solar radiation
Light from sun
Solar radiation is energy emitted by the sun, traveling through space as electromagnetic waves.
It includes visible light, ultraviolet rays, and infrared radiation.
Solar radiation drives Earth's climate, enables photosynthesis, and powers solar energy systems.
Excessive exposure causes sunburn and skin cancer: The report measured solar radiation levels throughout the day.
- sunlightRadiance from our star
- ultravioletWavelengths shorter than violet
- sunshineDirect rays from above
- sun exposureLight from sky reaching skin
- sunEarth's primary star
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- desert researchsand dunes, drought, aridity, desertification, erosion
- micrometeorologyboundary layer, turbulence, latent heat, energy balance, microclimate
- sunsol, sunlight, sunspots, sunshine, sunbeam
- climateclimate change, climate, weather, global warming, temperature
- rainforestrainforest, jungle, tropical, tropics, canopy
- weather datatemperature, humidity, rainfall, snowfall, wind speed
solar radiationgeothermal energy
Heat harvested from underground
geothermal heat · tidal energy · cosmic radiation · nuclear radiation · radioactive decay
solar radiationdarkness
Total absence of light
shadow · night · solar eclipse · umbra · polar night
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