Limitations of ground-based solar irradiance estimates due to atmospheric variations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Wen, Guoyong ^a,b   Cahalan, Robert F ^a   Holben, Brent N ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

AERONET; Aerosols; Langley plots; SOLSTICE; SORCE

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL DEPTH; SOLAR RADIATION;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUNA LOA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0742305192     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003431     Document Type: Article

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