Sentences with phrase «clear upper atmosphere»

The blue sliver above the rings results from sunlight scattered off Saturn's clear upper atmosphere; unknown compounds cause the color variations in the subtly banded clouds.

Not exact matches

Now, scientists have obtained the clearest view yet of the energy that was released in the magnetic tail arriving and initiating a disturbance in Earth's upper atmosphere, or ionosphere.

Due to launch on Aug. 8, 2013, the VERIS rocket, short for Very high Resolution Imaging Spectrometer, will launch for a 15 - minute trip carrying an instrument that can measure properties of the structures in the sun's upper atmosphere down to 145 miles across, some eight times clearer than any similar telescope currently in space.

First, it probably needs to be made clearer that generally speaking radiative forcing and climate sensitivity are useful constructs that apply to a subsystem of the climate and are valid only for restricted timescales — the atmosphere and upper ocean on multi-decadal periods.

With the anticipated July 10 launch of NASA's Earth Observing System Aura satellite, environmental scientists here and across the globe are expecting to get the clearest space - based views yet of the sources and movement of air pollution in the earth's lower atmosphere.The spacecraft will carry into orbit a complex package of four high - tech instruments to conduct a wide range of studies of both the upper and lower atmospheres.

To make it even more clear: I kept repeating that:» during the day, in the upper atmosphere — one CO2 molecule can not pas heat to another — BECAUSE THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF oxygen & nitrogen atoms IN - BETWEEN, as perfect insulators.

Mesosphere: REVIEW OF MESOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE TRENDS G. Beig, et al. [1] In recent times it has become increasingly clear that releases of trace gases from human activity have a potential for causing change in the upper atmosphere.