What is difference between solar radiation and global radiation?

[shivajikobardan]

Homework Statement

What is difference between solar radiation and global radiation?

Relevant Equations

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Solar radiation-:

it is em radiation emitted by son. it is short wave radiation. it comes in many forms.
1) visible light
2) radio waves
3) infrared
4) x rays
5) uv rays

Global radiation-:
it is sum of direct and diffuse radiation arriving at a ground.

What are the differences between these two?

 

[DrClaude]

What are the differences between these two?

What do you think? (Hint: there is something important between the Sun and the ground.)

 

[shivajikobardan]

What do you think? (Hint: there is something important between the Sun and the ground.)

Hmm not sure
maybe solar radiation doesn't enter the ground?

 

[DrClaude]

Hmm not sure
maybe solar radiation doesn't enter the ground?

I'm sure that you can feel the Sun's rays when it is shining on you standing on the ground.

 

[pbuk]

Look at the first picture in this article: https://www.weather.gov/jetstream/energy.

Solar radiation is the blue arrow labelled 100 at the top.

Global radiation consists of:

• Direct (solar) radiation (the blue arrows labelled 47 (absorbed) at the bottom and 7 (reflected)) plus
• Indirect (atmospheric) radiation (the red arrow labelled 98 at the bottom).

 

[DaveC426913]

What do you think? (Hint: there is something important between the Sun and the ground.)

 

[shivajikobardan]

Look at the first picture in this article: https://www.weather.gov/jetstream/energy.
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Solar radiation is the blue arrow labelled 100 at the top.

Ground radiation consists of:

• Direct (solar) radiation (the blue arrows labelled 47 (absorbed) at the bottom and 7 (reflected)) plus
• Indirect (atmospheric) radiation (the red arrow labelled 98 at the bottom).

it is global radiation...it is not ground radiation...are they same?

 

[pbuk]

it is global radiation...it is not ground radiation...are they same?

Yes sorry, that was a typo, I have edited it.

I am not sure what sources you are using to learn about this but I think the US government weather site I linked to is a good one.