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Global latent heat of evaporation.Annual energy dissipated as the latent heat of evaporation (LE) at the surface.Note the highest values over areas with high sea-surface temperatures associated with warm ocean currents-the Gulf Stream off the east coast of North America and the Kuroshio off the east coast of Japan.[Adapted from M.I.Budyko,The Earth's Climate,Past and Future, 1982 Academic Press.]
Over the oceans,the highest annual values for latent heat of evaporation (LE) occur
A) near the poles.
B) over the subtropics.
C) in the tropics.
D) in the midlatitudes.
E) on the eastern side of continents.
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