News tagged with radiometric characterization
Shaking the Fundamentals of Physics: At the Limits of the Photoelectric Effect
With extremely short wavelengths and very high intensities, light-matter interaction seems to be different than previously accepted.
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Toward a global microwave standard
Much of what is known about decadal climate change – and much of what appears on the evening weather forecast as well – comes from satellite-based remote sensing of microwave radiation at different ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Scientist: Temperate freshwater wetlands are 'forgotten' carbon sinks
A new study comparing the carbon-holding power of freshwater wetlands has produced measurements suggesting that wetlands in temperate regions are more valuable as carbon sinks than current policies imply, according to researchers.
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Adding up photons with a transition edge sensor
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have demonstrated that a superconducting detector called a transition edge sensor (TES) is capable of counting the number of as many as 1,000 photons in a single pulse of light ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Caves and their dripstones tell us about the uplift of mountains
In a recent Geology paper geologists from the universities of Innsbruck and Leeds report on ancient cave systems discovered near the summits of the Allgau Mountains that preserved the oldest radiometrically dated ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 02, 2011 |
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NRL Begins Southeast Asia Study of Aerosols Linked to Global Warming
(PhysOrg.com) -- NRL's Marine Meteorology Division has deployed the Mobile Atmosphere, Aerosol, and Radiation Characterization Observatory (MAARCO) to the National University of Singapore to begin the first ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Scientists begin Southeast Asia study of aerosols linked to global warming
NRL's Marine Meteorology Division has deployed the Mobile Atmosphere, Aerosol, and Radiation Characterization Observatory (MAARCO) to the National University of Singapore to begin the first comprehensive radiation ...
Sep 17, 2009 |
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New NASA temperature maps provide 'whole new way of seeing the moon'
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's first-ever moon temperature-mapping effort has returned its first data.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Dawn Rescheduled for September Launch
The launch of NASA's Dawn spacecraft, a mission that will explore the two largest objects in the asteroid belt in an effort to answer questions about the formation of our solar system, has been rescheduled ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 08, 2007 |
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