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• Long-term variations in solar radiation, diffuse radiation, and diffuse radiation fraction caused by aerosols in China during 1961-2016.

  Authors:Hongfei Xie, Junfang Zhao, Kaili Wang, and Huiwen PengFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 3, 20214,790 words Report 1520LThe effects of atmospheric aerosols on the terrestrial climate system are more regional than those of greenhouse gases, which are more global. Thus, it is necessary to examine the typical regional effects of how aerosols...

• Wearable Sun Protection

  From:Family Practice News (Vol. 30, Issue 11)

  June 1, 200044 words Brief article Radicool hats with neck flaps and Alpha 100+ swimsuits, shirts, and shorts are made of tightly woven fabric that blocks UVA and UVB radiation. The clothes are available in sizes 2-14, according to Radicool Australia,...

• WHAT'S YOUR [DIAGNOSIS?.sup.(R)]

  Authors:HENRY SCHNEIDERMAN and GLENDO L. TANGARORANGFrom:Consultant (Vol. 39, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 19991,159 words Brief article HISTORY An 88-year-old woman is seen by her physician because of worsening spots on her legs. The skin has always been delicate and subject to bruising. Discoloration has been amplified by venous insufficiency....

• Long-term downward trend in total solar irradiance

  Authors:R.C. Willson, H.S. Hudson, C. Frohlich, and R.W. BrusaFrom:Science (Vol. 234) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 28, 19862,330 words Article Long-term Downward Trend in Total Solar Irradiance THE TOTAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE OFthe earth is the primary determining factor of climate. Sustained variations from the present average value could alter the terrestrial...

• Solar irradiance change and special longitudes due to r-modes

  Authors:Charles L. Wolff and John R. HickeyFrom:Science (Vol. 235) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 27, 19872,317 words Article Solar Irradiance Change and Special Longitudes Due to r-Modes TWO SOLAR PROBLEMS OF HIGH INterestearly this century were never solved. The challenging observations had no convincing explanations. Perhaps as a...

• Measurement of the solar spectral irradiance from 200 to 3000 nanometers

  Authors:G. Thuillier, J.P. Goutail, P.C. Simon, R. Pastiels, D. Labs, and H. NeckelFrom:Science (Vol. 225) Peer-Reviewed

  July 13, 19841,871 words Article Accurate solar irradiance data are needed in a variety of disciplines, including aeronomy (earth and planets), meteorology, climatology, astronomy, and solar physics. In particular, it is important to know whether...

• Contribution of ultraviolet irradiance variations to changes in the sun's total irradiance

  Author:J. LeanFrom:Science (Vol. 244, Issue 4901) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 14, 19892,249 words Article Contribution of Ultraviolet Irradiance Variations to Changes in the Sun's Total Irradiance DURING THE RECENT SUNSPOT CYCLE 21, changes in the sun's total irradiance and in its emission at ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths...

• How much solar radiation do clouds absorb?

  Authors:Graeme L. Stephens, R.D. Cess, M.H. Zhang, Peter Pilewskie, and Francisco P.J. ValeroFrom:Science (Vol. 271, Issue 5252) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 23, 19964,610 words Article Limitations in the sampling methods used to measure the absorption of solar radiation by clouds may have produced results that exceed theoretical predictions. Arguments for and against this interpretation of the results...

• The application of a surface response methodology in the solar/UV-induced degradation of dairy wastewater using immobilized ZnO as a semiconductor

  Authors:Gisella R. Lamas Samanamud, Helcio J. Izario Filho, Carla C.A. Loures, Ivy S. Oliveira, Andre L. Souza, Ana Paula B.R. de Freitas, et al.From:International Journal of Chemical EngineeringPeer-Reviewed

  Annual 20132,396 words Report 1320LAn Advanced Oxidation Process (AOPs) was carried out in this study with the use of immobilized ZnO and solar/UV as an energy source to degrade dairy wastewater. The semibatch reactor system consisted of metal plate of...

• Tilt error in cryospheric surface radiation measurements at high latitudes: a model study

  Authors:Wiley Steven Bogren, John Faulkner Burkhart, and Arve KyllingFrom:The Cryosphere (Vol. 10, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 15, 2016191 words Author abstract, Bri... We have evaluated the magnitude and makeup of error in cryospheric radiation observations due to small sensor misalignment in in situ measurements of solar irradiance. This error is examined through simulation of...

• Evaluation of various procedures transposing global tilted irradiance to horizontal surface irradiance

  Authors:Caroline Housmans and Cadric BertrandFrom:Advances in Science and Research (Vol. 14) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 9, 2017157 words Author abstract, Bri... Many transposition models have been proposed in the literature to convert solar irradiance on the horizontal plane to that on a tilted plane. The inverse process, i.e. the conversion from tilted to horizontal is...

