Sentences with phrase «at low angles»

At low angles it begins to reflect a significant portion of incident light but low angles only occur when the sunlight is weak to begin with (near dawn and dusk and at very high latitudes).

H) Thus, at low angles of solar incidence, less than 25 % of the available solar direct energy is absorbed into open, rough water.

Receives light at low angles.

Water gets very reflective at low angles of incidence, such as the Arctic circle.

I am not sure how the physics of that works, however, but it certainly absorbs heat, even at low angles of incidence.

Arctic albedo / sea ice extents are also falsified by the (lack of) absorption of the radiation at low angles of incidence.

He explains that at low angles in the winter sky, the sun's light has to pass through more UV - filtering atmosphere than in summer.

But if the sun shines in at a low angle, they can also appear when water droplets affix to certain surfaces, like the dew on this spiderweb.

A close study of the Haida Gwaii mainshock by Kao et al. revealed the Pacific plate slid at a low angle below the North American plate on a previously suspected thrust fault, confirming the presence of subduction activity in the area.

It is this beam of wind - accelerated grains impacting the sand surface at a low angle that is responsible for ripples.

They impact the sand surface centimeters to tens of centimeters downwind, typically at a low angle, around 10 degrees.

Oils such as pentane have a low surface tension — 15mN / m — so they sag under gravity and tend to form a flat pool rather than a spherical droplet, meeting the surface at a low angle.

What light does reach the region in the winter comes in at a low angle.

In any case, the camera observes her according to time - honored cinematic conventions: from behind at a low angle as she walks around in her underwear or a bathing suit.

And a girl, on hand to be rescued, fought over and filmed from behind at a low angle as further testimony to the aesthetic power of 3 - D.

The rear wing also sits 20 millimeters higher than before, which allows it to be run at a lower angle of attack, helping reduce drag.

Also along the tablet's rear is a stand with a brushed aluminum look which can be used to make the tablet to stand at an upright or at a lower angle.

It props up one end of the tablet, putting the system at a low angle that's comfortable both for reading and using the on - screen keyboard.

You can also use the kickstand to set the tablet down at a low angle, which is good if you want to try and do some onscreen typing.

The best time of the day to come to Harder Kulm is around sunset, when the sunlight shines at a lower angle reflecting shades of pink onto the white snowy peak of the Jungfrau range.

1) Developers say the panels will be oriented East - West, and at a lower angle, than is typical for UK solar.

With no sunlight in the winter, and with the sun at a low angle in the sky in the summer, it is always going to be cold at the poles and any melting in the summer is going to freeze back in the winter;

When the sun's rays come in at lower angles, the spreading and tilting of the cells ups the amount of sunlight being captured and turned into electricity.

However, at lower angles, the sun's intensity quickly decreases.

There less atmosphere to go thru at noon, and less will lost when sun at lower angle in sky.

Remember, too, that sunlight in spring and fall is less intense because the sun is at a lower angle in the sky.

In the same way, whenever you sit in a lounge or conservatory and the sun is beaming in at a low angle it's not conducive to relaxation.

Not exact matches

With your back against a wall, lower yourself so your upper legs are parallel with the floor and your knees are bent at a 90 - degree angle.

FEET If your feet don't touch the floor, support them with a footrest, but one low enough that your knees bend at a 90 - degree angle.

Looking closely at the drill sections, Goodwin noticed high - grade gold lodes cutting across the low - grade shutes at a high angle.

Zecotek, meanwhile, says its technology can be viewed by multiple people sitting at any angle, by applying a low amount of vibration to the screen.

The fact that this topic is popular on here may serve you well if this was expanded a bit more (which you just did with the couples angle, but perhaps looking at other data sources to help quantify what people's net worth is... and perhaps with respect to geography / cost of living... also how to maximize your relative net worth by moving to a low cost area — which I plan to do (abroad)!.

Although the sun is at a similar angle in September and October, electricity demand is still relatively high, leading to lower solar generation shares than seen in March.

4 cloves garlic 1 pound mushrooms (e.g., crimini or baby portobellos), chopped 1 5 - ounce can of water chestnuts, drained and chopped 1 cup chopped walnuts 2 tablespoons vegan margarine (e.g., Earth Balance) 1/2 cup low - sodium soy sauce 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1 carrot, shredded 3 green onions, sliced at an angle 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds 12 cold iceberg lettuce leaves

One second the game was everything fans and media wanted it to be — the best two teams left in the bracket, playing within one point of each other at 21 — 20, the early makings of a classic — and the next second a player was staring in shock at the lower half of his right leg, which was bent at an impossible angle.

He improved the coordination of his upper and lower body during his motion, slotted his arm at a three - quarters angle and shifted to the extreme first base side of the rubber, which allows him to run his fastball in on lefties while driving his hard, 90 - plus sinker in on the hands of righties.

McConnell would crouch, knees nearly bent at a 90 - degree angle, dipping the ball almost a foot lower than his usual mechanics as Nash squatted even closer to the floor and repeatedly smacked the leather with both hands before McConnell rose into a jumper.

Roberto Firmino carried the ball and played it into the path of Henderson, whose low cross sliced past an unmarked and offsides Mané before finding Salah at the back post, only for the Egytion to put his effort wide of the open goal, albeit from a tight angle.

It usually takes a bit of practice to perfect your aim and sprayer angle, and this is best done at lower pressure so you don't end up spraying some of the diaper contents onto your hands (or worse!)

This seal is at an angle that lowers the pressure build up.

The gradual drop alters the angle at which each satellite looks at part of the lower atmosphere.

They seem so different because the angle at the lower left corner of the green table makes it appear more «vertical,» as though its back edge is receding into the distance.

Using high - speed video, Ristenpart's team discovered that if the droplets are carrying low or moderate charges produced by an electric field of certain strength, then the cones are relatively short and wide, with a large angle at their tops.

WAXS (wide angle x-ray scattering) analysis of the crystalline particles finally formed at ambient conditions shows that pure calcite (the stable polymorph of calcium carbonate) forms at pH - values corresponding to high binding strength in clusters and that predominantly vaterite (the least stable polymorph) and traces of calcite form at pH - values corresponding to low binding strength in clusters (fig.

Pressing a shoe down on the peel squeezes water from the inside layer, forming a gel with such low friction that your foot slips at any angle greater than 3.8 degrees from the vertical.

The rate of flow can be controlled by adjusting the angle of the device, Chiang says, and the team found that at a very shallow angle, close to horizontal, «the device would operate most efficiently, at a very steady but low flow rate.»

Ronggui Yang, a professor and S.P. Chip and Lori Johnson Faculty Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder, who was not involved in the study, noted that significant challenges exist in obtaining wide - angle high solar absorptance materials with low thermal emittance.

Higher pitch angles (more «open») performed more efficiently at lower wind speeds, whereas lower pitch angles (more «closed») did better at high speeds.

Just 45 minutes later it was listing at an angle too steep for lifeboats to be lowered from its port side.

Global images will be obtained daily at low resolution (7.5 kilometres per pixel) by two wide - angle cameras also capable of medium - resolution (240 metres per pixel).