The influence of cloud and surface albedo on surface UV erythemal irradiance

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 521-523

  Scourfield, M W J ^a   Bodeker, G E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; CLOUD; IRRADIANCE; LAND COVER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0033840910     PISSN: 14641909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-1909(00)00057-5     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Bass, A. M., and Paur, R. J., The ultraviolet cross-section of ozone: I. The measurements, in Atmospheric Ozone, edited by C.S. Zerefos and A. Ghazi, pp. 606-610, D. Reidel, Dordrecht, 606-610, 1984.
2. Bird, R. E., and Riordan, C., Simple solar spectral model for direct and diffuse irradiance on horizontal and tilted planes at the Earth's surface for cloudless atmospheres, J. Climate Appl. Meteor., 25, 87-97, 1986.
3. Bucholtz, A., Rayleigh-scattering algorithms for the terrestrial atmosphere, Appl. Opt., 34, 2765-2773, 1995.
4. Hale, G.M., and Querry, M.R., Optical constants in the 200-nm to 200-μm wavelength region, Appl. Opt., 12, 555-563, 1973.
5. Hansen, J.E., and Travis, L.D., Light scattering in planetary atmospheres, Space Sci. Reviews, 16, 527-560, 1974.
6. Joseph, J.H., W.J. Wiscombe, and Weinman, J.A., The delta-Eddington approximation for radiative flux transfer, J. Atmos. Sci., 33, 2452-2459, 1976.
7. Kylling, A., K. Stamnes, and Tsay, S.-C., A reliable and efficient two-stream algorithm for spherical radiative transfer: Documentation of accuracy in realistic layered media, J. Atmos. Chem., 21, 115-120, 1995.
8. Leckner, B., The spectral distribution of solar radiation at the Earth's surface - elements of a model, Solar Energy, 20, 143-150, 1978.
9. Liou, K.N., Radiation and cloud processes in the atmosphere, 487 pp., Oxford University Press, New York, 1992.
10. Shettle, E.P., and Weinman, J.A., The transfer of solar irradiance through inhomogeneous turbid atmospheres evaluated by Eddington's approximation, J. Atmos. Sci., 27, 1048-1055, 1970.
11. Wiscombe, W.J., Improved Mie scattering algorithms, Appl. Opt., 19, 1505-1509, 1980.
12. Wiscombe, W.J., R.M. Welch, and Hall, W.D., The effects of very large drops on clouds absorption. Part I: Parcel Models, J. Atmos. Sci., 41, 1338-1355, 1984.