On the information content of surface meteorology for downward atmospheric long-wave radiation synthesis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Abramowitz, Gab ^a   Pouyanné, Laure ^a,b   Ajami, Hoori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS;

ECOLOGICAL MODELS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FUNCTIONAL FORMS; INFORMATION CONTENTS; KEY VARIABLES; LAND SURFACE; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; PRIORI KNOWLEDGE; STATE OF THE ART; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; VAPOUR PRESSURES;

WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD COVER; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LAND SURFACE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATORY; PREDICTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VAPOR PRESSURE; WEATHER STATION;

EID: 84857580532     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050726     Document Type: Article

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