• Disk and circumsolar radiances in the presence of ice clouds

  Authors:Greg M. McFarquhar, Jussi Tiira, Andreas Macke, Michael Kahnert, John DeVore, and Timo NousiainenFrom:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 17, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  June 12, 2017304 words Author abstract, Bri... The impact of ice clouds on solar disk and circumsolar radiances is investigated using a Monte Carlo radiative transfer model. The monochromatic direct and diffuse radiances are simulated at angles of 0 to 8° from...

• Research on Solar Climate Intervention Is the Best Defense Against Moral Hazard.

  Authors:Daniel Bodansky and Andy ParkerFrom:Issues in Science and Technology (Vol. 37, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Summer 20211,841 words Article 1350LAs concerns about global warming mount and international efforts to address it lag, should public policy be encouraging or inhibiting research on technologies to reflect sunlight away from the earth? If efforts to limit...

• Solar surprise? The detection of unexpected changes in the Sun's spectral irradiance during the declining phase of the most recent solar cycle, and their implications for Earth's atmosphere, are intriguing. But they must be viewed as provisional

  Author:Rolando R. GarciaFrom:Nature (Vol. 467, Issue 7316) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 7, 20101,234 words Article 1600LLast year, Harder et al. (1) reported observations made by the satellite-borne Spectral Irradiance Monitor (SIM). They revealed unexpected behaviour in solar irradiance, resolved according to wavelength, during the...

• MEASUREMENT OF SOLAR SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE AND SURFACE OZONE AT CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, USA, DURING THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE ON 21 AUGUST 2017.

  Authors:Kirthi Tennakone, L. Ajith DeSilva, Charles Zander, Shea Rose, and Austin KerlinFrom:Georgia Journal of Science (Vol. 77, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Spring-Wntr 20193,117 words Report 1490LMeasurements conducted at the University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia, during the time of the solar eclipse of 21 August 2017, demonstrated that the integrated spectral irradiance in defined wavelength ranges in...

• Engineer solar solutions locally to save water

  Author:Russell SeitzFrom:Nature (Vol. 557, Issue 7706) Peer-Reviewed

  May 2018146 words Brief article 1470LAuthor(s): Russell Seitz Author Affiliations: Engineer solar solutions locally to save water Solar radiation management is good for more than just global geoengineering (see also Dissolving air in water to...

• An innovative methodology for analyzing digital visibility images in an urban environment

  Authors:Dhruv S. Raina, Norris J. Parks, Wen-Whai Li, Robert W. Gray, and Stuart L. DattnerFrom:Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (Vol. 55, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20057,104 words Article ABSTRACT A novel methodology combining digital imaging, conventional fixed visibility monitors, and solar radiation monitors has been developed to characterize the visual air quality of the El Paso and Ciudad Juarez...

• Warm pool heat budget and shortwave cloud forcing: a missing physics?

  Authors:V. Ramanthan, B. Subasilar, G.J. Zhang, W. Conant, R.D. Cess, J.T. Kiehl, et al.From:Science (Vol. 267, Issue 5197) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 27, 19953,962 words Article Ship observations and ocean models indicate that heat export from the mixed layer of the western Pacific warm pool is small (<20 watts per square meter). This value was used to deduce the effect of clouds on the net...

• BUILDING THE SUN4CAST SYSTEM: Improvements in Solar Power Forecasting: The Sun4Cast System results from a research-to-operations project built on a value chain approach, benefiting electric utilities' customers, society, and the environment by improving state-of-the-science solar power forecasting capabilities

  Authors:Sue Ellen Haupt, Branko Kosovic, Tara Jensen, Jeffrey K. Lazo, Jared A. Lee, Pedro A. Jimenez, et al.From:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (Vol. 99, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20187,932 words Report 1420LAs integration of solar power into the national electric grid rapidly increases, it becomes imperative to improve forecasting of this highly variable renewable resource. Thus, a team of researchers from the public,...

• Long-term variations of the oxygen red 630 nm line nightglow intensity (1)

  Authors:N.B. Gudadze, G.G. Didebulidze, G. Sh. Javakhishvili, M.G. Shepherd, and M.V. VardosanidzeFrom:Canadian Journal of Physics (Vol. 85, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20074,234 words Article 1670LAbstract: The long-term data set of total nightglow intensity of the oxygen red 630.0 nm line observed at Abastumani (41.8[degrees]N, 42.8[degrees]E) between 1957-1993 is investigated. The long-term trend and...