On March 20, 2015, a total solar eclipse occurred that was visible from parts of northern Europe and the North Atlantic. The path of totality crossed over the Faroe Islands and northern Norway, where observers witnessed over 2 minutes of totality. Parts of Europe experienced varying degrees of a partial solar eclipse. This was the last total solar eclipse visible from Europe until August 12, 2026. The eclipse coincided with the March equinox and a new supermoon.
The Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland erupted twice in 2010, in March and April. The April eruption was more powerful and caused massive disruption to air traffic in Northern Europe due to volcanic ash. Ash from the eruption rose over 10 km into the sky and drifted across most of Europe for several days, grounding thousands of flights. The eruption partially melted the Eyjafjallajökull glacier, causing major flooding that damaged roads and bridges.
Dukono volcano in Indonesia had new eruptions in late May with ash plumes extending up to 7,000 feet. Sangeang Api then erupted on May 30th, sending ash clouds towards Australia. The eruptions at Sangeang Api continued over subsequent days, spreading ash across parts of Indonesia and releasing sulfur dioxide detected in Australia.
The document discusses the construction of vaults. It begins by defining a vault and describing the basic components. It then provides details on 8 common types of vaults: barrel, groin, rib, cloister, fan, net, annular, and rampant. The history section outlines the development of vaulting techniques from ancient times through Roman, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and modern architecture. Specific styles are discussed for English, German, and Italian Gothic vaulting. The document concludes with a case study on timbrel vaulting, highlighting Rafael Guastavino's improvements to the technique.
This presentation is an overview of Governments role in propagating the different types of Cost Effective technologies on several Government and local levels through various organisations.
The document summarizes coastal processes and what is known and still being learned about them. It discusses the history of ABPmer and defines coastal processes. It notes cycles like tides that are driven by gravitational forces and trends like climate change. 2015 saw notable high tides. Winter storms in late 2013 to early 2014 brought exceptionally strong winds and large waves, with the highest recorded on February 12th. The succession of major storms required reexamining estimates of extreme events and led to rapid coastal change not previously expected.
This document provides an overview of solar storms and space weather. It discusses properties of coronal mass ejections and solar flares, why they occur due to the solar magnetic field becoming unstable, and their effects like geomagnetic storms and auroras. Examples of extreme solar storms in 1921, 1982, 2003 and 2012 are presented. The document also describes the Swedish Space Weather Center's role in providing forecasts and information to users in Sweden and internationally.
7 l the solar system & beyond (boardworks)cartlidge
This document is a physics textbook section about the solar system and beyond. It contains information on topics like the rotation of the Earth and causes of day and night, seasons, the phases of the Moon, eclipses, and an overview of the planets in our solar system including their sizes, distances from the sun, temperatures, and other characteristics. Diagrams and activities are also included to help explain different concepts.
The Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland erupted twice in 2010, in March and April. The April eruption was more powerful and caused massive disruption to air traffic in Northern Europe due to volcanic ash. Ash from the eruption rose over 10 km into the sky and drifted across most of Europe for several days, grounding thousands of flights. The eruption partially melted the Eyjafjallajökull glacier, causing major flooding that damaged roads and bridges.
Dukono volcano in Indonesia had new eruptions in late May with ash plumes extending up to 7,000 feet. Sangeang Api then erupted on May 30th, sending ash clouds towards Australia. The eruptions at Sangeang Api continued over subsequent days, spreading ash across parts of Indonesia and releasing sulfur dioxide detected in Australia.
The document discusses the construction of vaults. It begins by defining a vault and describing the basic components. It then provides details on 8 common types of vaults: barrel, groin, rib, cloister, fan, net, annular, and rampant. The history section outlines the development of vaulting techniques from ancient times through Roman, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and modern architecture. Specific styles are discussed for English, German, and Italian Gothic vaulting. The document concludes with a case study on timbrel vaulting, highlighting Rafael Guastavino's improvements to the technique.
This presentation is an overview of Governments role in propagating the different types of Cost Effective technologies on several Government and local levels through various organisations.
The document summarizes coastal processes and what is known and still being learned about them. It discusses the history of ABPmer and defines coastal processes. It notes cycles like tides that are driven by gravitational forces and trends like climate change. 2015 saw notable high tides. Winter storms in late 2013 to early 2014 brought exceptionally strong winds and large waves, with the highest recorded on February 12th. The succession of major storms required reexamining estimates of extreme events and led to rapid coastal change not previously expected.
This document provides an overview of solar storms and space weather. It discusses properties of coronal mass ejections and solar flares, why they occur due to the solar magnetic field becoming unstable, and their effects like geomagnetic storms and auroras. Examples of extreme solar storms in 1921, 1982, 2003 and 2012 are presented. The document also describes the Swedish Space Weather Center's role in providing forecasts and information to users in Sweden and internationally.
