An assessment of recent water vapor continuum measurements upon longwave and shortwave radiative transfer

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Paynter, D J ^a   Ramaswamy, V ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; INFRARED RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC ABSORPTION; CONTINUUM MODEL; DOWN-WELLING RADIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HITRAN DATABASE; LINE DATA; LONG WAVES; LOWER LIMITS; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CALCULATIONS; SPECTRAL REGION; STANDARD TESTS; TERRESTRIAL RADIATION; THREE MODELS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; DATABASE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LITERATURE REVIEW; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 80054795973     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015505     Document Type: Article

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