Clear-sky longwave irradiance at the earth's surface-evaluation of climate models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1647-1670

  Garratt, J R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRRADIATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; VAPORS; WATER;

GLOBAL DATASETS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE MODELING; IRRADIANCE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATION BALANCE;

EID: 0035297935     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<1647:CSLIAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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