Monthly Archives: April 2008

Climate Change

Posted on April 18, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Climate change is any long-term significant change in the “average weather” that a given region experiences. Average weather may include average temperature, precipitation and wind patterns. It involves changes in the variability or average state of the atmosphere over durations … Continue reading →

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A Clearer Picture of Global Warming

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Continuous GPS stations in Greenland could improve our understanding of melting ice sheets. Earth signs: A one-meter tall station (above) was installed last Thursday near Ilulissat to measure how much the earth’s crust rebounds as the ice sheet melts. Such … Continue reading →

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Electromagnetic Spectrum: Transmittance, Absorptance, and Reflectance

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

 Some objects are capable of transmitting the light through their bulk without significant diminution (note how the beam bends twice at the medium 1/medium 2 interface but emerges at the same angle as entry). Other materials cause the light energy … Continue reading →

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India to launch remote sensing satellite

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

India plans to launch an advanced Remote Sensing Satellite, Cartosat-2A, on April 28 along with a Third World Satellite (TWSAT) and eight nano satellites on board home-built polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) from its spaceport of Sriharikota. ISRO sources said … Continue reading →

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