Atmospheric longwave irradiance uncertainty: Pyrgeometers compared to an absolute sky-scanning radiometer, atmospheric emitted radiance interferometer, and radiative transfer model calculations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D22, 2001, Pages 28129-28141

  Philipona, Rolf ^a   Dutton, Ellsworth G ^b   Stoffel, Tom ^c   Michalsky, Joe ^d   Reda, Ibrahim ^c   Stifter, Armin ^e,j   Wendling, Peter ^e,j   Wood, Norm ^f   Clough, Shepard A ^g   Mlawer, Eli J ^g   Anderson, Gail ^b   Revercomb, Henry E ^h   Shippert, Timothy R ⁱ  

^a WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e Deutsches Forschungszentrum L   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

ⁱ PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; IRRADIANCE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIOMETER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

OKLAHOMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035686045     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD000196     Document Type: Article

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