atmospheric window

noun Astronomy.

any of the wavelengths at which electromagnetic radiation from space can penetrate the earth's atmosphere.

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atmospheric window

—n
	wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum that can be transmitted through the earth's atmosphere. Atmospheric windows occur in the visible, infrared, and radio regions of the spectrum

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