7 l the solar system & beyond (boardworks)cartlidge
This document is a physics textbook section about the solar system and beyond. It contains information on topics like the rotation of the Earth and causes of day and night, seasons, the phases of the Moon, eclipses, and an overview of the planets in our solar system including their sizes, distances from the sun, temperatures, and other characteristics. Diagrams and activities are also included to help explain different concepts.
This document provides information about the major moons of Jupiter and Saturn. It discusses that Jupiter has 4 major moons discovered by Galileo in 1610 - Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Saturn has 6 major moons, including Enceladus discovered in 1789 and Titan, Tethys, Dione, Rhea discovered in the 1600s. The document then provides details on the characteristics of each moon, such as their composition, surfaces, temperatures, and whether they show any signs of geological activity.
G8 Science Q2- Week 5- How Typhoon Develops.pptxbayangatkizzy
Typhoons develop over warm ocean waters through a process of convection and wind circulation. Warm air rises over the ocean surface, cools and condenses to form thunderstorms. Lower air is drawn in to replace the rising air, creating a cyclonic rotation. Most typhoons occur in the western Pacific and north Indian oceans between 5 degrees north and south of the equator, where sea surface temperatures exceed 26 degrees Celsius. Typhoons can bring heavy rain and winds over 100 mph, causing dangerous storm surges, flooding and infrastructure damage.
Exceptional Icy Cold Waves that Swept Across Different Parts of the World dur...ijtsrd
The unprecedented cold, snowy waves that swept across different parts of the globe during the winter of 2021 2022 cannot be attributed to the climatic changes that the world is currently witnessing..Rather, its cause is due to the thousands of tons of sulfur gases that were emitted from the ground volcano CumbreVieja on the Spanish island of La Palma, which lies to the west of the Maghreb and which lasted for a period of three full months, starting from September 19, 2021 until December 13, 2021., as well as the sulfur gases that were emitted from the submarine volcano Hunga Tonga HungaHaapai Volcano, which is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on January 15, 2022. The force of the explosion of the last volcano is believed to be the largest volcanic eruption recorded anywhere on the planet in 30 years, as the volcanic eruption was strong enough to inject volcanic material into the stratosphere, which can lead to a cooling effect on global temperatures. The sharp cold waves were not limited to this winter, but also during the winter and spring of 2020 2021 there were very cold waves due to the explosion of La Soufrière volcano on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent, which began its eruption on December 27, 2020 and then exploded on April 9, and the explosion continued until noon April 11, 2021. This volcano released into the upper atmosphere the highest level of sulfur dioxide ever recorded after satellites began monitoring the Earths atmosphere in the mid 20th century. Thus, it can be said that this exceptionally icy coldwaves is due to the release of large quantities of sulfur dioxide gas from volcanoes and which led to blocking the suns rays from the earth due to the formation of aerosol in the stratosphere. Khaled Abdel-Kader Ouda "Exceptional Icy Cold Waves that Swept Across Different Parts of the World during the Current and Previous Rainy Seasons" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-3 , April 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd49764.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/enviormental-science/49764/exceptional-icy-cold-waves-that-swept-across-different-parts-of-the-world-during-the-current-and-previous-rainy-seasons/khaled-abdelkader-ouda
The document discusses the major moons of Jupiter and Saturn. Jupiter has four large moons called the Galilean moons that were discovered by Galileo in 1610. Saturn has six major moons, including Titan, Rhea, Dione, Tethys, and Enceladus. The document provides details on the characteristics of each moon such as their composition, volcanic activity, presence of water, temperatures, and atmospheric conditions. It describes unique features like the active volcanoes on Io and lakes of liquid methane and ethane on Titan.
This document summarizes the global scale of volcanic hazards and impacts. It discusses several notable eruptions throughout history in terms of their explosivity (VEI), ash and gas emissions, climate impacts like cooling, and effects on societies including famine, disease outbreaks, and civilization changes. The largest known eruption was Toba in Indonesia approximately 75,000 years ago estimated at VEI 8, which caused global cooling of 3-5°C and may have reduced the human population to less than 20,000.
This document discusses solar energy and solar physics. It begins by introducing solar radiation and how it powers processes on Earth and in the atmosphere. It then covers the wave and particle nature of light, as well as solar physics concepts like the source of the Sun's energy being nuclear fusion in its core. The document concludes by discussing radiation laws that govern the relationships between the Sun's surface temperature and the energy it emits.
A amp B 3 The term tephra defines all pieces of rock fra.pdfsanjaychauhan1530
#A & B
3) The term tephra defines all pieces of rock fragments ejected into the air by an erupting volcano.
