Improved estimates and understanding of global albedo and atmospheric solar absorption

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 24, 2012, Pages

  Kim, Dohyeong ^a   Ramanathan, V ^b  

^a National Typhoon Center   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AEROSOLS; ARTS COMPUTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SATELLITES; SUN; VAPORS;

ABSORBING AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC ABSORPTION; BLACK CARBON; CARBON AEROSOLS; CLOUD DROPS; DATA COLLECTION; EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS; FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT; GLOBAL ALBEDO; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; LAND STATIONS; MODEL INPUTS; MONTE CARLO; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATION PHYSICS; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SCATTERING EFFECTS; SIMULATED RADIATION; SOLAR ABSORPTION; SOLAR RADIATION BUDGETS; SPECTROSCOPIC DATABASE; STATE OF THE ART; SURFACE RADIATION; SURFACE REFLECTIVITY; SURFACE-BASED; THREE COMPONENT; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; TRACE-GASES;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BLACK CARBON; DATA SET; DATABASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR RADIATION; TRACE GAS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84871531118     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053757     Document Type: Article

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