Comparison of spectral direct and diffuse solar irradiance measurements and calculations for cloud-free conditions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 2653-2656

  Mlawer, Eli J ^a   Brown, Patrick D ^a   Clough, Shepard A ^a   Harrison, Lee C ^b   Michalsky, Joseph J ^b   Kiedron, Piotr W ^b   Shippert, Tim ^c  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; IRRADIANCE; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; VAPORS;

ANGSTROM RELATION; CLOUD FREE CONDITIONS; MULTIPLE SCATTERING RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; ROTATING SHADOWBAND SPECTRORADIOMETER; SOLAR IRRADIANCE; SPECTRALLY INDEPENDENT AEROSOL SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0034352599     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011498     Document Type: Article

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