'First Light' Taken by NASA's Newest CERES Instrument
January 15, 2013
Thick cloud cover tends to reflect a large amount of incoming solar energy back to space (blue/green/white image), but at the same time, reduce the amount of outgoing heat lost to space (red/blue/orange image). Contrast the areas that do not have cloud cover (darker colored regions) to get a sense for how much impact the clouds have on incoming and outgoing energy. Credit: NASA/NOAA/CERES Team
Topics:
Environment, Meteorology, Planetary science, Atmospheric sciences, Technology Internet, Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System, Cirrus cloud, Sun, Solar energy, Ceres, Clouds, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
