Gamma-weighted discrete ordinate two-stream approximation for computation of domain-averaged solar Irradiance

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 3797-3803

  Kato, Seiji ^a   Smith, G Louis ^a   Barker, Howard W ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CLOUDS; GAMMA RAYS;

CLOUDY LAYERS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ALGORITHM; CLOUD; IRRADIANCE; OPTICAL DEPTH; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

EID: 0035894774     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<3797:GWDOTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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