Lecture2EMS-SanJoseStateUniversity.pptVIP

* * * * * * /index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=99Itemid=117 * * * /wiki/Sunlight#Calculation * * * Is solar radiation at TOA a real constant? Does this value vary with latitude and season, and local hour? Answer: At any given moment, the amount of solar radiation received at a location on the Earths surface depends on the state of the atmosphere and the locations latitude. Solar Zenith Angle (important) The angle between the local zenith and the line of sight to the sun. the extraterrestrial solar illuminance (Eext), corrected for the elliptical orbit by using the day number of the year (dn), is given by See handout correction for the elliptical orbit - declination /highlights/sunrise/glossary.html Declination is analogous to latitude on Earths surface, and measures an angular displacement north or south from the projection of Earths equator on the celestial sphere to the location of a celestial body. See Celestial Sphere Figure.  Sun Spot numbers solar energy incident to earth the solar constant images above, from a variety of calibrated satellite instruments aboard SOHO. SOHO was launched in December 1995 by an Atlas Centaur rocket and became operational in March 1996. SOHO weighs about two tons and with its solar panels extended stands about 25 feet across.? SOHO will continue operating well past the next solar maximum in 2001. (Image credit: Alex Lutkus) HW1 – solar radiaiton IDL tutorial for HW1 * * * * * * * * * * * * SONAR: SOund Navigation And Ranging Sound is a vibration of some medium that it travels through, like water or air Light is a vibration of magnetic and electric fields--a vibration of pure energy * Print this out for the students (teacher’s note) * * * * * * * * * * * * Lecture 2 Remote Sensing: Radiation Theory and Solar Radiation Professor Menglin S. Jin Department of Meteorology San Jose State University How much energy is emitted by some medium? What “kind” of energy (what frequency/wavelength) is emitted by s