Surface solar radiation flux and cloud radiative forcing for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Southern Great Plains (SGP): A satellite, surface observations, and radiative transfer model study

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1289-1307

  Gautier, Catherine ^a   Landsfeld, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOMETRY;

RADIATIVE FORCING; SURFACE FLUX;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ARM; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT; MODEL; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION;

USA, GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 0031131620     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1289:SSRFAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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