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Mitigating Climate Change with Earth Orbital Sunshades (2015)

Johnson, Les ; Coverstone, Victoria

In: CASI

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Publication Date: 2019-07-12

Description: An 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.

Keywords: Meteorology and Climatology

Type: M15-4897

Format: application/pdf

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