The main cause of the Coriolis effect is the Earth's rotation. As the Earth spins in a counter-clockwise direction on its axis, anything flying or flowing over a long distance above its surface is deflected. This occurs because as something moves freely above the Earth's surface, the Earth...
Vegetation generated the largest cooling effect per unit surface area but impervious surfaces dominated the urban environment and are responsible for the majority of the heat sink created by the city. Changes in albedo were not causally related to the urban heat sink, however, variations in urban ...
Then, it simulates the conversion of available solar resources to electric power considering the impact of air temperature, terrain horizon, and albedo, as well as module tilt, configuration, shading, soiling, and other factors affecting system performance. PVOUT is the amount of power generated ...
by latitude and other geographic factors, the long-term average global climate is quite stable during interglacial periods,[6] and variations of a degree or two of average global temperature have historically had major effects on the ecological balance, and on the actual geography of the Earth.[...
“Harvey Is What Climate Change Looks Like” by Eric Holthaus at Politico —“It’s time to open our eyes and prepare for the world that’s coming.” And “Stop talking right now about the threat of climate change. It’s here; it’s happening” by Bill McKibben at The Guardian —...
(shown below, fromLacis et al (2010)as well as increase in the surfacealbedoare important feedbacks here, showing that removing the non-condensinggreenhouse gases (mostlyCO2) in theatmospherecan collapse nearly the entire terrestrialgreenhouse effect. What’s more, since thealbedoincreases ...
Urban Soils Richard V. Pouyat, Susan D. Day, Sally Brown, Kirsten Schwarz, Richard E. Shaw, Katalin Szlavecz, Tara L. E. Trammell, and Ian D. Yesilonis 7 Introduction The global population is expected to exceed 11 billion before the end of the ...
Department of Geography, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany 2 Department of Geography, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Gaußstraße 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany 3 Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), ...