The NASA MESSENGER mission explored the innermost planet of the solar system and obtained a rich data set of range measurements for the determination of Mercury’s ephemeris. Here we use these precise data collected over 7 years to estimate parameters related to general relativity and the evolution...
solar system to scaleThe eight planets of the solar system and Pluto, in a montage of images scaled to show the approximate sizes of the bodies relative to one another. Outward from the Sun, which is represented to scale by the yellow segment at the extreme left, are the four rocky terre...
In the case of climate modeling of past periods, SSI reconstructions are needed since no solar measurements exist. Solar-radiative forcing is the largest input to the Earth’s climate system, about 104larger than all other inputs combined25. Even small changes in irradiance levels can have profo...
Solar interfacial desalination requires further research and development at both the material and system levels. Although plasmonic materials have distinct advantages but it is not always cheap. Easily accessible, efficient solar-thermal materials must be developed for large-scale application [93,308]. ...
High accuracy measurements of solar insolation at the surface, made at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Cloud and Radiation Testbed (CART) in Oklahoma, are compared to model calculations with the objective of evaluating the uncertainties in the calculations and observations. In the cases studi...
2. System Description and Numerical Model 2.1. The Solar Energy-Powered Embedded Pipe Envelope System The scheme of the solar energy-powered embedded pipe envelope system (SEPES) is shown inFigure 1. As shown, the system consists of a set of solar collectors, a water tank, and an embedded...
Reliability Assessment of Photovoltaic Balance of System. In Proceedings of the 14th IMEKO TC10 Workshop Technical Diagnostics—New Perspectives in Measurements, Tools and Techniques for System’s Reliability, Maintainability and Safety, Milan, Italy, 27–28 June 2016; pp. 242–247. [Google Scholar...
TOWNSCOPE II is a computer system devoted to support solar access decision-making in a sustainable urban design perspective. The software consists of a three-dimensional urban information system coupled with solar evaluation tools. We’ve paid particular attention to the fact that numerical results in...
Modelling and Simulation of a Solar Powered Absorption Cooling System in a Tropical Climate City for Small-Scale Application. The World Meteorological Organization - WMO (2012) has determined that the "long-term warming trend" continues, being the period of 2001 鈥 2011 the world'... A Boera...
A reduced surface recombination was also concluded based on the temperature and generation dependent VOC measurements [100,114], according to the model of ref. [115]. However, the model proposed in ref. [115] depends on assumptions that are not correct: e.g., the hole barrier at the ...