Quasi-analytical treatment of spatially averaged radiation transfer in complex terrain

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 18, 2012, Pages

  Lowe H ^a   Helbig, N ^b  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOLAR RADIATION;

ACOUSTIC SCATTERING; COMPLEX TERRAINS; CONTROLLED APPROXIMATIONS; DIFFUSE RADIATION; DIRECT BEAMS; ELEVATION ANGLE; GAUSSIAN RANDOM FIELDS; LAND SURFACE; LEVEL CROSSING; MEAN-SQUARE; NONLOCAL; OCEAN BOUNDARIES; RADIATION TRANSFER; RADIOSITY EQUATIONS; RANDOM FIELDS; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SKY VIEW FACTOR; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SUB-GRIDS; SURFACE ALBEDO; SWITZERLAND;

LANDFORMS;

ALBEDO; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPLEX TERRAIN; GAUSSIAN METHOD; ISOTROPY; LAND SURFACE; PROBABILITY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84867219658     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018181     Document Type: Article

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