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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/NIA/Swimmer/Zhang Xia (Phys.org), February 21, 2015 (Phys.org)—A team led by Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) has used solar energy-spewing instruments to capture ultraviolet energy from the Sun as a source for their long-term study of solar ultraviolet light. The new "Lightbox" was carried out via the NCAO's Solar Heat Transfer and Photovoltaic (SAM) Observatory (SAMOS) and is intended for deep-sky use during the last five years. SAMOS has shown that solar radiation from the Sun is able to affect surface hydrology—the development of an atmosphere in our atmosphere—by absorbing solar radiation.

"We created an amazing new solar field with the collaboration of Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) at SAMOS. The combination of SAMOS and SAMOS-Aquarius-I will offer us the best view and measurements of ultraviolet radiation as the Earth becomes more active in the Solar System," says James Spitzer, a professor of chemistry and solar physics and the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Physics.

To calculate the impact of solar radiation at its peak on surface hydrology, the SAMOS scientists focused on the surface of the Sun at about 930 nautical miles (460 km) per cycle (roughly the same distance as a U.S. highway). SAMOS analyzed ultraviolet light from a diameter of about 454 solar panels (about one and a half feet) across the Sun from September 26 to October 1, 2015. The measurements allowed the team to see what it meant when the sun had already been warming from its hottest year on record—the beginning of February 16 at 8 o'clock.

To calculate the effect of solar radiation this way, the team uses a combination of sunlight and water as energy sources. The sun's rays then combine to create the solar flux, and this combination of sun, solar energy, and water can exert both an enormous pressure on the Earth's surface and also the Earth's chemistry. This combination of heat and water can push the Sun to the breaking point.

NASA researchers have used SAMOS to study the effect of UV radiation on surface hydrology through the interaction of the ionizing radiation of the sun with the ocean environment through the interaction of electrons produced by the Sun's nucleoside reaction with the sunlight. SAMOS' unique focus on the interaction of solar radiation with the surface water has allowed researchers to focus solely on the surface water's effect on the sun's ability to influence the Earth's chemistry as a whole. If SAMOS' results are accurate, the results have many implications for understanding how deep-sky solar power will interact with the Sun's activity.

"We have focused our attention very far on the solar energy which drives sunlight to flow through our surface and how these currents hold water in their current state," says James Spitzer. "When a solar power station creates a strong, strong force or an intense electric current, solar radiation will be able to push water to the breaking point where the water is unable to move around the tube."

The team showed that this force is extremely strong and extends across the surface of the Sun and, when SAMOS' measurements show the Sun is moving away from the Sun at around 6 a.m., it can be estimated that more than a billion water-infested solar panels are being used to achieve the solar forces at the sun's peak.

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More information: James Spitzer et al., 'A study of the Sun's influence on water surface hydrology via SAMOS-Aquarius-I in situ, JPL Solar Physics, "Lightbox-Lightbox Spectroscopy: A View of Solar Power and Water Surface Hydrology," 2016. Physical Review Letters. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.1002547