Most tephra falls back onto the slopes of the volcano, enlarging it. But, billions of smaller and
lighter pieces less than 2mm in diameter (less than one-tenth of an inch), termed ash, are carried
by winds for thousands of miles. Falling ash, even in low concentrations, can disrupt human
activities hundreds of miles downwind, and drifting clouds of fine ash can endanger jet aircraft
thousands of miles away. When it has settled on and near the ground, volcanic ash threatens the
health of people and livestock, damages electronics and machinery, and interrupts power
generation, water and transportation systems, and telecommunications (USGS) The Eyjafjallajkull
volcano in Iceland erupted spectacularly in April 2010. The heat from the lava beneath the crater
of the glacier-covered summit quickly melted and vaporized the glacier ice above. Mud, ice, and
meltwater running off the volcano swelled local rivers and streams, flooding farmland and
damaging roads. Expanding gasses from the rapid vaporization of ice caused explosions that
resulted from the contact of water and magma. The hydro-phreatic explosions sent a plume of
steam and ash almost 7 miles (11km) into the atmosphere. The plume was driven southeast,
across the North Atlantic Ocean to northern Europe, by the prevailing winds. Fearing the damage
to commercial aircraft and potential loss of life that could result from flying through the ash cloud,
many European countries closed their national airspace and grounded flights for several days.
(after Britannica)Image left: 2010 ash plume from Eyjafjallajkull eruption. Image right: Composite
map of the volcanic ash cloud spanning 14-25 April 2010. View looking down onto the North Pole.
Source: Wikipedia a) Heat from magma can change water suddenly to steam, which can expand
to more than a thousand times the original volume of water. The sudden expansion results in an
explosive force that can blast a volcano to pieces and create large amounts of volcanic ash. Name
the type of explosion produced when water in groundwater, seawater, or even melting glacial ice
or snow comes into contact with magma. b) Referring to the ash plume map above, estimate the
percentage of the planet's circumference the ash plume traveled in the first 2 weeks of April 2010.
(Hint: Count the wedge-shaped sections that show dark and light gray ash. Divide the number of
sections with ash by the total number of sections. For example, 6 sections with ash divided by 24
total sections =6 divided by 24=.25 or 25% of the globe. Do not use these numbers. Count the
sections on the image above and show your calculations..
This document provides captions and discussion questions for a series of photos from BBC.com and CNN.com's "A week in pictures" section. The photos show various winter weather events around the world, including frozen canals in Scotland, an active volcano in Ecuador, a solar eclipse in Sri Lanka, and snowy conditions in England. Natural phenomena on other planets are also depicted, such as optical illusions of tree-like formations on Mars.
The Sun is a normal main-sequence G2 star located at the center of our solar system. It contains over 99% of the mass in the system and is about 4.6 billion years old. It has a diameter of 1.39 million km and a surface temperature of around 5,800 K. The Sun is composed primarily of hydrogen and helium and will likely exist for another 5 billion years before exhausting its nuclear fuel. It supports eight planets, including Earth, and numerous smaller objects in orbit through its strong gravitational pull and emission of heat and light.
EUV fine structure and variability associated with coronal rain revealed by S...Sérgio Sacani
Coronal rain is the most dramatic cooling phenomenon of the solar corona. Recent observations in the visible and UV
spectrum have shown that coronal rain is a pervasive phenomenon in active regions. Its strong link with coronal heating through the
Thermal Non-Equilibrium (TNE) - Thermal Instability (TI) scenario, makes it an essential diagnostic tool for the heating properties.
Another puzzling feature of the solar corona, besides the heating, is its filamentary structure and variability, particularly in the EUV.
Aims. We aim to identify observable features of the TNE-TI scenario underlying coronal rain at small and large spatial scales, to
understand the role it plays in the solar corona.
Methods. We use EUV datasets at unprecedented spatial resolution of ≈ 240 km from the High Resolution Imager (HRI) in the EUV
(HRIEUV) of the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) and SPICE on board Solar Orbiter from the spring 2022 perihelion.
Results. EUV absorption features produced by coronal rain are detected at scales as small as 260 km. As the rain falls, heating
and compression is produced immediately downstream, leading to a small EUV brightening accompanying the fall and producing
a ‘fireball’ phenomenon in the solar corona. Just prior to impact, a flash-like EUV brightening downstream of the rain, lasting a
few minutes is observed for the fastest events. For the first time, we detect the atmospheric response to the rain’s impact on the
chromosphere and consists of upward propagating rebound shocks and flows partly reheating the loop. The observed widths of the
rain clumps are 500 ± 200 km. They exhibit a broad velocity distribution of 10 − 150 km s−1
, peaking below 50 km s−1
. Coronal
strands of similar widths are observed along the same loops co-spatial with cool filamentary structure seen with SPICE, which we
interpret as the Condensation Corona Transition Region. Matching with the expected cooling, prior to the rain appearance sequential
loop brightenings are detected in gradually cooler lines from corona to chromospheric temperatures. Despite the large rain showers,
most cannot be detected in AIA 171 in quadrature, indicating that line-of-sight effects play a major role in coronal rain visibility. Still,
AIA 304 and SPICE observations reveal that only a small fraction of the rain can be captured by HRIEUV.
Conclusions. Coronal rain generates EUV structure and variability over a wide range of scales, from coronal loop to the smallest
resolvable scales. This establishes the major role that TNE-TI plays in the observed EUV morphology and variability of the corona.
