Observations of the spectral distribution of solar irradiance at the ground during SUCCESS

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1141-1144

  Pilewskie, Peter ^a   Goetz, Alexander F H ^b   Beal, David A ^c   Bergstrom, Robert W ^d   Mariani, Peter ^d  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ASD INC   (United States)

^d BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; HEAT FLUX; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPOSPHERE; CLOUDS; INFRARED DEVICES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CIRRUS CLOUDS; SURFACE SPECTRAL ALBEDO; MEASUREMENTS AND MODELING; MEASUREMENTS OF; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; NEAR INFRARED BAND; REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SPECTRAL ALBEDOS; SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION;

CLOUDS; SOLAR RADIATION;

ALBEDO; DOWNWELLING; SOLAR IRRADIANCE; SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032522246     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00238     Document Type: Article

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