Horizontal radiative fluxes in clouds and accuracy of the Independent Pixel Approximation at absorbing wavelengths

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1585-1588

  Marshak, A ^a,c   Oreopoulos, L ^a,c   Davis, A B ^b   Wiscombe, W J ^c   Cahalan, R F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHOTONS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; SOLAR RADIATION; REFLECTION;

HORIZONTAL FLUX; HORIZONTAL PHOTON TRANSPORT; INDEPENDENT PIXEL APPROXIMATION;

GEOPHYSICS; PIXELS;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION;

ABSORPTANCE; HORIZONTAL FLUXES; INDEPENDENT PIXEL APPROXIMATIONS; RADIATIVE FLUXES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CALCULATIONS; SINGLE PIXEL; THREE COMPONENT; WEAK ABSORPTION;

EID: 0033153607     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL90030     Document Type: Article

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