Glossary
- USAF (search)
United States Air Force
- USGS (search)
United States Geological Survey
- ultraviolet (search)
- Electromagnetic radiation resembling visible light, but of shorter wavelength. The eye cannot see UV, and much of it is absorbed by ozone, a variant of oxygen, at altitudes of 30-40 km
- Variants
- ultraviolet radiation (search)
- The energy range just beyond the violet end of the visible spectrum. Although ultraviolet radiation constitutes only about 5 percent of the total energy emitted from the sun, it is the major energy source for the stratosphere and mesosphere, playing a dominant role in both energy balance and chemical composition.
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Variants
- Ultraviolet radiation (search)
