Bringing the sun down to earth: designing inexpensive instruments for monitoring the atmosphere

The book first presents some science background about the sun and Earth’s atmosphere and then describes the kinds of measurements that can be made with inexpensive equipment to study how solar radiation interacts with the atmosphere on its way to Earth’s surface. Such measurements are critical to understandingthe forces that will modify Earth’s climate during the 21st century. The bookdescribes in detail how to design, build, calibrate, and use inexpensive instruments for measuring solar radiation, ranging from total radiation from the entire sky to narrow spectral bands of radiation travelling along a path directly from the sun. Students and their teachers will learn a great deal about weather, the seasons, and the atmosphere, and they will develop a much better understanding of how to measure the physical world around them Provides an enhanced understanding of the sun, weather and climate A combination of theory and applications show how to measure the interaction of solar radiation with Earth's atmosphere Provides detailed information for designing, building, and calibrating inexpensive instruments to monitor the atmosphere A unique project sourcebook for teachers, students, and citizen scientists INDICE: From the contents Preface.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Earth’s Sun and Atmosphere.- 3. Measuring Atmospheric and Surface Properties.- 4. Instrument Design Principles 1: Radiometers.- 5. Instrumennt Design Principles II: Sun Photometers.- 6. Concluding Remarks.- Appendices.- References.- Index.- Color Plates.

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-8693-9
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 150
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés