On estimating the effect of clouds on atmospheric absorption based on flux observations above and below cloud level

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 829-832

  Arking, Albert ^a,d   Chou, Ming Dah ^b   Ridgway, William L ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Applied Research Corporation   (United States)

^d NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; CLOUDS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

ABSORPTION OF SOLAR RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC ABSORPTION; BELOW-CLOUD; CLEAR SKY; FLUX OBSERVATION; MEASUREMENTS OF; SOLAR FLUX;

SOLAR RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC ABSORPTION; NET DOWNWARD FLUX; SOLAR FLUX;

BROKEN CLOUD CONTAMINATION; CLOUD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SOLAR FLUX; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0030125814     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00775     Document Type: Article

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