Overview of observations from the RADAGAST experiment in Niamey, Niger: 2. Radiative fluxes and divergences

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Slingo, A ^a   White, H E ^a   Bharmal, N A ^a   Robinson, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOUDS; DROUGHT; EXPERIMENTS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSES; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AEROSOL LOADING; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD MASKS; DRY AND WET; DRY SEASONS; GEOSTATIONARY EARTH RADIATION BUDGETS; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; INTEGRATED WATER VAPORS; LONG WAVES; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; METEOSAT-8; MOBILE FACILITY; NIGER; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; PARTIAL COMPENSATION; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SIMPLE MODEL; SMALL VARIATIONS; SURFACE FLUX; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; WET SEASON;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

BROADBAND DATA; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA ACQUISITION; EMISSIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADAR IMAGERY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE FLUX; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

AFRICA; NIAMEY [NIGER]; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 70349311887     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010497     Document Type: Article

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