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

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Origin of solar radiation

First recorded in 1805–15

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How to use solar radiation in a sentence

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.
What’s Fueling Today’s Extreme Fires - Issue 104: Harmony|Dan Falk|August 4, 2021|Nautilus
There was such a persistent smoke plume that crops suffered because of the decrease in solar radiation.
What’s Fueling Today’s Extreme Fires - Issue 104: Harmony|Dan Falk|August 4, 2021|Nautilus
Window glass is “one of the weakest links” in a building’s defense against solar radiation, Rempel said, because it readily transmits heat.
How to cool your home without relying on air conditioning|Sarah Kaplan|July 23, 2021|Washington Post
During the day, heat comes from solar radiation — the sunlight that streams through windows and beats down on roofs and walls.
How to cool your home without relying on air conditioning|Sarah Kaplan|July 23, 2021|Washington Post

Adding trees to snow-covered regions, for example, could increase the absorption of solar radiation, possibly leading to warming.
Why planting tons of trees isn’t enough to solve climate change|Carolyn Gramling|July 9, 2021|Science News
On the other hand, the moon is small and without an atmosphere or a magnetic field to deflect solar radiation.
Man on the Moon|The Daily Beast|July 19, 2009|DAILY BEAST
If we can imagine the earth cut off from the solar radiation, the air would cease to move.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
Such a frozen fog is an effective reflector of solar radiation.
Climatic Changes|Ellsworth Huntington
Had no other obstacle existed, this alone would have been sufficient to render the observations on solar radiation impossible.
Hours of Exercise in the Alps|John Tyndall
Here was a means of convening solar radiation into heat, then, that offered tremendous commercial possibilities!
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930|Various
As a rule, even when the sky is clear, about one-half of the solar radiation is lost during the day by atmospheric absorption.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5|Various

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