Despite the warm weather this week, I am imagining that the snow will linger for a while longer. I figure it will take a lot of solar energy to melt the drifts more than 3 feet deep in my field. So, ...

Albedo is a term that represents the ability of Earth’s surface to reflect solar radiation. This is the primary factor of the energy balance between the surface and the atmosphere. When snow falls, ...

Although an accurate assessment of solar resources is key to ensuring the reliability of an energy yield assessment, most studies rely exclusively on satellite irradiation data. Solar developers ...

FARGO — Albedo is a word describing the portion of the sun’s radiation reflected from a surface. Most solar radiation passes directly through air with relatively little absorption. The reason it is ...

Considering the globe as a whole, high clouds and cloud-free scenes result in warming of the Earth's atmosphere, as less energy escapes into space than arrives from the sun. For low clouds, it's the ...

The Arctic is not just warming - it is unraveling. " What makes this so alarming is that these feedback loops don't operate ...

At a field site just 15 minutes from Michigan Technological University's campus, Alden Adolph and her team of student researchers are studying the reflectivity of melting snow to better understand ...

NORFOLK, Va. — As we all know, Hampton Roads has a mixture of cities, rural towns, and farmland, but where you live can affect how hot the day gets. This has to do with albedo, or the measurement of ...