A method to calculate cloud-free long-wave irradiance at the surface based on radiative transfer modeling and temperature lapse rate estimates

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 115, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 551-561

  Wacker, Stefan ^a   Gröbner, Julian ^a   Vuilleumier, Laurent ^b  

^a PMOD/WRC   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATE; CLIMATOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; IRRADIANCE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; WAVE MODELING;

EID: 84895048181     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-0901-5     Document Type: Article

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