Simulation studies for the detection of changes in broadband albedo and shortwave nadir reflectance spectra under a climate change scenario

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Feldman, Daniel R ^a   Algieri, Chris A ^a   Collins, William D ^a,b   Roberts, Yolanda L ^c   Pilewskie, Peter A ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; MEASUREMENTS; NASA; REFLECTION; SOLAR RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

ALL-SKY; BROAD-BAND DATA; BROADBAND MEASUREMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE FORCINGS; CLIMATE SYSTEM; CLIMATE TRENDS; CLOUD VARIABILITY; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; DETECTION TIME; ENERGY BUDGETS; FORCINGS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; NEAR INFRARED; OBSERVING SYSTEM SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; SATELLITE MISSION; SIMULATION STUDIES; SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENTS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCES; STATISTICAL CONFIDENCE; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALBEDO; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; ENERGY BUDGET; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NADIR; SATELLITE MISSION; SEA ICE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84055221761     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016407     Document Type: Article

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