Yearly Averaged Passive Cooling Potential in Watts Per Square Meter for the Contiguous US Territory (IMAGE)

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Yearly Averaged Passive Cooling Potential in Watts Per Square Meter for the Contiguous US Territory

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UCSD researchers recently set out to gain a better understanding of the thermal balance of power plants and surfaces, but quickly realized that they would need to determine what roles cloud cover and relative humidity play in the transparency of the atmosphere to radiatio. In the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, the group presents detailed radiative cooling resource maps they created to help determine the best climates for large-scale deployment of passive cooling technologies. This image shows yearly averaged passive cooling potential in watts per square meter for the contiguous US territory.

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