The International Journal of Engineering and Sciencetheijes
1. The document summarizes observations from the CALLISTO spectrometer of type III and U bursts associated with an M7.9 solar flare on March 9th, 2012.
2. Analysis showed an inverted type U burst occurred between 310-384 MHz within 1 second, preceded by a group of type III bursts.
3. The bursts were associated with an M6 flare in Active Region 1429, and a halo coronal mass ejection was also observed.
An extremely high_altitude_plume_seen_at_mars_morning_terminatorSérgio Sacani
Artigo da revista Nature que descreve as plumas de alta altitude identificadas pairando sobre a superfície do planeta Marte e propõem duas hipóteses para o fenômeno.
The document discusses long term trends in solar radiation at Earth's surface over past decades and future projections. It finds that solar radiation underwent widespread decline ("global dimming") from the 1950s to 1980s, followed by a partial recovery ("brightening") likely caused by changes in atmospheric transparency from air pollution. These changes affect solar power production and need to be considered in resource assessments. Climate models project some increases in photovoltaic performance in parts of Europe and Asia through 2050 due to projected increases in solar radiation and temperature effects, while higher latitudes may see decreases.
The 2010 Chile earthquake, which had a magnitude of 8.8, may have shortened the length of each Earth day by 1.26 microseconds and shifted Earth's figure axis by 2.7 milliarcseconds according to preliminary calculations by a JPL scientist; while a 2004 Sumatran earthquake shortened the day by 6.8 microseconds and shifted the axis by 2.32 milliarcseconds. The Chile quake is predicted to have shifted the axis more due to its mid-latitude location and the steeper dip angle of its fault compared to the Sumatran quake.
This document summarizes the history of meteorology and weather forecasting. It describes how weather observation and forecasting has evolved from simple sky observations in biblical times to today's complex computer models that incorporate data from weather stations and satellites around the world. Key developments included the invention of barometers and thermometers in the 1600s and 1700s which allowed accurate measurement of air pressure and temperature, leading to the first attempts at multi-day weather forecasts in the late 1700s. The telegraph in the 1800s allowed widespread sharing of weather data, enabling early weather maps. Modern forecasting relies on mathematical models run on computers to predict weather based on physical laws, though human forecasters still play a role in interpreting complex weather systems
This document summarizes the history of meteorology and weather forecasting. It describes how weather observation and forecasting has evolved from simple sky observations in biblical times to today's complex computer models that incorporate data from satellites and over 3,500 global observation stations. While modern forecasting can predict weather up to 6 days in advance with around 80% accuracy, the complex dynamics of weather systems still limit perfect predictability even with increasing computational power and data. Skill and experience of human forecasters remains important to interpret models and achieve the highest accuracy possible.
The document discusses the major moons of Jupiter and Saturn. It describes that Jupiter has 4 major moons discovered by Galileo - Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Saturn has 6 major moons, including Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Titan, Rhea, and Mimas. For each moon, it provides details on their physical characteristics such as size, composition, terrain features, temperatures, and presence or absence of atmospheres and volcanic activity.
A Deep Dive into the Tonga volcano EruptionCharlie
The Hunga Tonga volcano erupted violently in January 2022 near Tonga, an island nation in the South Pacific. The eruption was one of the largest recorded in recent history, sending massive tsunami waves and ash across the Pacific. Tonga suffered significant damage from the ash and tsunami, with at least three deaths reported and much of the population affected. International aid efforts were hampered by damage to Tonga's airport and undersea internet cable. While the effects were widespread, scientists had predicted the eruption could occur due to the volcano's history of major eruptions about every 900 years.
This document summarizes meteor phenomena and bodies. It discusses the different types of interactions that can occur when meteoroids collide with Earth's atmosphere, including meteors, fireballs, bolides, explosive impacts, and meteoric dust particles. It also describes the various stages of a meteoroid's trajectory through the atmosphere, including orbital motion, preheating, ablation, dark flight, and impact. Finally, it provides an overview of the size ranges and velocities associated with different meteor phenomena.
This document provides information about the major moons of Jupiter and Saturn. It discusses that Jupiter has 4 major moons discovered by Galileo in 1610 - Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Saturn has 6 major moons, including Enceladus discovered in 1789 and Titan, Tethys, Dione, Rhea discovered in the 1600s. The document then provides details on the characteristics of each moon, such as their composition, surfaces, temperatures, and whether they show any signs of geological activity.
G8 Science Q2- Week 5- How Typhoon Develops.pptxbayangatkizzy
Typhoons develop over warm ocean waters through a process of convection and wind circulation. Warm air rises over the ocean surface, cools and condenses to form thunderstorms. Lower air is drawn in to replace the rising air, creating a cyclonic rotation. Most typhoons occur in the western Pacific and north Indian oceans between 5 degrees north and south of the equator, where sea surface temperatures exceed 26 degrees Celsius. Typhoons can bring heavy rain and winds over 100 mph, causing dangerous storm surges, flooding and infrastructure damage.
