Monday, July 2, 2012

Big red solar panel

(I wore my red running shirt today)
How to get cooked in four steps or less:
1- Live in Indiana
2- Go running when the weather is like this:
3-  Cooked yet?  

Here are some interesting facts I found on the diurnal cycle of the sun's position and the air temperature.  

Example of diurnal variation of radiation and surface temperature 
Source:  http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/ctl/clisci0.html

(These are generic plots.  I have no idea where they represent or what time of year.)  Be sure to notice the temperature from 16 to 18 (4:00 pm to 6:00 pm).  Yep, max for the day.  Perfect conditions for solar panels, but not so much for running.  I'm running in the evening tomorrow.

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