A comparison of shortwave reflectance over the East Antarctic Plateau observed by CERES to that estimated from surface reflectance observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Hudson, Stephen R ^a   Warren, Stephen G ^b   Kato, Seiji ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DOMES; SCANNING;

ANTARCTIC PLATEAU; ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MODEL; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS; LOWER BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MODEL AND OBSERVATION; MULTIANGLE IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; RADIO SOUNDINGS; SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS; SHORTWAVE CHANNEL; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; SOUTH POLE; SPECTRAL ALBEDOS; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; TOA RADIANCE; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES;

REFLECTION;

ALBEDO; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GEOMETRY; PARAMETERIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SPECTROMETER; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH; ZENITH ANGLE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 78049402570     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD013912     Document Type: Article

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