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Solar spectrum

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-002126

The total distribution of electromagnetic radiation emanating from the sun. The different regions of the solar spectrum are described by their wavelength range. The visible region extends from about 390 to 780 nanometers (a nanometer is one billionth of one meter). About 99 percent of solar radiation is contained in a wavelength region from 300 nm (ultraviolet) to 3,000 nm(near-infrared). The combined radiation in the wavelength region from280 nm to 4,000 nm is called the broadband, or total, solar radiation.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-002126
FieldEnergy
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-002126",
  "term": "Solar spectrum",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "The total distribution of electromagnetic radiation emanating from the sun. The different regions of the solar spectrum are described by their wavelength range. The visible region extends from about 390 to 780 nanometers (a nanometer is one billionth of one meter). About 99 percent of solar radiation is contained in a wavelength region from 300 nm (ultraviolet) to 3,000 nm(near-infrared). The combined radiation in the wavelength region from280 nm to 4,000 nm is called the broadband, or total, solar radiation.",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/solar-spectrum/"
}

Record 2,126 of 2,515 in Energy terminology (MLC-0117). Request the full dataset.