Assessment of global annual atmospheric energy balance from satellite observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Lin, Bing ^a   Stackhouse Jr , Paul W ^a   Minnis, Patrick ^a   Wielicki, Bruce A ^a   Hu, Yongxiang ^a   Sun, Wenbo ^b   Fan, Tai Fang ^c   Hinkelman, Laura M ^d  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT STORAGE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY FLUX; LATENT HEAT FLUX; RADIATION BALANCE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOLAR RADIATION; DATA SET; HEAT FLUX; RADIATION BUDGET;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BUDGET CONTROL; EARTH (PLANET); ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT STORAGE; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADIATION; SATELLITES; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN;

ABSORPTION OF SOLAR RADIATION; ANNUAL MEAN; ATMOSPHERIC ENERGY; BIAS ERROR; CLIMATE SYSTEM; CURRENT DATA; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EARTH'S CLIMATE; ENERGY BUDGETS; GLOBAL ENERGY BUDGET; NET RADIATION; RADIATIVE ENERGY; RADIATIVE ENERGY FLUX; SATELLITE DATA SETS; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA SURFACES; SENSIBLE HEAT; SURFACE RADIATION; SYSTEMATIC BIAS; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 56249100103     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009869     Document Type: Article

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