Solar Radiation - the radiation emitted by the sun
Solid - one of the three basic phases of matter; a substance that does not flow under moderate stress ...
solar radiation: electromagnetic waves that come from the sun. Examples are UV rays, visible light, and infrared radiation.
solar radiation—The total electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun. See insolation.
sounding—In meteorology, an upper-air observation; a radiosonde observation.
Solar Radiation Energy received from the sun is solar radiation. The energy comes in many forms, such as visible light (that which we can see with our eyes).
direct solar radiation"Solar radiation that has not been scattered or absorbed.
Direct Solar Radiation
The component of solar radiation received by the earth's surface only from the direction of the sun's disk (i.e. it has not been reflected, refracted or scattered).
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Solar Radiation
The total electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun. To a first approximation, the sun radiates as a blackbody at a temperature of about 5700 K; hence, about 99.9% of its energy output falls within the wavelength interval from 0.
Solar radiation incident upon a unit horizontal surface on or above the Earth's surface. Kelvin Waves cause variations in the depth of the oceanic thermocline, the boundary between warm waters in the upper ocean and cold waters in the deep ocean.
Solar radiation or heating received at the earth's surface. The name is derived from INcoming SOLar radiATION.
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Incoming solar radiation. Solar heating, sunshine.
Instability
The tendency for air parcels to accelerate when they are displaced from their original position; especially, the tendency to accelerate upward after being lifted.
INSOLATION
Solar radiation or heating received at the earth's surface. The name is derived from INcoming SOLar radiATION.
Insolation Solar radiation that is intercepted by Earth.
Ionosphere A layer in the atmosphere above 80 km (50 mi), where gamma, X-ray, and some ultraviolet radiation is absorbed and converted into infrared, ...
Diffuse solar radiation (sky radiation) Downward scattered and reflected solar radiation, coming from the whole hemisphere with the exception of the solid angle of the sun's disc on a surface perpendicular to the axis of this cone.
heat from the sun (solar radiation)
the atmosphere
moisture.
Weather occurs in the troposphere, the layer of air about 10 -15km thick, above the surface of the earth.
Global Temperature ChangeThe net result of four primary factors including the greenhouse effect, changes in incoming solar radiation, altered patterns of ocean circulations, and changes in continental position, topography and/or vegetation.
Likewise, on a sunny day, the amount of incoming solar radiation, affects the temperature right at the earth's surface, without necessarily having much effect on the thickness of the whole layer.
It is also called solar radiation. signal-to-noise ratio A quantitative measure of the statistical detectability of a signal, expressed as a ratio of the magnitude of the signal relative to the variability.
diffuse insolationThe solar radiation that is scattered or reflected by atmospheric components (e.g., clouds) to the earth's surface.diffuse shortwave irradianceAll of the solar radiation, across the wavelength range of 0.
InsolationIncoming solar radiation. Solar heating; sunshine. InstabilityA state of the atmosphere in which convection takes place spontaneously, leading to cloud formation and precipitation.
Since more solar radiation is absorbed in the Tropics than at high latitudes, the atmosphere (and the ocean) transports heat poleward.
After sunrise, incoming solar radiation counteracts this loss of heat, but only after a lag - which can be up to an hour or so in winter with a low solar elevation.
The climate data that NCDC receives are from a wide variety of sources, including satellites, radar, remote sensing systems, NWS cooperative observers, aircraft, ships, radiosonde, wind profiler, rocketsonde, solar radiation networks, ...
Sea and land respond differently to solar radiation. Land heats quickly, because the solar radiation is almost totally absorbed at the surface, and the heat penetrates only slowly into the earth.
In the real world, the earth's atmosphere is heated from below by solar radiation, and this becomes unstable. Convection occurs, in which the warm air rises; if cloud condenses latent heat is released and can lead to a positive feedback.
Greenhouse Effect - The atmosphere allows solar radiation to reach the earth relatively easily.
Greenhouse Effect: The heating effect caused by gases in the atmosphere absorbing heat (solar radiation) instead of letting it escape back into space. There are 2 types: 1) Natural: It is what keeps the Earth's average temperature at 59oF ...
Greenhouse effect Although nearly transparent to solar radiation, the atmosphere is much less transparent to infrared radiation.
Land and Sea Breezes: Local winds caused by the unequal warming and cooling of adjacent water and land surfaces under the influence of solar radiation (during the day) and land radiation (during the night), ...
Solar constant: The amount of solar radiation received at the top of the Earth's atmosphere on a surface perpendicular to the incoming radiation at Earth's mean distance from the Sun. Its value is about 1370 watts per square meter.
Greenhouse effect: atmospheric heating caused by solar radiation being readily transmitted inward through the earth's atmosphere but longwave radiation less readily transmitted outward, due to absorption by certain gases in the atmosphere.
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Solar Seasons: A division of the year for non-tropical latitudes into four three-month periods based on the daylength or amount of potential solar radiation.
Aurora - A bright and ever changing display of light caused by solar radiation interacting with the upper atmosphere in the region of the poles.
Direct insolation
Solar radiation that is transmitted directly through the atmosphere to the earth's surface without interacting with atmospheric components.
When clouds become very deep, less and less of the incoming solar radiation makes it through to the bottom of the cloud, which gives these clouds a darker appearance.
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In physical meteorology, a reduction in radiation flow, especially solar radiation by atmospheric gases and aerosols.
Insolation 1) Exposure of an object to the Sun. 2) Intensity of incoming solar radiation incident on a unit horizontal surface at a specific level.
Air Temperature
The temperature indicated by a thermometer exposed to the air in a place sheltered from direct solar radiation.
Altocumulus
White or gray, or both white and gray, patch, sheet, or layer of cloud.
Winds are caused by unequal heating and cooling of both the ground and atmosphere, which is affected by such things as solar radiation, the Earth's rotation, cloud formation, etc.
PYRANOMETER: Instrument which measures diffuse and direct solar radiation.
Extremely thin air at these altitudes is exited by the solar radiation causing the gas to become ionized. AURORAS occur when these ions are affected by the earth's magnetic field near the poles. The NORTHERN LIGHTS are an example of an aurora.
Shortwave Radiation- The radiation received from the sun and emitted in the spectral wavelengths less than 4 microns. It is also called 'solar radiation'.
Shower - Precipitation that is intermittent, both in time, space or intensity.
between the radiation received by the earth and atmosphere from the sun and that emitted by the earth and atmosphere. The balance between heat loss (long wave radiation from the earth back into the atmosphere) and heat gain (incoming solar radiation).
Porter, the official in charge at the Weather Service, explained that the gauge - actually called a sunshine switch - measures the amount of solar radiation people will be able to get for their solar-powered items.
 See also: Radiation, Surface, Temperature, Air, Weather
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