RAMI4PILPS: An intercomparison of formulations for the partitioning of solar radiation in land surface models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Widlowski, J L ^a   Pinty, B ^a,b   Clerici, M ^a   Dai, Y ^c   De Kauwe, M ^d   De Ridder, K ^e   Kallel, A ^f   Kobayashi, H ^g,h   Lavergne, T ⁱ   Ni Meister, W ^j   Olchev, A ^k,l   Quaife, T ^m   Wang, S ⁿ   Yang, W ^j   Yang, Y ⁿ   Yuan, H ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^f TARTU OBSERVATORY   (Estonia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^j CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^k SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIRE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LAND SURFACE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTITIONING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79958070434     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001511     Document Type: Article

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