The influence of water vapor absorption in the 290-350 nm region on solar radiance: Laboratory studies and model simulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 4788-4792

  Du, Juan ^a   Huang, Li ^a   Min, Qilong ^a   Zhu, Lei ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

solar radiance; water vapor near UV absorption

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPY; WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS; ABSORPTION OF SOLAR RADIATION; CAVITY RING DOWN SPECTROSCOPIES; CROSS-SECTION VALUES; NEAR UV; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SOLAR RADIANCE; WATER-VAPOR ABSORPTION;

WATER VAPOR;

ABSORPTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER VAPOR; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84883727904     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50935     Document Type: Article

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