Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Shortwave radiation is a term used to describe the radiant energy emitted by the sun in the visible and near-ultraviolet wavelengths (between about 0.1 and 2 micrometers). Compare this to longwave radiation. External Links National Science Digital Library - Shortwave radiation Measuring Solar Radiation: The Solar Infrared Radiation Station (SIRS). A lesson plan that deals with shortwave radiation from the SIRS instrument. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.