In the southwest U.S., cracks in alluvial fan surface clasts have a preferred orientation independent of rock fabric and shape. In this paper, we show that differential insolation of incipient cracks of random orientations predicts a distribution of crack orientations consistent with field observations. In this model, crack growth by hydration and/ or thermal weathering is primarily a function ...

SOUTH POLE OF MARS. Alejandro Soto, Xin Guo, and Mark I. Richardson, Caltech, M/C 150-21, Pasadena, CA 91125. [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Introduction: A perennial CO2 ice cap has long been observed near the south pole of Mars. The retention of a CO2 ice cap results from the surface energy balance of the latent heat, solar radiation, surface emission, and subsurfa...

Abstract Real-time solar energy resources mapping is crucial for the development and management of power facilities. This study analyzes effects digital elevation model (DEM) resolution on accuracy surface insolation (insolation hereafter) calculated by Korea Meteorological Administration system, KMAP-Solar, using two DEMs different resolutions, 1.5 km 100 m. It found that KMAP-Solar yields sma...

The article describes the mathematical calculation of inflow solar insolation, device and operation insolation program, graphs showing change in radiation from influence weather factors, location installation receivers are ob-tained

A northern hemisphere thermodynamic climate model is used to compute the effect of the insolation anomalies due to orbital variations in the climates for the next 4000 years. Berger’s mean monthly anomalies of insolation are used in the computations, which are carried out for 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 years after present (kyears AP). The numerical simulations show that in the climates of the ne...