Decadal changes in shortwave irradiance at the surface in the period from 1960 to 2000 estimated from Global Energy Balance Archive Data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Gilgen, H ^a   Roesch, A ^a   Wild, M ^a   Ohmura, A ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARCHIVE DATA; CASABLANCA; DECADAL CHANGE; EARTH'S SURFACE; GLOBAL ENERGY; GRID CELLS; IN-LINE; INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; LARGE REGIONS; MALAYSIA; NORTHWEST CHINA; PYRANOMETERS; REGRESSION MODEL; SECOND-ORDER POLYNOMIAL; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SINGAPORE; SOUTH POLE; VALPARAISO;

CLIMATOLOGY;

DATA INTERPRETATION; DECADAL VARIATION; IRRADIANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATION BUDGET; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AMERICAN SAMOA; ANTARCTICA; CASABLANCA [MOROCCO]; CHILE; CHINA; EAST ANTARCTICA; EUROPE; INDIA; JAPAN; KUALA LUMPUR [WEST MALAYSIA]; MALAYSIA; MOROCCO; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH POLE; VALPARAISO [CHILE]; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 77949459745     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011383     Document Type: Article

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