SHORTWAVE RADIATION

Domain	Definition
Solar	The principal portion of the solar spectrum that spans from approximately 300 nanometers (nm) to 4000 nm in the electromagnetic spectrum. Longwave radiation is infrared radiation (>4000 nm). (references)
Weather	The radiation received from the sun and emitted in the spectral wavelengths less than 4 �m. It is also called solar radiation. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Shortwave radiation

Shortwave radiation is a term used to describe the radiant energy emitted by the sun in the visible and near-ultraviolet wavelengths (between about 0.1 and 2 micrometers).

Compare this to longwave radiation.

External Links

National Science Digital Library - Shortwave radiation
Measuring Solar Radiation: The Solar Infrared Radiation Station (SIRS). A lesson plan that deals with shortwave radiation from the SIRS instrument.

Anagrams: SHORTWAVE RADIATION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-e-h-i-i-n-o-o-r-r-s-t-t-v-w"
	-5 letters: northeastward.
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Alternative Orthography: SHORTWAVE RADIATION

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 48 4F 52 54 57 41 56 45 52 41 44 49 41 54 49 4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01001000 01001111 01010010 01010100 01010111 01000001 01010110 01000101 00100000 01010010 01000001 01000100 01001001 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#72 &#79 &#82 &#84 &#87 &#65 &#86 &#69 &#32 &#82 &#65 &#68 &#73 &#65 &#84 &#73 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0048 004F 0052 0054 0057 0041 0056 0045 0052 0041 0044 0049 0041 0054 0049 004F 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

SHORTWAVE RADIATION

Specialty Definition: SHORTWAVE RADIATION

Solar

Weather