Comparison of marine insolation estimating methods in the Adriatic Sea

Ocean Science Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 211-222

  Byun, Do Seong ^a   Pinardi, Nadia ^b  

^a National Oceanographic Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Heat flux; Insolation formula; Irradiance; Radiative transfer model

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT FLUX; INSOLATION; IRRADIANCE; METEOROLOGY; MODELING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 38349157562     PISSN: 17385261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03020912     Document Type: Article

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