Effects of cirrus cloudiness on solar irradiance in four spectral bands

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 452-459

  Kazantzidis, A ^a   Eleftheratos, K ^b,c   Zerefos, C S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cirrus clouds; Cloud optical properties; Photosynthetically active radiation; Radiative transfer; Solar radiation; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONSTITUENTS; B-INTEGRAL; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLOUD BASE; CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD OPTICAL PROPERTIES; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; DIFFUSE IRRADIANCE; MEASURING UNCERTAINTY; OPTICAL THICKNESS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; SPECTRAL BAND;

CLIMATOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLOUDS;

CIRRUS; CLOUD COVER; IRRADIATION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 81055157553     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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