Radiation transfer model intercomparison (RAMI) exercise

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D11, 2001, Pages 11937-11956

  Pinty, Bernard ^a   Gobron, Nadine ^a   Widlowski, Jean Luc ^a   Gerstl, Sigfried A W ^a   Verstraete, Michel M ^a   Antunes, Mauro ^b   Bacour, Cédric ^c   Gascon, Ferran ^d   Gastellu, Jean Philippe ^d   Goel, Narendra ^e,i   Jacquemoud, Stéphane ^c   North, Peter ^f   Qin, Wenhan ^g   Thompson, Richard ^h  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d CESBIO   (France)

^e Wayne State University   (United States)

^f CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h Alachua Research Institute   (United States)

ⁱ WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0034925491     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900493     Document Type: Article

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