Surface radiation budgets in support of the GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project (GCIP) and the GEWEX Americas Prediction Project (GAPP), including the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) project

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 22, 2003, Pages

  Pinker, Rachel T ^a   Tarpley, J Dan ^b   Laszlo, Istvan ^b   Mitchell, Kenneth E ^c   Houser, Paul R ^d   Wood, Eric F ^e   Schaake, John C ^c   Robock, Alan ^f   Lohmann, Dag ^c   Cosgrove, Brian A ^d   Sheffield, Justin ^e   Duan, Qingyun ^c   Luo, Lifeng ^f   Higgins, R Wayne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Center for Satellite Application and Research   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e Princeton University   (United States)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GCIP GAPP; Satellite radiation budgets; Surface radiation budget

Indexed keywords

GOES; NOAA SATELLITE; RADIATION BUDGET; REMOTE SENSING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1442338676     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003301     Document Type: Article

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