Stochastic radiative transfer in multilayer broken clouds. Part II: Validation tests

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 395-416

  Kassianov, Evgueni ^a   Ackerman, Thomas ^a   Marchand, Roger ^a   Ovtchinnikov, Mikhail ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Overlapping broken clouds; Solar radiation; Stochastic approach

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADIATION EFFECTS;

BROKEN CLOUDS;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD COVER; MODEL VALIDATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0037375556     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(02)00171-1     Document Type: Article

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