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February 13, 1984

Taking The Earth's Temperature With Blackbody Radiation

Dr. Nancy Kerr Del Grande
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Darwin 103
3:00 PM

Dr. Nancy Kerr Del Grande of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will explain how a precise application of Planck's law has increased accuracy of temperature mapping tenfold, leading to new exploration techniques in geology and archaeology.