Exceptional Icy Cold Waves that Swept Across Different Parts of the World dur...ijtsrd
The unprecedented cold, snowy waves that swept across different parts of the globe during the winter of 2021 2022 cannot be attributed to the climatic changes that the world is currently witnessing..Rather, its cause is due to the thousands of tons of sulfur gases that were emitted from the ground volcano CumbreVieja on the Spanish island of La Palma, which lies to the west of the Maghreb and which lasted for a period of three full months, starting from September 19, 2021 until December 13, 2021., as well as the sulfur gases that were emitted from the submarine volcano Hunga Tonga HungaHaapai Volcano, which is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on January 15, 2022. The force of the explosion of the last volcano is believed to be the largest volcanic eruption recorded anywhere on the planet in 30 years, as the volcanic eruption was strong enough to inject volcanic material into the stratosphere, which can lead to a cooling effect on global temperatures. The sharp cold waves were not limited to this winter, but also during the winter and spring of 2020 2021 there were very cold waves due to the explosion of La Soufrière volcano on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent, which began its eruption on December 27, 2020 and then exploded on April 9, and the explosion continued until noon April 11, 2021. This volcano released into the upper atmosphere the highest level of sulfur dioxide ever recorded after satellites began monitoring the Earths atmosphere in the mid 20th century. Thus, it can be said that this exceptionally icy coldwaves is due to the release of large quantities of sulfur dioxide gas from volcanoes and which led to blocking the suns rays from the earth due to the formation of aerosol in the stratosphere. Khaled Abdel-Kader Ouda "Exceptional Icy Cold Waves that Swept Across Different Parts of the World during the Current and Previous Rainy Seasons" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-3 , April 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd49764.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/enviormental-science/49764/exceptional-icy-cold-waves-that-swept-across-different-parts-of-the-world-during-the-current-and-previous-rainy-seasons/khaled-abdelkader-ouda
The document discusses the major moons of Jupiter and Saturn. Jupiter has four large moons called the Galilean moons that were discovered by Galileo in 1610. Saturn has six major moons, including Titan, Rhea, Dione, Tethys, and Enceladus. The document provides details on the characteristics of each moon such as their composition, volcanic activity, presence of water, temperatures, and atmospheric conditions. It describes unique features like the active volcanoes on Io and lakes of liquid methane and ethane on Titan.
This document summarizes the global scale of volcanic hazards and impacts. It discusses several notable eruptions throughout history in terms of their explosivity (VEI), ash and gas emissions, climate impacts like cooling, and effects on societies including famine, disease outbreaks, and civilization changes. The largest known eruption was Toba in Indonesia approximately 75,000 years ago estimated at VEI 8, which caused global cooling of 3-5°C and may have reduced the human population to less than 20,000.
This document discusses solar energy and solar physics. It begins by introducing solar radiation and how it powers processes on Earth and in the atmosphere. It then covers the wave and particle nature of light, as well as solar physics concepts like the source of the Sun's energy being nuclear fusion in its core. The document concludes by discussing radiation laws that govern the relationships between the Sun's surface temperature and the energy it emits.
A amp B 3 The term tephra defines all pieces of rock fra.pdfsanjaychauhan1530
#A & B
3) The term tephra defines all pieces of rock fragments ejected into the air by an erupting volcano.
Most tephra falls back onto the slopes of the volcano, enlarging it. But, billions of smaller and
lighter pieces less than 2mm in diameter (less than one-tenth of an inch), termed ash, are carried
by winds for thousands of miles. Falling ash, even in low concentrations, can disrupt human
activities hundreds of miles downwind, and drifting clouds of fine ash can endanger jet aircraft
thousands of miles away. When it has settled on and near the ground, volcanic ash threatens the
health of people and livestock, damages electronics and machinery, and interrupts power
generation, water and transportation systems, and telecommunications (USGS) The Eyjafjallajkull
volcano in Iceland erupted spectacularly in April 2010. The heat from the lava beneath the crater
of the glacier-covered summit quickly melted and vaporized the glacier ice above. Mud, ice, and
meltwater running off the volcano swelled local rivers and streams, flooding farmland and
damaging roads. Expanding gasses from the rapid vaporization of ice caused explosions that
resulted from the contact of water and magma. The hydro-phreatic explosions sent a plume of
steam and ash almost 7 miles (11km) into the atmosphere. The plume was driven southeast,
across the North Atlantic Ocean to northern Europe, by the prevailing winds. Fearing the damage
to commercial aircraft and potential loss of life that could result from flying through the ash cloud,
many European countries closed their national airspace and grounded flights for several days.
(after Britannica)Image left: 2010 ash plume from Eyjafjallajkull eruption. Image right: Composite
map of the volcanic ash cloud spanning 14-25 April 2010. View looking down onto the North Pole.
