Friday, August 8th, 2008
Global and Seasonal Surface Albedos from NASA
The albedo is loosely defined as the amount of sunlight or solar energy that bounces off the Earth back into space. Bright surfaces have albedo near unity, and dark surfaces have albedo near zero. The DHR refers to the amount of spectral radiation reflected ...
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
Global Average Brightness Temperature for April 2003
The map featured above shows the average temperatures during the month of April in 2003 as indicated by the color spectrum below the map. Similar to a photograph of the planet taken with the camera shutter held open for a month, stationary features ...
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
The array of pixels is visible through the magnified image created by the lens.
Credit: Beckman Institute, University of Illinois
Engineers have developed the first digital camera that uses a flexible-mesh sensor with wire-connected pixels. The mesh is made from many of the same materials as a standard digital-camera sensor, but can ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
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Map of Northern Africa's Solar Insolation
Dark Red = Most Intense Solar-Energy
Niger, a small country ensconced in the heart of Africa, is the sunniest place in the world. In other words, significant stretches of Niger receive receive more solar energy annually than any other country in the world. Again, ...
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
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Mapping the Water Vapor in Earth's Atmosphere
In June, NASA launched the latest of a series of satellites that scientists use to measure sea level from space -- the Ocean Surface Topography Mission. The satellite maps the height of the ocean surface. The radar directs pulse of energy down to the ...
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
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Energy-Efficiency Indicators by Country
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
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Map of Annual Solar Energy (Photovoltaic) Resources
The list below ranks the top 101 cities in the United States by the average amount of solar insolation that falls on each city daily. The "high" column measures each city's peak solar insolation. The "low" column captures the weakest solar insolation recorded in ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
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Map of Summer Wind Power Potential - Purple=Strong Wing
Ocean winds are wildly irregular. In some spots, the air is still. In others, the wind whips fiercely over the waters. To identify potential wind-farm locations, researchers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory mapped out average wind intensity over the ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
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NASA's new Vulcan Project tracks carbon emissions from fossil fuels in the United States. The graphic above illustrates the counties with the highest carbon emissions.
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