Sentence examples for solar thaw from inspiring English sources
Which is where the solar thaw comes in.
They also reprogrammed the probe's attitude-control system with a motion-compensation algorithm to slew the craft as it passed Uranus and its moons, enabling it to produce much crisper images.Unblocking valves, using solar panels as sails and thawing propulsion systems are all useful tricks that have saved free-flying probes.
Models with each of four weather variables: solar radiation in W/m2 (SR), thawing day-degrees in °C (TDD), proportion of capture period with wind speeds above 3 m/s (WIND) or precipitation in mm (PREC) were ranked from one to four, with four assigned to the model with the best fit.
Methane being released as permafrost thaws and melting ice meaning less solar energy reflected back into space are two examples.
Loss of ice caps would lead to less solar energy being reflected back into space, while thawing tundra would release more methane and other greenhouse gases currently frozen in polar regions.
And then the first pictures arrived: black-and-white images of the solar panels, of one of the lander's footpads and of surrounding terrain, showing the polygonal fractures caused by repeated thawing and freezing.
