When I came above ground, the dazzling sunlight was waiting.
地上の気温は30度を超えている。
The temperature on the ground exceeds 30 degrees.
noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
this world; this earth
Used in a more figurative or literary sense to mean the mortal world or earthly existence, as opposed to heaven or the afterlife.
彼は地上の生を終え、安らかに眠りについた。
He ended his life on this earth and peacefully fell asleep.
He descended to the ground by parachute.
The building is 200 meters above the ground.
地上 means on the ground or earth's surface, the direct opposite of 空中, which means up in the air.
geoglyph
epigeal stem; above-ground stem