What Is terrestrial radiation and How does it differ from solar radiation?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Terrestrial radiation is heat energy emitted by the Earth's surface as a result of absorbing solar radiation. It differs from solar radiation in that solar radiation comes directly from the sun and is the primary source of energy for the Earth's climate system, while terrestrial radiation is a form of infrared radiation emitted by the Earth.

Answer 3

Terrestrial radiation is absorbed by the gases of the atmosphere. All gases, except diatomic gases, absorb radiation in the terrestrial wavelengths. The two important diatomic gases in our atmosphere are oxygen and nitrogen. Thus, it is the least abundant gases that serve as absorbers of terrestrial radiation, i.e. the greenhouse gases (Table 7). If our planet had no greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, then surface temperatures would be 255 K. As it is, global average surface temperature is about 288 K. The difference, 33 K, is the magnitude of the planetary greenhouse.

Answer 4

Insolation is radiation that comes from the sun in the form of electromagnetic waves. Terrestrial radiation comes from the earth and its atmosphere. Terrestrial radiation sources include potassium, uranium, and

thorium, and their decay products.

Answer 5

Solar and terrestrial radiation are nothing but the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun

Answer 6

Terrestrial radiation is heat that is radiated from the earth, solar radiation is heat radiated from the sun.