Global atmospheric downward longwave radiation at the surface from ground-based observations, satellite retrievals, and reanalyses

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 150-185

  Wang, Kaicun ^a   Dickinson, Robert E ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

downward longwave radiation; greenhouse gases; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ESTIMATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANNUAL VARIABILITY; GLOBAL CLIMATOLOGY; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITIES; UNCERTAINTY; WATER VAPOR PROFILE;

STATISTICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SATELLITE SENSOR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84881073253     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: 19449208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rog.20009     Document Type: Article

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