Evaluation of the earth radiation budget in NCEP-NCAR reanalysis with ERBE

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 477-493

  Yang, Shi Keng ^a   Hou, Yu Tai ^a   Miller, Alvin J ^a   Campana, Kenneth A ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION;

GLOBAL DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS (GDAS); GLOBAL ENERGY BUDGET;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

DATA SET; RADIATION BALANCE; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 0033080379     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<0477:EOTERB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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