PPT-Solar, Weather and Ocean Systems

The seasons are caused by the distance the Earth is from the Sun True or False Seasons are due to the tilt of the Earth and differential heating of the earths surface False Temperature. INTRODUCTION. A . solar tracker.  is a device that orients a payload toward the sun. .. Payloads . can be photovoltaic panels, reflectors, lenses or other optical devices. .. In concentrated photovoltaic (CPV. Climate: Average weather conditions for an area over a long period of time.. Weather: condition of the atmosphere at any given time. What effects Climate? . Solar Energy/Intensity. Global Wind Patterns. Landris. GOES: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. The Geostationary Satellite system (. GOES) supports . weather forecasting, severe storm tracking, and meteorology research. .. The National Weather Service (NWS) uses the GOES system for its United States weather monitoring and forecasting operations, and scientific researchers use the data to better understand land, atmosphere, ocean, and climate interactions.. Matthew J West. ESWW10 - Nov 2013. Microsatellite in sun-synchronous orbit. Launched on November 2, 2009 . 725 km altitude ☀ Period: ≈100 min. Commanding and data processing at P2SC (ROB, Brussels).. Government of India. Ministry of Earth Sciences (. MoES. ). Key . Initiatives and . Achievements. 2014-17. Missions. Weather and Climate Services. Weather forecasts, advisories, warnings, Monsoon and Climate prediction, climate change research, data services. in Japan. Hiroaki . Isobe. Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research. Kyoto University. Significant. changes in Japanese space . p. olicy. “Basic space law” enacted in 2008. Weather Patterns. Weather pattern’s are described as prolonged temperature changes over a specific area for example seasons.. Weather patterns can also be described as a period for which natural disasters are prevalent ex. Hurricane season, tornado season, blizzards. . Summer Institute - 2015. Linking SWAC with other sciences. http://www-das.uwyo.edu/~geerts/cwx/notes/chap01/tropo.html. Slope of Tropopause between equatorial and polar region – . why ?. Involves the lithosphere . The . sun! The . sun. is the source of almost all . heat. and energy. The sun heats . air. , which causes it to become less . dense. and rise and change . temperature. . . Remember. … the . tilt. Ben . Diedrich. NOAA Satellite and Information Service. NOAA Technology Summit. November 3, 2010. Abstract. Solar sails are large, lightweight mirrors that push spacecraft by the gentle pressure of reflected sunlight. In the vicinity of Earth, the gentle, continuous, fuel-free thrust of solar sails enables whole new families of orbits with a new perspective on the Earth and sun-Earth connection. Solar sails may enable early detection of space weather events that disrupt power grids, communications, and navigation. They may also enable continuous monitoring of polar weather and climate parameters, and . ECE 333 Green Energy Systems Lecture 8: The Solar Resource Dr. Karl Reinhard Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign reinhrd2@illinois.edu Announcements far. Andrea Opitz[1], Karoly Szego[1], Zoltan Nemeth[1], Melinda Dosa[1], Zsuzsanna Dalya[1], . Aniko Timar. [1. ],. Klaudia Szabo[1], . Daniel . Vech[1,2. ]. , and. . Nicolas . Andre[3]. .  . The up - coming Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, GOES - R and - S platforms, as part of NOAA's (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ) space weather monitoring fleet. We Get Our Food from the Ocean. We Do this both directly and indirectly. We eat fish that is harvested from the ocean. We also process harvested fish for livestock feed. . We get Valuable Minerals from the Ocean.