Radiosity approach for the shortwave surface radiation balance in complex terrain

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2900-2912

  Helbig, Nora ^a   Löwe, Henning ^a   Lehning, Michael ^a  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC REFLECTION; COMPLEX TERRAINS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; CORRELATION LENGTHS; DISCRETIZED EQUATIONS; FINITE SYSTEM SIZE; GAUSSIAN APPROXIMATIONS; GAUSSIAN RANDOM FIELDS; GRID RESOLUTION; LENGTH SCALE; MEAN VALUES; PROGRESSIVE REFINEMENT; RADIATION BALANCE; RADIATIVE FLUXES; RADIOSITY; RADIOSITY EQUATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS; SURFACE RADIATION; TERRAIN EFFECT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RADIATIVE TRANSFER; VALLEY WIDTH;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; PRECISION ENGINEERING; SOLAR RADIATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

LANDFORMS;

COMPLEX TERRAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATION BALANCE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 73549099135     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS2940.1     Document Type: Article

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