Assessing ocean buoy shortwave observations using clear-sky model calculations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Medovaya, M ^a   Waliser, D E ^a   Weller, R A ^b   McPhaden, M J ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clear sky model; Ocean; Ocean buoy; Shortwave radiation

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLEAR SKY; DATA BUOY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036233751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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