Sentences with phrase «intensity of the sun»

And if the soft tonal differences are not enough to take your attention away from where the hands are pointing, think about how it was made — via an original tanning method, which exposed the leather face of the clock to different intensities of sun exposure.

As a comparison, the intensity of the sun on the earth is approximately 100 watts per m2.

«Glacial and interglacial cycles are driven by the sun and Earth orbital parameters that impact solar insolation (intensity of the sun's rays) as well as by changes in the continental ice sheets and greenhouse gas concentrations.»

Given the revised timeline in this region, Willenbring and colleagues determined that the increased precipitation resulted from changes in the intensity of the sun's radiation on the Earth, which is based on the planet's tilt in orbit.

Instead of simulating the behavior of aerosols, researchers have turned down the intensity of the sun manually in their models.

They used climate models to test whether the observed changes in sea - level pressure could be explained away by the effects of volcanic eruptions, changes in the intensity of the sun and changes in greenhouse gases and other forms of air pollution.

Summers were always hot when we were children, or so our memories would lead us to believe, but today the intensity of the sun is such that we must ensure children have somewhere that is out of direct sunlight to where they can retreat when they are outdoors.

Sensors allow the air conditioning systems to respond to the temperature and air humidity, the intensity of the sun and the level of pollution in the outside air.

The vibrant colouring also conveys the intensity of the sun in this desert landscape that had so impressed the Yorkshire born artist when he first visited the Grand Canyon in the late 1970s.

As a result, the areas that reflect light come out in vivid blue and the intensity of the sun is shifted to black, as seen in

As a result, the areas that reflect light come out in vivid blue and the intensity of the sun is shifted to black, as seen in Lighthouse (East), 2011.

Its effect depends on a number of factors, such as the outside temperature, humidity, and intensity of the sun.

While the intensity of the sun is less than it is in the South or Southwest, it is sufficient to produce significant amounts of electricity — enough to power an entire home, depending on the size of the PV system.

Another popular contrarian argument is that the «climate has changed before», which entails a commitment to high climate sensitivity: if climate sensitivity were as low as contrarians like to claim (≈ 1.5 ◦ C), then the minute past variation in intensity of the sun, which drove past climate changes in the absence of CO2, could not have caused the observed warming episodes.

The first part of Secretary Langley's instruction required me to procure or design and construct the best instruments and means for determining the intensity of the sun's radiation in free space at the earth's mean solar distance.

The newest cells build on previous successes with multi-junction PV cells (which use layered semiconductors, with each layer optimized to capture different wavelengths of light) and combine them with low - cost concentrating lenses to multiply the intensity of the sun's energy hitting the cells.

The SJ3 was verified as being able to convert 43.5 % (at 415 suns - a measurement of the intensity of the sun's energy when multiplied) of the energy in sunlight into electricity, but this latest iteration set a new high of 44 % efficiency (at 947 suns).

They can be caused by a variety of factors: tree roots, too much weight on a particular spot of the driveway, weather (from the intensity of the sun to the change of seasons), and damage from snow tires and shovels.