incoming solar radiation
1Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment — The Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) is a NASA sponsored satellite mission that provides state of the art measurements of incoming X ray, ultraviolet, visible, near infrared, and total solar radiation. The measurements provided by… …
2Solar thermal energy — Solar thermal system for water heating in Santorini, Greece …
3Solar energy — is the light and radiant heat from the Sun that powers Earth s climate and weather and sustains life. Since ancient times it has been harnessed for human use through a range of technologies. Solar radiation along with secondary solar resources… …
4solar energy — energy derived from the sun in the form of solar radiation. Also called solar. * * * Radiation from the Sun that can produce heat, generate electricity, or cause chemical reactions. Solar energy is inexhaustible and nonpolluting, but it is not an …
5Solar greenhouse (technical) — A solar greenhouse works by letting in solar radiation to warm the ground, with the structure then trapping the energy to increase and maintain the temperature at a higher level than it otherwise would be. Generally, a greenhouse blocks the heat… …
6radiation — 01. Some of the people who died in Hiroshima were killed by [radiation], rather than the actual bomb blast. 02. Workers at the nuclear power plant were exposed to [radiation] during the leak. 03. [Radiation] spread throughout large parts of… …
7Solar Mesosphere Explorer — The Solar Mesosphere Explorer (also known as Explorer 64) was an United States unmanned spacecraft to investigate the processes that create and destroy ozone in Earth s upper atmosphere. The mesosphere is a layer of the atmosphere extending from… …
8solar constant — noun The amount of incoming solar radiation per unit area, measured on the outer surface of Earths atmosphere, in a plane perpendicular to the rays …
9Solar Thermal Electric — A process that generates electricity by converting incoming solar radiation to thermal energy …
10Solar thermal collector — A solar thermal collector is a solar collector specifically intended to collect heat: that is, to absorb sunlight to provide heat. Although the term may be applied to simple solar hot water panels, it is usually used to denote more complex… …
