diffuse is what will be received by flat solar panels
beam is what is received by concentrating solar collector
dishes, lenses, fields of mirrors
PSP partial Spherical pyrometer ...diffuse
NIP normal incidence Pyrometer ...beam
Insolation is intercepted solar radiation.
Radiation is a general term for the energy transmitted through space.Incident radiation is a term used when referring to the radiation hitting a specific surface. For instance, the incident radiation for a solar panel is the total amount of radiation hitting the surface of the solar panel. This is in contrast to direct beam radiation which refers to only that radiation which arrives in a strait line from the sun. (It differs in that total incident radiation includes additionally the component of diffuse radiation.)
Yes, solar radiation warms the surface of the ocean. Warmth rises from the ocean in the form of infrared radiation.
Troposphere does not absorb solar radiation. All other layers do not absorb.
About 6% of incoming solar radiation is reflected back into space from the atmosphere and 4% by the surface of the earth.Incoming solar radiation: 100%Reflected by the atmosphere: 6% : Absorbed by the atmosphere: 16%Continuing incoming solar radiation: 78%Reflected by clouds: 20% : Absorbed by clouds: 3%Continuing incoming solar radiation: 55%Reflected by the earth's surface: 4% : Absorbed by the earth's surface (lands and oceans): 51%
A pyranometer measures direct and diffuse solar radiation.
Every location on Earth receives sunlight at least part of the year. The amount of solar radiation that reaches any one "spot" on the Earth's surface varies according to these factors:Geographic locationTime of daySeasonLocal landscapeLocal weather.Diffuse and Direct Solar RadiationAs sunlight passes through the atmosphere, some of it is absorbed, scattered, and reflected by the following: Air moleculesWater vaporCloudsDustPollutantsForest firesVolcanoes.This is called diffuse solar radiation. The solar radiation that reaches the Earth's surface without being diffused is called direct beam solar radiation. The sum of the diffuse and direct solar radiation is called global solar radiation. Atmospheric conditions can reduce direct beam radiation by 10% on clear, dry days and by 100% during thick, cloudy days.
an instrument used to measure the flux of solar radiation through a surface.
They are essentially the same thing. Solar radiation from the sun is made up of two components: (1) direct solar raidation; and (2) diffuse solar radiation. Global radiation refers to the sum of direct and diffuse fractions.
Heat from the sun is called Solar Radiation, so the answer is SOLAR RADIATION
Insolation is intercepted solar radiation.
— Direct solar beam - have specific directions, from sun to earth's surfaces - 17 % — Diffuse radiation from clouds - 21 % and from sky - 7 % (comes from all directions of the hemisphere) — Reflectivity is the reflected fraction of incident radiation at specific wavelength. — Albedo (α) is the reflection over the entire solar spectrum (the whole range of wavelengths). Examples: — Snow is very reflective to visible and completely reflective to infrared radiation. Albedo is 1 or 100 %. In leaves, there is less absorption and more reflection for the green light in the visible spectrum, compared to blue and red light, where reflection is much less, causing the leaves to be appeared as green.
Radiation is a general term for the energy transmitted through space.Incident radiation is a term used when referring to the radiation hitting a specific surface. For instance, the incident radiation for a solar panel is the total amount of radiation hitting the surface of the solar panel. This is in contrast to direct beam radiation which refers to only that radiation which arrives in a strait line from the sun. (It differs in that total incident radiation includes additionally the component of diffuse radiation.)
incoming solar radiation = insolation
Solar radiation is most intense at noon.
The plants absorbs the solar radiation and energy.
It increases the amount of solar radiation that is reflected into space