The sensitivity of domain-averaged solar fluxes to assumptions about cloud geometry

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 558, 1999, Pages 2127-2152

  Barker, Howard W ^a   Stephens, Graeme L ^b   Fu, Qiang ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clouds; Independent column approximation; Short wave radiation

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; COLUMN; MODEL; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0032741043     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55809     Document Type: Article

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