Source: Wikipedia a) Heat from magma can change water suddenly to steam, which can expand
to more than a thousand times the original volume of water. The sudden expansion results in an
explosive force that can blast a volcano to pieces and create large amounts of volcanic ash. Name
the type of explosion produced when water in groundwater, seawater, or even melting glacial ice
or snow comes into contact with magma. b) Referring to the ash plume map above, estimate the
percentage of the planet's circumference the ash plume traveled in the first 2 weeks of April 2010.
(Hint: Count the wedge-shaped sections that show dark and light gray ash. Divide the number of
sections with ash by the total number of sections. For example, 6 sections with ash divided by 24
total sections =6 divided by 24=.25 or 25% of the globe. Do not use these numbers. Count the
sections on the image above and show your calculations..
This document provides captions and discussion questions for a series of photos from BBC.com and CNN.com's "A week in pictures" section. The photos show various winter weather events around the world, including frozen canals in Scotland, an active volcano in Ecuador, a solar eclipse in Sri Lanka, and snowy conditions in England. Natural phenomena on other planets are also depicted, such as optical illusions of tree-like formations on Mars.
The Sun is a normal main-sequence G2 star located at the center of our solar system. It contains over 99% of the mass in the system and is about 4.6 billion years old. It has a diameter of 1.39 million km and a surface temperature of around 5,800 K. The Sun is composed primarily of hydrogen and helium and will likely exist for another 5 billion years before exhausting its nuclear fuel. It supports eight planets, including Earth, and numerous smaller objects in orbit through its strong gravitational pull and emission of heat and light.
EUV fine structure and variability associated with coronal rain revealed by S...Sérgio Sacani
Coronal rain is the most dramatic cooling phenomenon of the solar corona. Recent observations in the visible and UV
spectrum have shown that coronal rain is a pervasive phenomenon in active regions. Its strong link with coronal heating through the
Thermal Non-Equilibrium (TNE) - Thermal Instability (TI) scenario, makes it an essential diagnostic tool for the heating properties.
Another puzzling feature of the solar corona, besides the heating, is its filamentary structure and variability, particularly in the EUV.
Aims. We aim to identify observable features of the TNE-TI scenario underlying coronal rain at small and large spatial scales, to
understand the role it plays in the solar corona.
Methods. We use EUV datasets at unprecedented spatial resolution of ≈ 240 km from the High Resolution Imager (HRI) in the EUV
(HRIEUV) of the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) and SPICE on board Solar Orbiter from the spring 2022 perihelion.
Results. EUV absorption features produced by coronal rain are detected at scales as small as 260 km. As the rain falls, heating
and compression is produced immediately downstream, leading to a small EUV brightening accompanying the fall and producing
a ‘fireball’ phenomenon in the solar corona. Just prior to impact, a flash-like EUV brightening downstream of the rain, lasting a
few minutes is observed for the fastest events. For the first time, we detect the atmospheric response to the rain’s impact on the
chromosphere and consists of upward propagating rebound shocks and flows partly reheating the loop. The observed widths of the
rain clumps are 500 ± 200 km. They exhibit a broad velocity distribution of 10 − 150 km s−1
, peaking below 50 km s−1
. Coronal
strands of similar widths are observed along the same loops co-spatial with cool filamentary structure seen with SPICE, which we
interpret as the Condensation Corona Transition Region. Matching with the expected cooling, prior to the rain appearance sequential
loop brightenings are detected in gradually cooler lines from corona to chromospheric temperatures. Despite the large rain showers,
most cannot be detected in AIA 171 in quadrature, indicating that line-of-sight effects play a major role in coronal rain visibility. Still,
AIA 304 and SPICE observations reveal that only a small fraction of the rain can be captured by HRIEUV.
Conclusions. Coronal rain generates EUV structure and variability over a wide range of scales, from coronal loop to the smallest
resolvable scales. This establishes the major role that TNE-TI plays in the observed EUV morphology and variability of the corona.
The International Journal of Engineering and Sciencetheijes
1. The document summarizes observations from the CALLISTO spectrometer of type III and U bursts associated with an M7.9 solar flare on March 9th, 2012.
2. Analysis showed an inverted type U burst occurred between 310-384 MHz within 1 second, preceded by a group of type III bursts.
3. The bursts were associated with an M6 flare in Active Region 1429, and a halo coronal mass ejection was also observed.
An extremely high_altitude_plume_seen_at_mars_morning_terminatorSérgio Sacani
Artigo da revista Nature que descreve as plumas de alta altitude identificadas pairando sobre a superfície do planeta Marte e propõem duas hipóteses para o fenômeno.
The document discusses long term trends in solar radiation at Earth's surface over past decades and future projections. It finds that solar radiation underwent widespread decline ("global dimming") from the 1950s to 1980s, followed by a partial recovery ("brightening") likely caused by changes in atmospheric transparency from air pollution. These changes affect solar power production and need to be considered in resource assessments. Climate models project some increases in photovoltaic performance in parts of Europe and Asia through 2050 due to projected increases in solar radiation and temperature effects, while higher latitudes may see decreases.
