McClear: A new model estimating downwelling solar radiation at ground level in clear-sky conditions

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2403-2418

  Lefevre M ^a   Oumbe, A ^a,b   Blanc, P ^a   Espinar, B ^a   Gschwind, B ^a   Qu, Z ^a   Wald, L ^a   Schroedter Homscheidt, M ^b   Hoyer Klick, C ^b   Arola, A ^c   Benedetti, A ^d   Kaiser, J W ^d,e,f   Morcrette, J J ^d  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CORRELATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; RADIATION BALANCE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84899841985     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-2403-2013     Document Type: Article

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