Parameterization of solar fluxes over mountain surfaces for application to climate models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Lee, Wei Liang ^a   Liou, K N ^b   Hall, Alex ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b Los Angeles   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL TANKS; LANDFORMS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETERIZATION; SOLAR RADIATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AEROSOLS AND CLOUDS; CLEAR SKY; COMMONLY USED; COUPLED FLUXES; DIFFUSE FLUX; DOMINANT FACTOR; INCIDENT ANGLES; KEY FACTORS; LOW ALBEDO; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO MODEL; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PHOTON TRACING; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; REGRESSION EQUATION; SIERRA NEVADA; SKY VIEW FACTOR; SOLAR FLUX; SURFACE ALBEDO; TERRAIN CONFIGURATION; TOPOGRAPHIC INFORMATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ALBEDO; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PERTURBATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR WIND; TERRAIN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVELENGTH; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 78651310360     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014722     Document Type: Article

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