The 2010 Chile earthquake, which had a magnitude of 8.8, may have shortened the length of each Earth day by 1.26 microseconds and shifted Earth's figure axis by 2.7 milliarcseconds according to preliminary calculations by a JPL scientist; while a 2004 Sumatran earthquake shortened the day by 6.8 microseconds and shifted the axis by 2.32 milliarcseconds. The Chile quake is predicted to have shifted the axis more due to its mid-latitude location and the steeper dip angle of its fault compared to the Sumatran quake.
This document summarizes the history of meteorology and weather forecasting. It describes how weather observation and forecasting has evolved from simple sky observations in biblical times to today's complex computer models that incorporate data from weather stations and satellites around the world. Key developments included the invention of barometers and thermometers in the 1600s and 1700s which allowed accurate measurement of air pressure and temperature, leading to the first attempts at multi-day weather forecasts in the late 1700s. The telegraph in the 1800s allowed widespread sharing of weather data, enabling early weather maps. Modern forecasting relies on mathematical models run on computers to predict weather based on physical laws, though human forecasters still play a role in interpreting complex weather systems
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Solar eclipse march 2015
1. Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015
Dublin, Ireland
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Total
Gamma 0.9454
Magnitude 1.0445
Maximum eclipse
Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A total solar eclipse occurred on
Friday March 20, 2015. A solar
eclipse occurs when the Moon
passes between Earth and the
Sun, thereby totally or partly
obscuring the image of the Sun
for a viewer on Earth. A total
solar eclipse occurs when the
Moon's apparent diameter is
larger than the Sun's, blocking
all direct sunlight, turning day
into darkness. Totality occurs in a
narrow path across Earth's
surface, with the partial solar
eclipse visible over a surrounding
region thousands of kilometres
wide.
It had a magnitude of 1.045. The
longest duration of totality was 2
minutes and 47 seconds off the
coast of the Faroe Islands. It is
the last total solar eclipse visible
in Europe until the eclipse of
August 12, 2026.[1]
The only populated places
reachable by public land travel
from which the totality could be
seen were the Faroe Islands and
Svalbard.[2]
Contents
1 Viewing
1.1 Impact
1.2 Coincidence of
events
1.3 Simulation
2 Gallery
3 Related eclipses
2. Duration 2m 47s
Coordinates 64.4N 6.6W
Max. width of band 463 km
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse 9:46:47
References
Saros 120 (61 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9541
3.1 Lunar eclipses
3.2 Solar eclipses
2015–2018
3.3 Saros series
3.4 Metonic series
4 References
5 Bibliography
6 External links
Viewing
The solar eclipse began at 08:30GMT in northwest Europe and moved towards
the northeast but still in northern Europe. It was most visible from the North
Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, Greenland, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, United
Kingdom, Faroe Islands, northern Norway and Murmansk Oblast. The shadow
began its pass off the south coast of Greenland. It then moved to the northeast,
passing between Iceland and the United Kingdom before moving over the
Faroe Islands and the northernmost islands of Norway. The shadow of the
eclipse was visible in varying degrees all over continental Europe.[3] For
example, London experienced an 85% partial solar eclipse while points north of
the Faroe Islands in the Norwegian Sea saw a complete solar eclipse.[4]
The eclipse was observed at radio frequencies at the Metsähovi Radio
Observatory, Finland, where a near total eclipse was seen.[5]
Impact
The European Union has a solar power output of about 90 gigawatts and
production could have been temporarily decreased by up to 34 GW of that
dependent on the clarity of the sky. In actuality the dip was less than expected,
with a 13 GW drop in Germany happening due to overcast skies.[6] This was
the first time that an eclipse had a significant impact on the power system, and
the electricity sector took measures to mitigate the impact. The power gradient
(change in power) may be −400 MW/minute and +700 MW/minute. Places in
Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark may be 80% obscured.[7][8] Temperature
may decrease by 3 °C, and wind power may decrease as winds are reduced by
0.7 m/s.[9]
Coincidence of events
20 March 2015 was also the day of the March equinox (also known as the
spring or vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere). In addition, six
supermoons are expected for 2015. The supermoon on 20 March 2015 was the
3. third of the year; however, it was a new moon (near side facing away from the
sun), and only its shadow was visible.[10]
Simulation
Gallery
Congresbury,
Somerset, United
Kingdom, 9:35
(GMT)
Lisbon, Portugal,
from 8:15 through
10:00 [11]
Sheffield, UK. All
time local time
(GMT)
Chester-le-Street,
UK, 9:07 GMT
4. Lorient, France,
10:19:54 local
time (9:19:54
GMT)
Huddersfield, UK,
9:20:25 GMT
Berlin, Germany,
10:28:36 local
time (9:28:36
UTC) –
unconfirmed
source
Dublin, Ireland,
9:30:09 GMT
Hjartdal, Norway,
10:47:00 local
time (9:47:00
UTC)
Kłodzko, Poland,
10:54:15 local
time (9:54:15
UTC)
Wrocław, Poland,
10:43:55 local
time (9:43:55
UTC)
Prague, Czech
Republic, 10:55:43
local time (9:55:43
UTC) –
unconfirmed
source
Warsaw, Poland,
10:56:00 local
time (9:56:00
UTC)
Budapest,
Hungary, 10:59:45
local time (9:59:45
UTC)
Milan, Italy,
11:07:49 (10:07:49
UTC) –
unconfirmed
source
Kiev, Ukraine,
12:28:17 local
time (10:28:17
UTC)
5. Ulcinj,
Montenegro,
11:34:14 local
time (10:34:14
UTC)
Moscow, Russia,
13:35:27 local
time (10:35:27
UTC)
Erlangen,
Germany, 10:13:00
local time
(10:13:00 UTC)
Related eclipses
Lunar eclipses
A total lunar eclipse will follow on April 4, 2015, visible over Australia, and the
Pacific coast of Asia and North America.[12]
Solar eclipses 2015–2018
Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately
every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's
orbit.
