terrestrial radiation

American  

noun

Physics.

1. long-wave electromagnetic radiation in the form of heat emitted from the earth's surface and atmosphere.

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terrestrial radiation Scientific  

1. Long-wave electromagnetic radiation originating from Earth and its atmosphere. It is the radiation emitted by naturally radioactive materials on Earth including uranium, thorium, and radon.

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Example Sentences

While contrails often disappear completely in a short period, under certain atmospheric conditions they persist as diffuse cirrus clouds that reflect back terrestrial radiation, with a net warming effect.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2021

He is referring to the background levels of ionizing radiation coming from both natural and artificial sources all around us, including radon sources, cosmic radiation from space and terrestrial radiation from the ground.

From Scientific American • Oct. 10, 2013

At this point Arthur Holly Compton, already a crowned king of terrestrial radiation, leaped into the cosmic quest.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus vapour—whether transparent and invisible, or visible, as cloud, fog, or mist—is intimately connected with the important operations of solar and terrestrial radiation.

From A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Negretti, Henry

And, from this, Dr. Buchan concludes that over the ocean terrestrial radiation is more powerful than solar radiation in causing those vertical disturbances in the equilibrium of the atmosphere which give rise to the thunder-storm.

From Meteorology or Weather Explained by M'Pherson, J. G.