Article review #2

Casey Ojeda

Article review #2

Improved Measurements of Sun to Advance Understanding of Climate Change
By National Science Foundation
January 19, 2011
url:
http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2011/01/19/improved-measurements-of-sun-to-advance-understanding-of-climate-change

Our technology improves each day which benefits us towards our future. In this article we can see that technology has been improving in the productions of satellites. The current satellite we have does not get enough values on the solar irradiance. According to the Solar Electricity Handbook 2011 Edition (not in the article), solar irradiance is a measure of how much solar power you are getting at your location. Now the current satellite has better accuracy of its values on the solar irradiance. With this satellite we can estimate the influence on the earths climate. Does the sun light has any affect in our atmosphere of the earth? With these measurement, we can see how the earth behaves. In the pass 11 years, the solar variability has been producing by 0.1 Celsius. This is not the reason for global warming. What can we find out with solar irradiance and its effect on earth?

This article is related to the class because the satellite helps communicate with the user to measure a certain unit in the astronomy field.  Comparing this to what we are learning, the internet helps us communicate with others in different ways and by sharing information. Also the satellite in space can communicate with the satellite in earth that way the people can receive the information on solar irradiance. Here is the bog connection between the article and our class. 

"Improved accuracies and stabilities in the long-term total solar irradiance record mean improved estimates of the sun's influence on Earth's climate," is the quote I choose for my review. This quote tells me how people will find out the earths climate due to the suns solar irradiance.