Surface clear-sky shortwave radiative closure intercomparisons in the Weather Research and Forecasting model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 9901-9913

  Ruiz Arias, José A ^a,b   Dudhia, Jimy ^b   Santos Alamillos, Francisco J ^a   Pozo Vázquez, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

direct normal irradiance; numerical weather models; shortwave downward solar radiation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; SUN;

AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; DIRECT NORMAL IRRADIANCES; DOWNWARD SOLAR RADIATION; HIGH-QUALITY OBSERVATIONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER MODEL; SOLAR RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AEROSOL; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DIFFUSION; FORECASTING METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATION BALANCE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885986820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50778     Document Type: Article

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