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  2. Outgoing longwave radiation - Wikipedia

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    Outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) is the longwave radiation emitted to space from the top of Earth's atmosphere. [1]: 2241 It may also be referred to as emitted terrestrial radiation. Outgoing longwave radiation plays an important role in planetary cooling. Longwave radiation generally spans wavelengths ranging from 3–100 micrometres (μm).

  3. Earth's energy budget - Wikipedia

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    In spite of the enormous transfers of energy into and from the Earth, it maintains a relatively constant temperature because, as a whole, there is little net gain or loss: Earth emits via atmospheric and terrestrial radiation (shifted to longer electromagnetic wavelengths) to space about the same amount of energy as it receives via solar ...

  4. Radiative cooling - Wikipedia

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    Earth's longwave thermal radiation intensity, from clouds, atmosphere and surface. The three basic types of radiant cooling are direct, indirect, and fluorescent: Direct radiant cooling - In a building designed to optimize direct radiation cooling, the building roof acts as a heat sink to absorb the daily internal loads. The roof acts as the ...

  5. Longwave - Wikipedia

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    Tuning dial on 1946 Dynatron Merlin T.69 console radio receiver, showing LW wavelengths between 800 and 2000 metres (375–150 kHz). In radio, longwave, long wave or long-wave, [1] and commonly abbreviated LW, [2] refers to parts of the radio spectrum with wavelengths longer than what was originally called the medium-wave broadcasting band.

  6. Terrestrial - Wikipedia

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    Terrestrial radiation, due to the insolation of heat by the earth surface, earth re-radiates the heat to the atmosphere in the form of long waves; Terrestrial reconnaissance, a type of reconnaissance that is employed along the elements of ground warfare; Terrestrial reference frame, the reference frame as one views from earth

  7. Terrestrial radiation - Wikipedia

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    Terrestrial radiation may refer to: Terrestrial radiation , electromagnetic thermal radiation emitted by Earth's surface Terrestrial background radiation , environmental radioactivity in the human environment

  8. Environmental radioactivity - Wikipedia

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    Jiří Hála claims in his textbook "Radioactivity, Ionizing Radiation and Nuclear Energy" [6] that cattle only pass a minority of the strontium, caesium, plutonium and americium they ingest to the humans who consume milk and meat. Using milk as an example, if the cow has a daily intake of 1000 Bq of the preceding isotopes then the milk will ...

  9. Infrared - Wikipedia

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    Long-wave infrared: 8 to 12, or 7 to 14 μm (this is the atmospheric window covered by HgCdTe and microbolometers). Very-long wave infrared (VLWIR) (12 to about 30 μm, covered by doped silicon). Near-infrared is the region closest in wavelength to the radiation detectable by the human eye. mid- and far-infrared are progressively further from ...