solar radiation

noun

1. energy radiated from the sun in the form of electromagnetic waves, including visible and ultraviolet light and infrared radiation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of solar radiation¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

During the 2018 wildfires in British Columbia, there was such a persistent smoke plume that people claimed to have detected a reduction in crop generation under it, because of the decrease in solar radiation.

From Nautilus

There was such a persistent smoke plume that crops suffered because of the decrease in solar radiation.

From Nautilus

Window glass is “one of the weakest links” in a building’s defense against solar radiation, Rempel said, because it readily transmits heat.

From Washington Post

During the day, heat comes from solar radiation — the sunlight that streams through windows and beats down on roofs and walls.

From Washington Post

Adding trees to snow-covered regions, for example, could increase the absorption of solar radiation, possibly leading to warming.

From Science News

On the other hand, the moon is small and without an atmosphere or a magnetic field to deflect solar radiation.

From The Daily Beast

If we can imagine the earth cut off from the solar radiation, the air would cease to move.

From Project Gutenberg

Such a frozen fog is an effective reflector of solar radiation.

From Project Gutenberg

Had no other obstacle existed, this alone would have been sufficient to render the observations on solar radiation impossible.

From Project Gutenberg

Here was a means of convening solar radiation into heat, then, that offered tremendous commercial possibilities!

From Project Gutenberg

As a rule, even when the sky is clear, about one-half of the solar radiation is lost during the day by atmospheric absorption.

From Project Gutenberg

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