rise?).
To me it's a question of energy input from sun - energy reflected and radiated out. Something like
Maybe the earth reflects more energy due to more water / less land in the southern hemisphere?