Broadband water vapor absorption of solar radiation tested using ARM data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1169-1172

  Fu, Qiang ^a   Lesins, G ^a   Higgins, J ^a   Charlock, T ^b   Chylek, P ^a   Michalsky, J ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION; VAPORS; WATER; ARM PROCESSORS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; WATER ABSORPTION;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT (ARM); AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; ANOMALOUS ABSORPTION; CENTRAL FACILITIES; HIGH QUALITY DATA; MODEL AND OBSERVATION; RADIATION MODELING; SURFACE IRRADIANCE; WATER-VAPOR ABSORPTION;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; WATER VAPOR;

ABSORPTION; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER VAPOUR;

EID: 0000268122     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00846     Document Type: Article

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