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These wavelengths of light have a significant impact on the thermosphere, where air molecules absorb their energy and the reradiate it in the form of infrared energy.
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The satellites detect the infrared energy emitted by land.
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In addition to its weather-watching mission and collection of climate records, MSG-3 has a radiation sensor to measures the amount of solar and infrared energy that is reflected back into space, to better understand climate processes.
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Athletes do triple jumps down a 10-meter lane lined with infrared sensors to determine their energy level before a workout.
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The UCLA team describes a new kind of polymer solar cell (PSC) that produces energy by absorbing mainly infrared light, not visible light, making the cells nearly 70% transparent to the human eye.
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By measuring the way their fields reflect and emit energy at visible and infrared wavelengths, precision farmers can monitor a wide range of variables that affect their crops such as soil moisture, surface temperature, photosynthetic activity, and weed or pest infestations.
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Bell says she was influenced by far-infrared technology (man-made thermal energy).
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Current solar power largely ignores near-infrared light and wastes about 40 percent of the potential energy it could harness.
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