Author: Goddard Space Flight Center. Climate and Radiation BranchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atmospheric radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Climate & Radiation Branch
Author: Goddard Space Flight Center. Climate and Radiation BranchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atmospheric radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Climate & Radiation Branch
Author: Goddard Space Flight Center. Climate and Radiation BranchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atmospheric radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Climate and Radiation Branch
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atmospheric radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Climate & Radiation Branch
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atmospheric radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Solar Radiation Data Manual for Flat-plate and Concentrating Collectors
Author: William F. MarionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Solar collectors
Languages : en
Pages :
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Atmospheric Radiation
Author: James A. Coakley Jr.Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9783527410989
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This textbook is a first-look at radiative transfer in planetary atmospheres with a particular focus on the Earth's atmosphere and climate. It covers the basics of the radiative transfer of sunlight, treating absorption and scattering, and the transfer of the thermal infrared. The examples included show how the solutions of the radiative transfer equation are used to evaluate changes in the Earth?s energy budget due to changes in atmospheric composition, how these changes lead to climate change, and also how remote sensing can be used to probe the thermal structure and composition of planetary atmospheres. The examples motivate students by leading them to a better understanding of and appreciation for the computer-generated numerical results. Aimed at upper-division undergraduates and beginning graduate students in physics and atmospheric sciences, the book is designed to cover the essence of the material in a 10-week course, while the material in the optional sections will facilitate its use at the more leisurely pace and in-depth focus of a semester course.
Physics of Radiation and Climate
Author: Michael A. BoxPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 146657206X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Our current climate is strongly influenced by atmospheric composition, and changes in this composition are leading to climate change. Physics of Radiation and Climate takes a look at how the outward flow of longwave or terrestrial radiation is affected by the complexities of the atmosphere's molecular spectroscopy. This book examines the planet in
Climate Intervention
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309314852
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The growing problem of changing environmental conditions caused by climate destabilization is well recognized as one of the defining issues of our time. The root problem is greenhouse gas emissions, and the fundamental solution is curbing those emissions. Climate geoengineering has often been considered to be a "last-ditch" response to climate change, to be used only if climate change damage should produce extreme hardship. Although the likelihood of eventually needing to resort to these efforts grows with every year of inaction on emissions control, there is a lack of information on these ways of potentially intervening in the climate system. As one of a two-book report, this volume of Climate Intervention discusses albedo modification - changing the fraction of incoming solar radiation that reaches the surface. This approach would deliberately modify the energy budget of Earth to produce a cooling designed to compensate for some of the effects of warming associated with greenhouse gas increases. The prospect of large-scale albedo modification raises political and governance issues at national and global levels, as well as ethical concerns. Climate Intervention: Reflecting Sunlight to Cool Earth discusses some of the social, political, and legal issues surrounding these proposed techniques. It is far easier to modify Earth's albedo than to determine whether it should be done or what the consequences might be of such an action. One serious concern is that such an action could be unilaterally undertaken by a small nation or smaller entity for its own benefit without international sanction and regardless of international consequences. Transparency in discussing this subject is critical. In the spirit of that transparency, Climate Intervention: Reflecting Sunlight to Cool Earth was based on peer-reviewed literature and the judgments of the authoring committee; no new research was done as part of this study and all data and information used are from entirely open sources. By helping to bring light to this topic area, this book will help leaders to be far more knowledgeable about the consequences of albedo modification approaches before they face a decision whether or not to use them.
Measurements of the Radiation Emissions from the Nuva-Lite Dental Appliance
Author: United States. Bureau of Radiological Health. Electro-optics BranchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dental instruments and apparatus
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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On the Nature and Distribution of Solar Radiation
Author: Watt Engineering LtdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Solar radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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