Sentences with phrase «absorb solar»

Observational evidence suggests that some organic aerosol compounds from fossil fuels are relatively weakly absorbing but do absorb solar radiation at some ultraviolet and visible wavelengths (e.g., Bond et al., 1999; Jacobson, 1999; Bond, 2001) although organic aerosol from high - temperature combustion such as fossil fuel burning (Dubovik et al., 1998; Kirchstetter et al., 2004) appears less absorbing than from low - temperature combustion such as open biomass burning.

Indeed, he draws a distinction between the darker - colored aerosols — such as those found in the brown clouds — and lighter - colored ones which don't absorb solar energy.

Black - carbon aerosols absorb solar radiation, and are probably a major ource of global warming1, 2.

Another example is in using biofuels that have a high fossil energy input in fertilizer or machinery, or planting trees to reduce CO2, but finding out they also absorb solar radiation more than what they replace.

The most obvious consequence of ice loss will be rising sea levels from glaciers sliding into the ocean, and increased global warming as ice - free waters absorb solar energy.

The argument recognized that forests are dark (look at an aerial photo or a Google Earth image) and absorb solar energy, while agricultural fields and pastures are lighter and reflect solar energy.

Roof pond: A solar energy collection device consisting of containers of water located on a roof that absorb solar energy during the day so that the heat can be used at night or that cools a building by evaporation at night.

The oceans absorb solar and would have a longer lag with a higher efficiency.

Yet before writing tha book, Sorenson decided to go ahead and publish his 2011 article because, as he says, «Eunice Foote deserves credit for being the first to recognize that certain atmospheric gases, such as carbon dioxide would absorb solar radiation and generate heat... [three] years before Tyndall's research that is conventionally credited with this discovery.»

With the CentRec concept, the ceramic particles absorb the solar radiation directly, ie without any previous heat conduction through metal structures.

Plants are most certainly adapted to absorb solar radiation.

Furthermore, it is suggested that aerosols with high absorptivity such as black carbon absorb solar radiation in the lower atmosphere, cool the surface, stabilise the atmosphere and reduce precipitation (Ramanathan et al., 2001).

Due to water capability to absorb solar energy and it's high heat capacity which can store energy through the night.

Breaking apart (even the thin) sea ice sheets and allowing the sun to penetrate the dark water and absorb solar radiation where once all that energy was reflected must surely speed up the ice melt (take a look at the track behind the ship in the doco).

Green roofs help to prevent water - runoff and pollution problems — water feeds plants, instead of running into sewers — as well as heating and cooling problems, since the roofs absorb solar heat.

Once in the Earth's atmosphere, clouds and the surface absorb the solar energy.

The models forecast that the climate should continue to absorb solar energy until a warming event peaks.

First, CO2 outgases where cold water from the ocean depths surfaces at the equator to absorb solar radiation.

And no one would claim that clouds could not absorb solar energy and be heated - one argue about how much the clouds are warmed from the Sun, but you can't say they aren't warmed at all.

Oceans absorb solar energy at ~ 95 % or so because of their low albedo.

Clouds scatter and absorb solar radiation, reducing the amount of insolation that reaches the ground below.

There, the soot would absorb solar heat and rise like a hot - air balloon, reaching heights from which it would not easily settle back to the ground.

However, High R enclosures are still important for enclosures exposed to the direct solar radiation in hot climates: the roof is the obvious example, especially if finished in dark colors that absorb solar radiation.

There, the soot would absorb solar heat and rise like a hot - air balloon, reaching heights from which it would not easily settle back to the ground.

In the very short wavelengths — below 0.3 μm — oxygen and ozone both absorb solar radiation.

... as bare rock, sand, and water also absorb solar radiation.

Atmospheric particles scatter and absorb solar radiation and determine cloud properties, playing a critical role in global climate.

It is the source of hydrocarbon hazes, which absorb solar infrared radiation and warm the stratosphere by approximately 100 degrees Celsius, and of hydrogen, whose molecular collisions result in a 20 - degree warming in the troposphere.

So this research has set out «to analyse the capacity new materials have to absorb solar energy as well as to seek appropriate strategies to move from the lab to actual operations,» pointed out Ikerne Etxebarria, a researcher of the UPV / EHU and IK4 - Ikerlan.

Left unchecked, the haze could absorb solar radiation, warming the Arctic and in turn aggravating global warming by melting the ice and snow that reflect some of the Sun's rays back into space.

Many suspect crops in industrialized Western countries have been getting more light since the 1980s thanks to clean air regulations that brought down emissions of aerosols, which scatter and absorb solar radiation.

These «multiferroic» materials absorb solar radiation and possess unique electrical and magnetic properties.

There is a tendency for pots in full sun to absorb solar radiation and heat up the roots too much.

This is the necessary time, for the quantum chamber absorbs solar energy and start a quantum generation process, which is simply converted to electrical energy on demand.

Hot steam can then be made to turn turbines without losing too much of the original absorbed solar energy.

«It's important to note that the article doesn't address the direct and immediate impact of forest burning, such as emissions of black carbon [considered a major driver of global warming owing to its high capacity for absorbing solar radiation].

A study in the journal Nature Materials details the creation of a nanowire - based technology that absorbs solar energy at comparable levels to currently available systems while using only 1 percent of the silicon material needed to capture photons.

Today, most solar cells are made of one material, which scientists have realized can convert a maximum of 33.5 percent of the absorbed solar energy.

That water then absorbs solar energy and heats up, which leads to even more ice melt.

If you measure the temperature from a certain place, such as Los Angeles, the development of the past 200 years has made the city much warmer because of all the buildings and roads absorbing solar energy — and naturally the temperature trend is upwards.

It is dissected by several gullies, cut into the unconsolidated sand by streams (melting from the glacier surface is encouraged by the accumulation of dark wind - blown sand, which absorbs solar radiation)[17].

a, b, Anomalies in net radiation (NET), absorbed solar radiation (ASR), the negative of outgoing longwave radiation -LRB-- OLR), and two - month averages of the Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI) for 30 S — 30 N (a) and globally (b).

Z - COTE LSA provides broad - spectrum protection from long wave UVA rays and medium wave UVB rays by physically scattering, reflecting and absorbing solar radiation.

An ice - free Arctic Ocean absorbs solar radiation during the long summer days, and evaporates more water into the Arctic atmosphere.

But when sea ice melts, it exposes the darker surface of the underlying water, which absorbs solar energy.

Averaged over Earth's surface the absorbed solar energy is ∼ 240 W / m2, so the full amplitude of measured solar variability is ∼ 0.25 W / m2.

The resulting planetary energy imbalance, absorbed solar energy exceeding heat emitted to space, causes Earth to warm.

Response # 2: A different (probably equivalent, but I find it easier to understand) explanation is that the stratosphere is heated by absorbing solar / uv by ozone; increasing the amount of CO2 (which is only significantly active in the IR) increases the ability of the stratosphere to lose heat, so it does.

However, the other terms in the energy balance directly or indirectly affect the amount of absorbed solar radiation which is available for ablation.

1) total absorbed solar radiation on the order of 1e27J / yr from total incident radiation times (1 - bond albedo)