Comparison of measured and modeled nocturnal clear sky Longwave Downward Radiation at Payerne, Switzerland

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1100, Issue , 2009, Pages 589-592

  Wacker, S ^a   Grobner J ^a   Emde, C ^b   Vuilleumier, L ^c   Mayer, B ^b   Rozanov, E ^a  

^a WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arts; Atmospheric window; LDR; LibRadtran; Lowtran; Modtran; Pyrgeometer

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649150693     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3117055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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