All the electromagnetic radiation and subatomic particles radiated from the Sun, especially that part that reaches the Earth
The amount of radiation or energy received from the sun at any given point The "solar constant" is a measure of solar radiation: 0 140 watts per square centimeter, at a point just outside the Earth's atmosphere, located on a surface that is perpendicular to the line of radiation, and measured when the Earth is at its mean orbital distance from the sun (Source: Mintzer, 1992)
Radiation emitted from the Sun, which has wavelengths in the visible (light) and ultraviolet parts of the electromagnetic spectrum
The total electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun See insolation, direct solar radiation, diffuse sky radiation, global radiation, extraterrestrial radiation, solar constant
The total electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun About 99 9 percent of its energy output falls within the wavelength interval from 0 15 microns to 4 0 microns, with peak intensity near 0 47 microns About one-half of the total energy in the solar beam falls in the visible spectrum from 0 4 to 0 7 microns, and most of the other half falls in the near infrared, a small additional portion falling in the ultraviolet
The total radiant energy from the sun, including ultraviolet and infrared wave lengths as well as visible light
Energy from the Sun Also referred to as short-wave radiation Of importance to the climate system, solar radiation includes ultra-violet radiation, visible radiation, and infra-red radiation
is energy from the sun It is the main energy source for Earth's climate system, heating the surface and driving currents in the oceans and winds in the atmosphere Ordinary visible sunlight is the most obvious form of solar radiation, but other forms are significant too For example, see ultraviolet radiation
electromagnetic radiation from the Sun, especially in the wavelength range 0 3 to 3 micrometers which contains nearly all the total irradiance
Radiation emitted by the Sun It is also referred to as short-wave radiation Solar radiation has a distinctive range of wavelengths (spectrum) determined by the temperature of the Sun See also: Infrared radiation
The total electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun (see insolation) (Rice (1991))
Radiation emitted by the sun It consists of ultraviolet radiation with wave-lengths between 0 1 and 0 4 microns, visible radiation with wavelengths between 0 4 and 0 7 microns and near-infrared radiation with wave-lengths between 0 7 and 4 microns Of the total energy emitted by the sun, about half is visible and half near infrared, with ultraviolet being a small, but important constituent Much of the ultraviolet is absorbed in the stratosphere and above, which prevents it from harming life at the surface of Earth
Radiation emitted by the Sun Also known as short-wave radiation Solar radiation has a distinctive spectrum (i e , range of wavelengths) governed by the temperature of the Sun The spectrum of solar radiation is practically distinct from that of infrared (q v ) or terrestrial radiation because of the difference in temperature between the Sun and the Earth-atmosphere system