Comparison of model estimated and measured direct-normal solar irradiance

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 25, 1997, Pages 29991-30002

  Halthore, Rangasayi N ^a   Schwartz, Stephen E ^a   Michalsky, Joseph J ^b   Anderson, Gail P ^c   Ferrare, Richard A ^d   Holben, Brent N ^e   Ten Brink, Harry M ^f  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRADIANCE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0031396427     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd02628     Document Type: Review

References (31)

1. Anderson, G. P, et al., MODTRAN 3: Suitability as a flux-divergence code, in Proceedings of the 4th ARM Science Team Meeting (1994), DOE Rep. CONF-940277, U. S. Dep. of Energy, Washington, D. C., pp. 75-80, 1995.
2. Arking, A., Absorption of solar energy in the atmosphere: discrepancy between model and observations, Science, 273, 779-782, 1996.
3. Bruegge, C. J., R. N. Halthore, B. L. Markham, M. Spanner, and R. Wrigley, Aerosol optical depth retrievals over the Konza Prairie, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 18,743-18,758, 1992.
4. Cess, R. D., et al., Absorption of solar radiation by clouds: Observations versus models, Science, 267, 496-499, 1995.
5. Clough, S.A., Radiative transfer model development in support of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program, in Proceedings of the 2nd ARM Science Team Meeting (1991), DOE Rep. CONF-9110336, pp. 21-24, U. S. Dept. of Energy, Washington, D. C., 1992.
6. Halthore, R. N., and B. L. Markham, Overview of atmospheric correction and radiometric calibration efforts during FIFE, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 18,731-18742, 1992a.
7. Halthore, R. N., B. L. Markham, R. A. Ferrare, and T. O. Aro, Aerosol optical properties over the mid-continental United States, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 18,769-18778, 1992b.
8. Halthore, R. N., T. F. Eck, B. N. Holben, and B. L. Markham, Sun photometric measurements of atmospheric water vapor column abundance in the 940-nm band, J. Geophvs. Res., 102, 4343-4352, 1997.
9. Harrison, L., J. Michalsky, and J. Berndt, Automatic multifilter rotating shadow-band radiometer: An instrument for optical depth and radiation measurements, Appl. Opt., 33, 5118-5125, 1994.
10. Imre, D. G., E. H. Abramson, and P. H. Daum, Quantifying cloud-induced shortwave adsorption: An examination of uncertainties and of recent arguments for large excess absorption, J. Appl. Meteorol., 35, 1991-2010, 1996.
11. Kurucz, R. L., The solar irradiancc by computation, in Proceedings of the 17th Annual Review Conference on Atmospheric Transmission Models, edited by G. P. Anderson, R. H. Picard, and J. H. Chetwynd, 332pp., Phillips Lab., Geophys. Dir., Bedford, Mass., 1995.
12. Lean, J., Variations in the Sun's radiative output, Rev. Geophys., 29, 505-535, 1991.
13. Lesht, B. M., and J. C. Liljegren, Comparison of precipitable water vapor measurements obtained by microwave radiometry and radiosondes at the Southern Great Plains CART site, in Proceedings of the 5th ARM Science Team Meeting (1996), DOE Rep., U. S. Dep. of Energy, Washington, D. C., in press, 1997.
14. Markham, B. L., and J. L. Barker, Thematic Mapper bandpass solar exo-atmospheric irradiances, Int. J. Remote Sens., 8, 517-523, 1987.
15. Michalsky, J., J. C. Liljegren, and L. C. Harrison, A comparison of Sun photometer derivations of total column water vapor and ozone to standard measures of same at the southern Great Plains Atmospheric Radiation Measurement site, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 25,995-26,003, 1995.
16. Michalsky, J., M. Rubes, T. Stoffel, M. Wesely, M. Splitt, and J. DeLuisi, Optimal measurement of surface shortwave irradiance using current instrumentation - The ARM experience, in Proceedings of the Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, pp. J5-J9, Am. Meteorol. Soc., Boston, Mass., 1997.
17. Neekel, H., and D. Labs, The solar radiation between 3300 and 12,500 A, Sol. Phys., 90, 205-258, 1984.
18. Neuendorffer, A., Ozone monitoring with TIROS N operational vertical sounders, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 18,807-18,828, 1996.
19. Penner, J. E., R. J. Charlson, J. M. Hales, N. S. Laulainen, R. Leifer, T. Novakov, J. Ogren, L. F. Radke, S. E. Schwartz, and L. Travis, Quantifying and minimizing uncertainty of climate forcing by anthropogenic aerosols, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 75, 375-400, 1994.
20. Pilewskie, P., and F. P. J. Valero, Direct observations of excess solar absorption by clouds. Science, 257, 1626-1629, 1995.
21. Quinn, P. K., T. L. Anderson, T. S. Bates, R. Dlugi, J. Heintzenberg, W. von Hoyningen-Heune, M. Kulmala, P. B. Russell, and E. Swietlicki, Closure in tropospheric aerosol-climate research: A review and future needs for addressing aerosol direct shortwave radiative forcing, Beitr. Phys. Atmos., 69, 547-577, 1996.
22. Ramanathan, V., B. Subasilar, G. J. Zhang, W. Conant, R. D. Cess, J. T. Kiehl, H. Grassl, and L. Shi, Warm pool heat budget and shortwave cloud forcing: A missing physics?, Science, 267, 499-503, 1995.
23. Reagan, J. A., P. A. Pilewskie, I. C. Scott-Fleming, B. M. Herman, and A. Ben-David, Extrapolation of earth-based solar irradiative measurements to exoatmospheric levels for broad-band and selected absorption-band observations, IEEE Trans. Geosci. REmote Sens., GE-25 (6), 647-653, 1987.
24. Romero, J., N. P. Fox, and C. Frohlich, Improved comparison of the World Radiometrie Reference and the SI radiometric scale, Metrologia, 32, 523-524, 1995/1996.
25. Shaw, G. E., Sun photometry, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 64, 4-10, 1983.
26. Shettle, E. P., and S. M. Anderson, New visible and near ir ozone absorption cross-sections for MODTRAN, in Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference on Atmospheric Transmission Models, edited by G. P. Anderson, R. H. Picard, and J. H. Chetwynd, pp. 335-345, PL-TR-95-2060, Phillips Lab/Geophysics directorate, Bedford, Mass., 1995.
27. Snell, H. E., W. O. Gallery, D. B. Hogan, J. L. Moncet, G. P. Anderson, J. H. Chewynd, S. Miller, and J. Wang, FASCODE for the Environment (FASE), in Proceedings of the 6th ARM Science Team Meeting, DOE Rep., U. S. Dep. of Energy, Washington, D. C., June 1997.
28. Spinhirne, J. D., J. A. R. Rail, and V. S. Scott, Compact eye safe lidar systems, Rev. Laser Eng., 23, 112-118, 1995.
29. Stephens, G. L., How much solar radiation do clouds absorb?, Science, 271, 1131-1133, 1996.
30. Stokes, G. M., and S. E. Schwartz, The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program: Programmatic background and design of the cloud and radiation test bed, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 75, 1201-1221, 1994.
31. Wiscombe, W. J., An absorbing mystery, Nature, 376, 466-467, 1995.