International workshop will propose ways of creating a comprehensive climate databank. By Rhiannon Smith.

A surface temperature image taken from the Graphical Forecast Editing Suite (GFE) shows the influence the local terrain has on the surface temperature (Image Courtesy: NOAA).

In a recent article in Nature News by Rhiannon Smith at www.nature.com/news/2010/100905/full/news.2010.448.html discusses the upcoming workshop of meteorologists at the UK’s Met office.

The workshop, to be held in Exeter on 7-9 September, will be hosted by Britain’s Met Office. It follows years of discussion within the climate-science community, which wants to draw disparate climate data together into a single, comprehensive repository to streamline research. continue reading »

Meeting on Future thermal analysis needs – providing data modelling and more | 12 October 2010 | Techno Centre, Coventry UK

Teddington, UK — This event gives you the opportunity to hear examples of project experiences from Scott Owens of NNL (National Nuclear Laboratory) and David Ford of DAF Associates as well as speakers from NPL (National Physical Laboratory), which have resulted in the successful creation of thermophysical data for industrial applications. continue reading »

Extreme Darkness: Carbon Nanotube Forest Covers NIST’s Ultra-dark Detector

{Caption: Colorized micrograph of the world’s darkest material—a sparse “forest” of fine carbon nanotubes — coating a NIST laser power detector. Image shows a region approximately 25 micrometers across. Credit: Aric Sanders/NIST — View hi-resolution image}

Gaithersburg MD, USA — Harnessing darkness for practical use, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a laser power detector coated with the world’s darkest material—a forest of carbon nanotubes that reflects almost no light across the visible and part of the infrared spectrum. continue reading »

Measures both Seebeck coefficient & electric resistivity

Methuen MA, USA & Yokohama, Japan — Thermal power generation is a method of generating power based on the thermoelectric effect which was discovered by J. T. Seebeck, German physicist in 1821. In the face of recent global warming caused by carbon dioxide and depletion of fossil fuels, thermoelectric conversion devices are attracting attention because of its effective utilization of waste heat energies. It is also the property of electrically conductive materials that enables them to be used as temperature sensors, specifically “thermocouples“.

To meet these pressing requirements, ULVAC-Riko has developed a characteristic evaluating instrument for these materials and devices. continue reading »

Measurement & Calibration: Temperature – 4 to 6 October; Humidity – 7 to 8 October

Teddington, UK — Temperature Measurement & Calibration Course: A two/three day course on temperature measurement and calibration, covering measurement techniques; thermodynamic background and temperature scales; calibration techniques; traceability and accreditation; together with hands-on laboratory sessions.

Humidity Measurement & Calibration Course: A two day course on humidity measurement and calibration, covering dew point, relative humidity and many other humidity quantities, it will concentrate on methods of measurement which are of greatest technological relevance to attendees. continue reading »

Measurements by Raman Thermography

by Gregory S. Doerk, Carlo Carraro and Roya Maboudian*, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720

Journal:  ACS Nano, Article ASAP | DOI: 10.1021/nn1012429;
Publication Date (Web): July 22, 2010

_{* Address correspondence to maboudia@berkeley.edu}.
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