Incoming longwave radiation enhancement by cloud cover

Physical Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 256-270

  Oroud, Ibrahim M ^a   Nasrallah, Hassan A ^b  

^a Department of Geography   (Jordan)

^b MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Atmospheric radiation; Clear sky emissivity; Cloud contribution; Cloud emissivity; Longwave radiation enhancement

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CLOUD COVER; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0032453630     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.1998.10642650     Document Type: Article

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