History

PROFILE: PMOD & The World Radiation Center (WRC)

March 26, 2011 Calibration
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In 1971, the PMOD was designated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO, Geneva) to serve as a World Radiation Center (WRC). The Swiss government offered the WMO to operate the WRC as a contribution to the World Weather Watch Program (WWW ) A further service was added in 1996 with the operation of the World [...]

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Joint International Symposium on Temperature, Humidity, Moisture and Thermal Measurements in Industry and Science

May 20, 2010 Applications

TEMPMEKO & ISHM 2010 – 31 May-4 June 2010 – Portorož, Slovenia The first Joint International Symposium on Temperature, Humidity, Moisture and Thermal Measurements in Industry and Science will be held in Portorož, Slovenia, located on the Slovenian coast on the Adriatic sea. It will be THE major event for temperature, thermal, humidity …

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2010 B2B Advertising Options

February 8, 2010 Applications

With The MeasurementMedia Division of Temperatures.com Southampton PA, USA – In 2010, online advertising will grow at a faster rate than in any other media form. Led by the Web, online advertising has become a viable and highly competitive Business to Business (B2B) advertising focus for many companies seeking to enhance their image, expand their [...]

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New Method to Quantify Climate Modeling Uncertainty

November 9, 2009 Climate
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Global-avg temps from mid to end of 21st century may be higher than previously believed Click for larger image: www.pnas.org/content/106/37/15555/F1.expansion.html Fig. 1. Global average projections of temperatures and uncertainty. The top panel shows globally-average temperature (°C) …

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More Airports Seek Thermal Screening For Flu

May 7, 2009 Bio-Medical
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Thermal imaging can detect elevated body temperature, one of the signs of the H1N1 virus (swine flu). Ft Meyers FL, USA — As concern continues to mount about the spread of the swine flu globally, airport authorities are responding by using digital thermal Infrared imaging technology to scan passengers. Thermal imaging can detect elevated body [...]

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Why No IR Screening at USA Ports?

May 6, 2009 Bio-Medical

USA (Opinion) — Yesterday came the report that India will join a growing number of countries installing IR Thermal Cameras at airports to screen for possible flu carriers. We reported earlier about Thermal Camera installations in Australia, Bulgaria, Korea, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. (You can bet your bippie that the ones in China, Japan, Singapore [...]

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The Spectrum of Temperature

August 24, 2008 History
Triple Point of Water cell

Teddington, UK — An updated web page at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) website presents a brief introduction to the concept of temperature, its measurement and a lot more. It begins: “The accurate measurement of temperature is vital across a broad spectrum of human activities, including industrial processes (e.g. making steel), manufacturing; monitoring (in [...]

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Cream in my Coffee?

January 6, 2007 History

The Classic Cooling Question of Black vs White Coffee {Image: Infrared Training Center} N. Billerica MA, USA — Recently all the members of the distribution list for the Infrared Training Center – ITC eNewsletter, ITC InfraMation were posed the classic question: Suppose you are served hot coffee in a restaurant. You wish to drink the [...]

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The Largest Thermometer in The World!

October 18, 2006 History

Baker CA, USA — Billed as the Longest Thermometer in the World, this web page shows a photo of what most certainly is the largest and the tallest working thermometer in the world! The thermometer is located above a coffee shop near the entrance to Death Valley in California USA is said to be 134 [...]

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Thermal Images from Sept 11, 2001

September 11, 2006 History
Thermal image of the South Tower of the World Trade Center on fire after the terrorist attack on 9/11-2001 taken by C. Ciemiengo of Jersey Infrared Consultants

Remembering The Heroism and Horror in New York on Sept 11, 2001 Thermal Image of east side of South Tower shows heat radiation from fire in orange/red. Image by Carol Ciemiengo of Jersey Infrared Consultants Burlington NJ, USA — The IRInfo.org website maintains an archive of the story and images collected by Carol Ciemiengo, a [...]

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A Brief History of Temperature Measurement

September 28, 2005 History
Anders Celsius

A Brief History of Temperature Measurement is a the only page presently on a website with the distinctive url of http://thermodynamics-information.net/. Founded in March of 2005, it appears to only have this one page, but one with some really useful and interesting information in addition to history and the thermal characters of importance. It has [...]

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Free News Releases

February 27, 2005 History

Submit your news release on temperature, humidity, data acquisition systems and related meetings or products and services by yourself or email them to us. There’s no charge, but we reserve the right to edit it for excess zeal and appropriateness. Also we prefer use of the third person voice everywhere except in our own releases, [...]

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Hyperphysics-On Temperature

June 29, 2004 History

The Hyperphysics Index is a great web resource for anyone wishing to have a ready reference that provides quick access to fundamental science in almost any field, but especially in the field of Heat and Temperature. Hosted at Georgia State University in the USA it is available on the Web at http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hphys.html and on …

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Celsius Scale

November 19, 2002 History

View the excellent web site at the astronomy Dept. of the University in Sweden to learn about the scale and Anders Celsius, the scientist who developed it.

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