On Solar Energy Disposition: A Perspective from Observation and Modeling

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-70

  Li, Zhanqing ^a   Moreau, Louis ^b   Arking, Albert ^c  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b Intera Info Technology Limited   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH'S RADIATION BUDGET; GCM; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE OBSERVATION; SOLAR ENERGY DISPOSITION; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0031435438     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<0053:OSEDAP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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