Evaluation of broadband surface solar irradiance derived from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 149, Issue , 2014, Pages 88-99

  Wang, P ^a,b   Sneep, M ^b   Veefkind, J P ^a,b   Stammes, P ^b   Levelt, P F ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Baseline surface radiation network (BSRN); Broadband surface solar irradiance; CERES shortwave flux; ISCCP radiation product; OMI effective cloud fraction; Ozone monitoring instrument (OMI); Validation

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INSTRUMENTS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SUN; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

EFFECTIVE CLOUD FRACTION; ISCCP RADIATION PRODUCT; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SURFACE RADIATION; VALIDATION;

SOLAR RADIATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRACTIONATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MONITORING; OZONE; POWER PLANT; SATELLITE DATA; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 84899703404     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.03.036     Document Type: Article

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