Correcting surface solar radiation of two data assimilation systems against FLUXNET observations in North America

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 9552-9564

  Zhao, Lei ^a   Lee, Xuhui ^a   Liu, Shoudong ^b  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

clearness index; FLUXNET; global energy budget; reanalysis; surface solar radiation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ENERGY BALANCE; SUN;

CLEARNESS INDICES; FLUXNET; GLOBAL ENERGY BUDGET; REANALYSIS; SURFACE SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84886052446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50697     Document Type: Article

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