Radiative fluxes at Barrow, Alaska: A satellite view

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 5494-5505

  Niu, Xiaolei ^a   Pinker, Rachel T ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Shortwave radiation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; ENERGY BUDGETS; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; GROUND OBSERVATIONS; HIGH LATITUDES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA; NUMERICAL MODELS; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SOLAR ELEVATION; SURFACE ALBEDO;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ESTIMATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALBEDO; ENERGY BUDGET; LATITUDE; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SNOWMELT;

ALASKA; BARROW; NORTH SLOPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80755125189     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00062.1     Document Type: Article

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