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Mitigating Climate Change with Earth Orbital SunshadesAn array of rotating sunshades based on emerging solar sail technology will be deployed in a novel Earth orbit to provide near-continuous partial shading of the Earth, reducing the heat input to the atmosphere by blocking a small percentage of the incoming sunlight, and mitigating local weather effects of anticipated climate change over the next century. The technology will provide local cooling relief during extreme heat events (and heating relief during extreme cold events) thereby saving human lives, agriculture, livestock, water and energy needs. A synthesis of the solar sail design, the sails' operational modes, and the selected orbit combine to provide local weather modification.
Document ID
20150021454
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
Coverstone, Victoria
(Illinois Univ. Urbana, IL, United States)
Johnson, Les
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
November 19, 2015
Publication Date
June 21, 2015
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Report/Patent Number
M15-4897
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
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