diffuse radiation References diffuse radiation atmospheric science Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: atmosphere/ RadiationDiffuse radiation, in contrast, reaches the surface after first being scattered from its line of propagation. On an overcast day, for example, the Sun’s disk is not visible, and all of the shortwave radiation is diffuse. Read MoreDiffuse radiation, in contrast, reaches the surface after first being scattered from its line of propagation. On an overcast day, for example, the Sun’s disk is not visible, and all of the shortwave radiation is diffuse. Read More