6. Solar eclipse series sets from 2015–2018
Descending node Ascending node
120
March 20, 2015
Total
125
September 13, 2015
Partial
130
March 9, 2016
Total
135
September 1, 2016
Annular
140
February 26, 2017
Annular
145
August 21, 2017
Total
150
February 15, 2018
Partial
155
August 11, 2018
Partial
Partial solar eclipses on July 13, 2018, and January 6,
2019, occur during the next semester series.
Saros series
7. It is a part of Saros cycle 120, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71
events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on May 27, 933 AD, and
reached an annular eclipse on August 11, 1059. It was a hybrid event for 3
dates: May 8, 1510, through May 29, 1546, and total eclipses from June 8,
1564, through March 30, 2033. The series ends at member 71 as a partial
eclipse on July 7, 2195. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 16
seconds on August 12, 1654.[13]
Series members 55–65 occur between 1901 and 2100:
8. 55 56 57
January 14, 1907 January 24, 1925 February 4, 1943
58 59 60
February 15, 1961 February 26, 1979 March 9, 1997
61 62 63
March 20, 2015 March 30, 2033 April 11, 2051
64 65
April 21, 2069 May 2, 2087
Metonic series
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting
about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition the
octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).
9. This series has 21 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and June 1, 2087.
10. May 31 – June 1 March 20 January 5–6 October 24–25
118 119 121 123
June 1, 2011 March 20, 2015 January 6, 2019 October 25, 2022
128 129 131 133
June 1, 2030 March 20, 2034 January 5, 2038 October 25, 2041
138 139 141 143
May 31, 2049 March 20, 2053 January 5, 2057 October 24, 2060
148 149 151 153
May 31, 2068 March 19, 2072 January 6, 2076 October 24, 2079
157
11. June 1, 2087
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"Solar eclipse 2015 live: Britain to plunge into morning twilight as Moon blocks
out Sun" (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11484521/Solar-
eclipse-2015-live.html). Daily Telegraph. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March
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"Solar Eclipse: live updates" (http://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2015
/mar/20/solar-eclipse-live-updates). Guardian. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March
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4.
"Solar eclipse as seen by a radio telescope" (http://www.metsahovi.fi
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European power grids keep lights on through solar eclipse
(http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/20/us-solar-eclipse-germany-
idUSKBN0MG0S620150320)
6.
"Solar Eclipse 2015 – Impact Analysis (https://www.entsoe.eu/Documents
/Publications/SOC/150219_Solar_Eclipse_Impact_Analysis_Final.pdf)"
pp3+6+7+13 . European Network of Transmission System Operators for
Electricity, 19 February 2015. Accessed: 4 March 2015.
7.
Curve of potential power loss (http://ing.dk/sites/ing/files/solformoerkelse.jpg)8.
S. L. Gray , R. G. Harrison. "Diagnosing eclipse-induced wind changes
(http://rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/468/2143/1839)" Proceedings of
the Royal Society. DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2012.0007 Published 25 May 2012. Archive
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"In 2015, first of six supermoons comes on January 20" (http://earthsky.org/tonight
/in-2015-the-first-of-six-supermoons-occurs-on-january-20). Retrieved 20 March
2015.
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12. Wikimedia Commons
has media related to
Solar eclipse of
2015 March 20.
"Instagram" (https://instagram.com/p/0ci9__lXwP/). Instagram. Retrieved
20 March 2015.
11.
2015 Apr 04 chart: (http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot2001
/LE2015Apr04T.pdf) Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
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http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros120.html13.
Bibliography
NASA graphics (http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001
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Google interactive map of the eclipse from NASA
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/SE2015Mar20Tgoogle.html)
NASA Besselian Elements – Partial Solar Eclipse of 2007 September 11
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External links
Centered and aligned video recording of
full phase of total solar eclipse
(https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=IMd1qvXfKeM) on YouTube
Eclipse spectacle (http://astrobob.areavoices.com/2015/03/20/eclipse-
spectacle-record-thin-moon-aurora-redux/) AstroBob, 3/20/15
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