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  • Thumbnail for Stratospheric aerosol injection
    Stratospheric aerosol injection is a proposed method of solar geoengineering (or solar radiation modification) to reduce global warming. This would introduce...
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    The stratosphere (/ˈstrætəˌsfɪər, -toʊ-/) is the second layer of the atmosphere of Earth, located above the troposphere and below the mesosphere. The stratosphere...
    21 KB (2,256 words) - 10:20, 22 April 2024
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    human-caused climate change. There are multiple potential approaches, with stratospheric aerosol injection being the most-studied, followed by marine cloud brightening...
    114 KB (11,889 words) - 09:12, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Solar cycle
    in phase with solar activity during solar cycles 20–23. UV irradiance increase caused higher ozone production, leading to stratospheric heating and to...
    89 KB (9,984 words) - 03:23, 27 May 2024
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    The ozone layer or ozone shield is a region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation. It contains a high concentration...
    32 KB (3,632 words) - 04:47, 27 May 2024
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    an 82 ft (25 m)-span, 255 lb (116 kg) solar-powered UAV designed to stay aloft 100 days in the stratosphere. Mira Aerospace ApusDuo HAPS A joint venture...
    60 KB (6,248 words) - 06:28, 19 May 2024
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    Polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) are clouds in the winter polar stratosphere at altitudes of 15,000–25,000 m (49,000–82,000 ft). They are best observed...
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    SolarStratos is an aeronautical project aimed at flying a solar-powered airplane for the first time to the stratosphere. The SolarStratos airplane is equipped...
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    Earth's atmosphere is contained in the stratosphere. The ionosphere is a region of the atmosphere that is ionized by solar radiation. It is responsible for...
    63 KB (6,513 words) - 00:37, 4 May 2024
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    troposphere and stratosphere from space weather phenomena is trivial compared to the solar insolation in the visible and infrared portions of the solar electromagnetic...
    64 KB (7,946 words) - 06:50, 13 May 2024
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    the stratosphere to absorb less solar radiation, thus cooling the stratosphere while warming the troposphere; the resulting colder stratosphere emits...
    136 KB (15,737 words) - 11:38, 26 May 2024
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    Raphaël Domjan (category People associated with solar power)
    SolarStratos project, the first solar plane in the stratosphere. In August 2020, he made the first jump off of an electric plane and the first solar free...
    12 KB (1,243 words) - 21:35, 26 February 2024
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    atmospheric pressure. The bounds of the HZ are based on Earth's position in the Solar System and the amount of radiant energy it receives from the Sun. Due to...
    134 KB (13,716 words) - 16:20, 20 May 2024
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    Sunlight (redirect from Solar output)
    of the Sun and stratosphere, troposphere, biosphere, ocean, and Earth's climate". The spectrum of surface illumination depends upon solar elevation due...
    52 KB (5,649 words) - 01:35, 25 May 2024
  • Solar-Powered Stratospheric Unmanned Aircraft". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Graham Warwick (Nov 22, 2018). "A Closer Look At Aurora's Solar Stratospheric Odysseus"...
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  • Thumbnail for Radiative forcing
    Earth is meaningfully evaluated at the tropopause and at the top of the stratosphere. It is quantified in units of watts per square meter, and often summarized...
    68 KB (6,839 words) - 05:58, 29 April 2024
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    is the atmospheric boundary that demarcates the troposphere from the stratosphere, which are the lowest two of the five layers of the atmosphere of Earth...
    14 KB (1,747 words) - 12:56, 25 November 2023
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    atmosphere. This extends from the planetary surface to the bottom of the stratosphere. The troposphere contains 75–80% of the mass of the atmosphere, and is...
    20 KB (2,070 words) - 19:38, 9 May 2024
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    radiative effect. Volcanic stratospheric aerosols cool the surface by reflecting solar radiation and warm the stratosphere by absorbing terrestrial radiation...
    47 KB (5,037 words) - 22:01, 20 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for NASA Pathfinder
    were the first two aircraft developed as part of an evolutionary series of solar- and fuel-cell-system-powered unmanned aerial vehicles. AeroVironment, Inc...
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