Validating the MYSTIC three-dimensional radiative transfer model with observations from the complex topography of Arizona's Meteor Crater

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 8685-8696

  Mayer, B ^a,c   Hoch, S W ^b   Whiteman, C D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; IRRADIANCE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MODEL VALIDATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHY;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956911586     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-8685-2010     Document Type: Article

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